dvr this HBO The season premiere of True Blood is June 16, and HBO is repeating the entire last season during the next two weeks. Now is your time to relive the most bat-shit-insane season of a series that has been rather bat-shit-insane since the beginning. The politics of vampires is central to the season,…
I am sure that you have heard about the outcry by many within the LGBT community concerning Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt. Kaitlyn is a lesbian who began a relationship with a 14-year-old female high school classmate. It has been reported that the relationship began when Kaitlyn was 17. Last month, the 14-year-old girl’s parents went…
When I finally came out, I didn’t have much confidence. I would stare across the bar at boys, assuming they wouldn’t like me. A good friend finally said, “If you never ask, they’ve already said ‘No.’” Would then someone had given similar advice to Illinois state Rep. Greg Harris. As you likely know, the marriage…
The case of Leyland v. Orr was argued and decided in 1987 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Jane Anne Leyland was a reserve officer who had served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves for a total of 15 years, and shortly after being selected for lieutenant colonel she had a vaginoplasty…
(CNN) — A majority of Americans — and even a majority of same-sex marriage opponents — believe it’s “inevitable” that gays and lesbians will eventually be able to legally wed, a new survey indicates. The poll, from the Pew Research Center, comes as the United States Supreme Court prepares to rule on two high profile…
LONDON — Marriage equality legislation took a further step forward today as the House of Lords voted in favor of the equal marriage bill for England and Wales, by a large majority. There was an attempt to derail the legislation with a “wrecking amendment” by Lord Dear, the former chief constable of West Midlands Police….
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Mark Stephanz, a senior investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was sure his decision to come out of the closet would end his career. He had been at the firm for over 20 years, and everyone knew him as a straight, married man with three children. So he knew…
NEW YORK – The winners of the 25th annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced last night in a sold-out gala ceremony hosted by comedienne Kate Clinton at The Great Hall at Cooper Union. Taking place just after BookExpo America, – the book publishing industry’s largest annual gathering of booksellers, publishers, authors, and readers – the Lambda ceremony brought…
A new poll carried out for Equality California (EQCA) by David Binder Research shows that 55 percent of likely voters polled are in support of restoring the freedom to marry and 37 percent are opposed. There have also been some strong upward shifts in support amongst key demographics. The key summary findings of the report…
Today President Barack Obama signed the following proclamation regarding LGBT Pride Month, 2013. For more than two centuries, our Nation has struggled to transform the ideals of liberty and equality from founding promise into lasting reality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans and their allies have been hard at work on the next great chapter of that…
