SAN DIEGO – USofA pageants will present the inaugural Miss Gay Golden State USofA pageant Sun., March 16 in the Lafayette Hotel’s Mississippi Ballroom. The pageant is open to male drag queens and transsexual female impersonators 21 years of age and older, who will compete in evening gown, personal interview and talent. Miss Gay Golden…
Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality today, defying protests from rights groups, criticism from Western donors and a U.S. warning that it will complicate relations. Reuters reported that the new bill strengthened existing punishments for anyone caught having gay sex, imposing jail terms of up to life for “aggravated…
FAIRFAX, Va. – A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at George Mason University’s Department of Global and Community Health and Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion draws some conclusions to an age-old question: What does love have to do with sex, in particular, among gay and bisexual men in the United States? While most research about love has been…
NEW YORK – The Human Rights Campaign and the HRC Greater New York Steering Committee today announced United States Attorney General Eric Holder will headline the annual Greater New York Gala on February 8, 2014 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. “The LGBT community could not ask for a more courageous Attorney General…
WASHINGTON— Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the status of same-sex marriages performed in the state of Utah: “Last June, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision – in United States v. Windsor – holding that Americans in same-sex marriages are entitled to equal protection and equal treatment under the law. …
Tuesday, Utah U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby denied a request by state officials to stay his historic ruling from last week that struck down Utah’s ban on marriage for lesbian and gay couples. Across the country, another federal judge in Ohio ruled that the state must recognize an out of state marriage for the purpose…
SAN DIEGO – USofA Pageants will present the inaugural Miss Gay Golden State USofA pageant Sun., March 16 in the Lafayette Hotel’s Mississippi Ballroom. The pageant is open to male drag queens and transsexual female impersonators 21 years of age and older, who will compete in evening gown, personal interview and talent. Miss Gay Golden…
As part of the U.S. Department of Education’s ongoing efforts to implement inclusive policies that reflect the diversity of American families, and consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in United States v. Windsor, the Department announced today new guidance on the use of “marriage”…
Below is a proclamation signed by President Obama regarding Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week, 2013. HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK, 2013 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Six and a half decades ago, delegates from around the world convened to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, rejecting…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced new guidance interpreting the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor. In a technical release, the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration provides guidance to plans, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, participants and beneficiaries on the decision’s impact on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The release states…
