The Senate has confirmed Eric Fanning to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Army. Fanning is the first openly-gay leader of a U.S. military service, and is now the highest-ranking, Senate-confirmed openly-LGBT appointed official. Fanning was nominated by President Barack Obama in September, and the nomination was reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee in…
WASHINGTON – GLIFAA, The Harvey Milk Foundation, and The Human Rights Campaign will be hosting a panel discussion featuring all of the American openly LGBT ambassadors, March 24, 8 p.m. at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum, 7th Floor, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. Northwest in Washington, D.C. This will be a discussion event, highlighting the…
KANSAS CITY – Today, the Human Rights Campaign announced that Michael Sam, who made history as America’s first openly-gay professional football player, will keynote the organization’s 2nd Annual Kansas City Equality Brunch Sunday, Feb. 15. “We are thrilled that Michael Sam will be keynoting our Kansas City event,” said Angela Cottrell, Kansas City member of…
For Daniel Innis, a successful businessman and professional academic and one of three openly gay candidates vying for a Republican seat in this year’s upcoming House elections, the question of same-sex marriage is becoming increasingly opaque as a hot-button issue. “I think as people like me run and get out into the communities and make…
SAN DIEGO — Saturday, July 19, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) first openly gay Bishop Guy Erwin will walk in San Diego’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Pride parade. Joined by members of First Lutheran Church San Diego, San Diego’s only LGBT open and affirming ELCA Lutheran Church, Bishop Erwin and his husband…
This morning, the Senate confirmed three federal judges. On the one hand, they are not unique; like all of the President’s judges and judicial nominees, they have the necessary intellect, experience, integrity, and temperament. But they are special in that each of them is a trailblazer on their courts: Judge Darrin Gayles, confirmed to the…
Residents of Long Beach, Ca. on Tuesday elected Robert Garcia their next mayor, making him the city’s first openly gay and Latino chief executive, reports the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. Garcia defeated opponent Damon Dunn, capturing 52.1% of the vote to Dunn’s 47.9%. Garcia immigrated to the United States from Peru with his family…
A new poll conducted by Stonewall, England’s leading gay lobbying organization, and Football Addicts, the Swedish developer of the app Forza Football, shows that an overwhelming majority of fans, would support an openly gay football player if he were to come out, reports The Guardian. The poll, which surveyed some 30,000 fans in 29 countries,…
President Barack Obama has nominated Ted Osius as the next ambassador to Vietnam, the White House has announced. If confirmed, Osius, who is openly gay and married to Clayton Bond, an officer with the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, would replace David Shear, who has held the position since 2011. Ted Osius, a career…
I was thrilled to see Michael Sam become the first openly gay player drafted into the National Football League (NFL). The coverage of his emotional response, including kissing his boyfriend, was tremendous. I remain skeptical, though, of the idea that his sexual orientation didn’t hurt him in the draft. You’ve probably heard the current narrative….
