University of Missouri’s, Michael Sam has made history by becoming the first Division I college football player in history to come out as gay. Sam, 24, who was named the 2013 SEC Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-SEC selection during his senior year at Missouri, is projected to be chosen in the early…
NEW YORK–The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has publicly deplored the treatment of gays in Nigeria. The harassment, imprisonment and torture of gays, sanctioned by a Nigerian law enacted last month, was the focus of a major front-page story in yesterday’s New York Times. “Nigeria’s unforgiving attitude towards gays violates the most basic human rights of individuals,” said Eliseo Neuman,…
NEW YORK — Point Foundation (Point) will present its Leadership Award to acclaimed TV producer, educator and M.D., Neal Baer at the April 7 Point Honors New York gala. The event will be held at the landmark New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, a venue befitting the mission of Point, which is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for…
NEW YORK – With Valentine’s Day just a month away, many LGBT couples will celebrate their love by forming a legal union. A City Hall wedding has always had a certain element of grit and hipness, but can it be fabulous? At Duane Street Hotel in Downtown New York, that answer is a resounding yes,…
NEW YORK – The Human Rights Campaign and the HRC Greater New York Steering Committee today announced United States Attorney General Eric Holder will headline the annual Greater New York Gala on February 8, 2014 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. “The LGBT community could not ask for a more courageous Attorney General…
dvd of the week In Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen has provided Cate Blanchett, arguably the greatest actress of her generation, her greatest role – a woman destroyed by her own pretensions. The film’s comedy is in the nervous discomfort of class warfare, the clueless vapidity of the rich and capitalistic. It is Allen going to…
From Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB), a New York- based personalized dating service, comes their latest survey of 5,600 CMB members …
SAN DIEGO – Cygnet Theatre kicks off 2014 by presenting the San Diego premiere of a new comedy that stirs up powerful questions about what people are willing to sacrifice for happiness. Cygnet has snagged the rights to present the Southern California premiere of Jordan Harrison’s Maple and Vine, a sensation last season Off-Broadway at…
Tuesday, Utah U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby denied a request by state officials to stay his historic ruling from last week that struck down Utah’s ban on marriage for lesbian and gay couples. Across the country, another federal judge in Ohio ruled that the state must recognize an out of state marriage for the purpose…
WASHINGTON – The future victory of LGBT equality has long been visible in demographic data. Public polling reveals that support for LGBT equality among so-called “Millennials” is currently between 70 and 80 percent and continues to grow. This broad support is mirrored across demographic groups, but it’s especially stark among American Catholics of all ages…
