UC San Diego joins nationwide efforts to curb phone use while driving

Expanding their efforts to keep citizens safe on San Diego roadways, UC San Diego’s Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program announced today that they are launching a new distracted driving education project called Just Drive – Take Action Against Distraction, a one hour class free of charge offered to businesses in San…

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Cameroon court acquits two men imprisoned for ‘looking gay’

(CNN) — A Cameroon appeals court has acquitted two men found guilty of homosexuality because they wore women’s clothes and ordered Bailey’s Irish Cream, according to rights groups. Jonas Kimie and Franky Ndome were arrested outside a nightclub and sentenced to five years in prison in November 2011 “The acquittal of two Cameroonian men jailed…

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HRC files FCC complaint over unsolicited anti-gay text messages

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate mass spam texts that are taking aim at President Obama, marriage equality, and a number of other progressive issues. Recently, HRC supporters have received unsolicited anti-gay text messages such as: “Obama endorses the legality of same-sex marriage.  Say…

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