SAN DIEGO — New research on the psychological benefits of same-sex marriage from the Rockway Institute for LGBT Psychology & Public Policy at Alliant International University has been selected for presentation at the American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention July 31-Aug. 4 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. The findings will be presented during…
CHICAGO — The American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates approved a policy today calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modify its eligible blood donor criteria by allowing men who have had sex with other men to donate blood. Currently the FDA bans these individuals from donating blood due to concerns of the…
When President Obama delayed the implementation of the employer mandate for one year, Tea Party conservatives heard what they thought was the death knell of the Affordable Care Act. Had they listened more closely, they might have realized it was their own 2014 funeral march that had begun. House Speaker John Boehner and his caucus…
(CNN) — Openly gay youths will be allowed to join scouting, delegates to the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday. The organization’s 1,400-member national council voted for the historic policy change, which will take effect January 1. The resolution was adopted with more than 60% of the vote. “No youth may…
(CNN) — The eyes of the country will be upon Texas on Thursday. That’s where 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts of America’s national council are expected to vote on whether to end the 103-year-old group’s outright ban on gay youths. The outcome, to be announced late afternoon, follows months of intense debate among interest…
During the past few years I’ve been changing my documented gender at various government agencies. I’ve obtained a court ordered change of documented gender with the state of California and used that court order to obtain a new birth certificate indicating I was born female. I also have provided required documents and followed specified procedures…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A top Senate Democrat has offered a pair of amendments to an immigration reform bill bolstering rights for same-sex couples, a politically risky move that threatens to shatter Republican support for the sweeping legislation. Vermont Sen. Patrick’s Leahy’s amendments would recognize same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and also…
The San Francisco Pride board of directors today issued a statement explaining why Bradley Manning could not be the community grand marshal. Apologizing for the “error” in announcing Manning as the Electoral College’s community grand marshal the board explains that, “The Electoral College was not the appropriate forum for his nomination.” The board goes on…
(CNN) — The Boy Scouts of America would no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation but would maintain its ban on openly gay adult leaders under a proposal it is considering, the group said Friday. The organization’s executive committee made the proposal, which is expected to be presented to the…
In the week since I wrote my last column, scheduled Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MWMF) performer Ubaka Hill released a statement in response to the Change.org petition asking that this year’s performers at the festival boycott the event. She stated, “My response to your courageous request that I cancel my Drumsong Workshop and the Drumsong…
