Ben West, one-half of the couple that successfully lobbied to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in Oregon, is featured in a new commercial touting his support for Republican senatorial candidate Monica Wehby, reports Alexandra Jaffe on TheHill.com. “Marrying my husband was the happiest day of my life. I was proud of Oregon and our…
INDIA — The Indian federal government has asked the Supreme Court to modify its landmark ruling that accepted transgender people as a socially and economically backward caste, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The government also told the Supreme Court that gays, lesbians and bisexuals cannot all be clubbed as transgenders and that such a supposition had created confusion….
The First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego will be hosting a city-wide event, Celebrating Who We Are: Diversity and Inclusiveness in San Diego, Wednesday, Sept. 17 at their location in the heart of Hillcrest, 4190 Front Street directly across from the UCSD Medical Center. Communities throughout San Diego are invited to participate in this…
The Washington Blade has revealed that the chief executive officer of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute, Chuck Wolfe is set to leave the organization at the end of the year. According to the report, in an email to the Victory Campaign Board obtained by the Blade, Wolfe reveals that he informed the board…
Barbara Niven, actress and Hollywood’s top video marketing coach, has been confirmed as a guest speaker for 2014 BeInspired, which will be held Sept. 26-28 at the San Diego Hilton Resort and Spa in Mission Bay. The International Association of Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals BeInspired Annual Business Women’s Conference is the Premier Educational and Networking…
PASADENA, Calif. — One Direction fans all over the world are dressing up in rainbows to attend the concerts of their favorite band. In this way they are showing their support to the LGBTQ members of the One Direction community. Calling themselves “Rainbow Direction”, they connect with each other through the social media platform Tumblr…
NEW YORK— Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has announced that Uprising of Love: A Benefit Concert for Global Equality will take place Monday, Sept. 15 at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre (222 West 51st Street). The inspiring concert will weave together stories and performances by activists and artists from around the world including the stories of resilience…
FERGUSON, Mo. – A month to the day after unarmed Black teenager Mike Brown was gunned down by a white police officer, LGBT activists with FCKH8.com and children from the very neighborhood that was ground zero for America’s largest racial tension flare-up in decades marked the day with the release of a mockingly funny and…
SAN DIEGO — The 3rd Annual One Love Movement Charity Yoga Event will take place at San Diego’s new Waterfront Park near San Diego Harbor and the County Administration Building Saturday Sept. 13 from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Free parking is available at Solar Turbines located at Grape St. and North Harbor Drive. The organization is…
According to multiple news reports, The Gambia’s National Assembly has passed legislation that includes nearly identical language to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, which Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law in February. The Gambian legislation includes life sentences for those who are convicted of “aggravated homosexuality” or are considered “repeat offenders,” among other charges. The legislation…
