The wedding bells will be ringing for Rosie O’Donnell and Michelle Rounds at their soon-to-be nuptials planned for December. O’Donnell announced the good news on the Rosie Show which appears on the OWN Network. The lovebirds have not set a date, but Us Weekly reports the two will likely exchange vows during the holidays. Rosie’s…
Blood may be thicker than water, but it won’t help Newt Gingrich get more votes now that his sister has announced she will vote for President Obama in the next election. “He is definitely on the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues,” Candace Gingrich-Jones told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Gingrich-Jones, 45, is…
A Macy’s employee in San Antonio, Tex. was fired for refusing to allow a transgender woman in the women’s dressing room during Black Friday weekend. Now, the woman is fighting Macy’s store policy, chalking up her decision to oust the transgender woman to Christian beliefs. The Macy’s employee described the transgender woman, Natalie Johnson, as…
SAN DIEGO — Mayoral Candidate Bonnie Dumanis today announced the District Attorney’s Office has been honored for the fourth year in a row with a Workplace Excellence Award from the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management. Her office won the award for its proactive and innovative succession planning, allowing the government agency to reduce its…
Although his exact date of birth has eluded this reporter and his best research skills, one thing that is certain, this week marks the birthday of civil rights legend and San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist, Nicole Murray Ramirez, also known as Empress Nicole the Great, The Queen Mother of the Americas within the Imperial Court…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has announced that it is launching the first-of-its-kind Jewish Organization Equality Index (JOEI) survey. Modeled after HRC’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), JOEI is designed to measure LGBT inclusion in the programs and employment practices at Jewish non-profit organizations. JOEI is supported by a…
Jerry Gana LAGOS, Nigeria – Legislators in Nigeria are aiming to pass legislation that would criminalize marriage for same-sex couples. Couples who marry could face up to three years in jail. Under the measure, couples who marry could face up to three years in jail, and witnesses or anyone who helps couples marry could be…
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: CLICK HERE TO WATCH I’m aware that attitudes in society, and even in the LGBT community, about trans women are often negative and sometimes hostile. As a trans woman, the idea of being arrested is a scary thought because I know those negative and hostile attitudes are at least as commonplace in police…
The Salvation Army aims for “doing the most good,” but gays and lesbians don’t agree and are calling for a boycott of the charity on account of the organization’s stance on gay and lesbian relationships says MSNBC, USA Today, and others are reporting. The boycott was spurred in part by Bil Browning, editor in chief…
EXCLUSIVE San Diego resident William X. Walters, 30, has filed a federal civil rights claim against the San Diego Police Dept. after he was arrested for public nudity, a violation of Municipal Code 56.53, during the 2011 San Diego LGBT Pride festival held in July at Balboa Park. Walters contends that police, with involvement and…
