LOS ANGELES — Having served three terms as the mayor of Texas’s largest city, Houston’s Annise Parker has proven she is not going away any time soon. Parker began her career as a very visible lesbian activist during the 1980s. Then, as an openly gay politician, she took the mayor’s office in America’s fourth largest…
When Brendan Eich resigned from Mozilla last month, a group of marriage equality supporters penned a public statement “Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent: Why we must have both.” They argued that “diversity is the natural consequence of liberty” and that “disagreement should not be punished.” Then LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling was caught on…
CHINA: Beijing police May 7 detained as many as nine civil society activists meeting for a seminar to discuss obstacles facing gay groups wishing to register as nongovernmental organizations in China, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The group had advertised itself as an event examining “civil society and the state,”stated sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com. The report suspects that the arrests and…
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Minister for Families and Social Development Chan Chun Sing has publicly reprimanded the US bank Goldman Sachs for giving LGBT in the city-state better employment opportunities, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Singapore and Singaporeans will decide on the norms for our society. Foreign companies here should respect local culture and context,” Chan said on his Facebook…
Sounding very much the part, San Diego County district attorney candidate, Bob Brewer recently spoke with LGBT Weekly about the heated election campaign for the job of the region’s top cop, his opponent in the race and his best friend – a dog named Combination Plate #3, aka “Taco.” Brewer, who is running against three-term…
DiversityInc announced the results for its 14th annual Top 50 Companies for Diversity rankings before a gathering of more than 750 attendees last evening at Cipriani Wall Street. More than a thousand public and privately held companies competed for spots on the coveted list. AT&T claimed the top spot in DiversityInc.’s 2014 Specialty Top 10…
Trans people are often tagged as either being predators or enabling predators in public restrooms. It seems to always be the one sure thing that will be trotted out when arguing against civil rights for trans people, especially public accommodation protections. Within the last month, Maryland has passed legislation that adds employment, housing and public…
San Diego Pride 2011 will forever be etched in the mind of William X. Walters – and not as a carefree event where members of the LGBT community could express themselves without fear of harassment or intimidation. What happened at Pride 2011 has changed the course of Walters’ life and led him on a path…
In response to “Tiring of Nicole’s abrasive views” (LGBT Weekly March 13, issue 142) Dear Editor, I have always seen Nicole to be an exceptionally talented social person and many a person should learn how you should always have something positive to say/observe about someone in public. Hint. I had the pleasure of serving with…
dvr this On multiple Fox and National Geographic networks at various times Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a sequel to Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking PBS series that Americans watched en masse 35 years ago. Tyson, arguably America’s greatest living public intellectual, is a brilliantly charismatic host and educator, and the narrative he and his producers craft to…
