OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. –Legislation aimed at essentially reinstating the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the Oklahoma National Guard was introduced last week and has been assigned to the House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. It is not known when the committee will consider the legislation. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on…
GOProud is an organization that represents gay, lesbian and transgender conservatives, as well as their allies. The organization is “committed to a traditional conservative agenda that emphasizes limited government, individual liberty, free markets and a confident foreign policy.” Guess what that conservative agenda also includes? It supports presidential candidates that do not support LGBT equality….
The Obama Justice Department announced Friday the Administration would no longer defend a section of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which prohibits lesbian, gay and bisexual military service members and veterans from extending benefits associated with marriage to their same-sex spouses. Attorney General Eric Holder addressed Congressional leaders in a letter which determined that…
A lesbian couple was arrested in New Mexico Tuesday after chaining themselves with a bicycle lock in two chairs at the state’s Marriage License Bureau. The two women, April Parker, 38, and Amanda Rich, 31, were among 40 other protesters at the county clerk’s office in downtown Albuquerque. According to the Albuquerque Journal and the…
The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances in Tennessee today following its approval in the state House subcommittee. The bill, if passed, would prohibit the discussion of LGBT issues within the confines of a public school classroom including any subject pertaining to LGBT sexual education. The pending bill would give supporters parental control over how to…
DALLAS – Mayor Mike Rawlings has refused to sign the “Mayors for the Freedom to Marry” pledge, which has been signed by more than 100 mayors from cities around the nation, including Texas mayors in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Shavano Park and Castle Hills. Despite having been supportive in the past of the right for…
Russian lawmakers in St. Petersburg passed a bill Wednesday with a 31-6 vote that would allow officials to fine LGBT activists and allies on the merit of “advocating” gay and lesbian relationships in public. The bill also aims to institute fines for promoting pedophilia. The bill ban events such as gay pride parades and any…
