President Obama publicly expressed his opposition to a policy at the Boy Scouts of America that prohibits LGBTs from joining. The President’s comments follow the Boy Scout’s recent reaffirmation of the discriminatory policy announced in July. “The President believes the Boy Scouts is a valuable organization that has helped educate and build character in American…
The White House will honor the Military Acceptance Project Thursday for their work in the LGBT and military communities. The ceremony is part of their Champions of Change Program that highlights individuals and organizations doing extraordinary things. The event will be streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov/live with opening remarks from a senior White House official at…
A transgender man and his partner are headed to the alter after he proposed marriage to his partner at the LGBT Pride reception held at the White House Friday. Scout – whose legal name stands as the one word – had planned to propose to his wife-to-be Liz Margolies at the White House despite his…
In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, President Obama and other senior officials attended the LGBT Pride Month Celebration at the White House Friday. The timing of the celebration follows closely on the heels of President Obama’s announcement last month in support of same-sex marriage. “Three years ago, I… promised you this,” said President Obama. “I…
Despite the repeal of DADT, occurrences of alleged anti-LGBT hate crimes/incidents within the Department of Defense (DOD) has continued according to the LGBT nonprofit DOD FED GLOBE. As part of a campaign to highlight this problem, DOD FED GLOBE is looking for volunteers to tell their stories of harassment as past and/or present employees of…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — The Roman Catholic Church announced a major campaign Thursday aimed at bringing attention to what it said were growing threats to religious liberty in the United States, including the pending White House rule requiring health insurance companies to provide free contraceptive coverage to employees of Catholic organizations. An…
The CIA and the Office of the Director for National Intelligence (ODNI) recently hosted the first Intelligence Community (IC) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Summit. Participants included members of LGBT employee groups from nine IC agencies and CIA and ODNI leaders. The Summit was designed to ensure the Agency maintains a high performing, engaged,…
Washington (CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — Two leading national anti-abortion organizations Thursday endorsed Republican Mitt Romney for president. In backing the former Massachusetts governor and all but certain GOP presidential nominee, both National Right to Life and the Susan B. Anthony List highlighted what they called Romney’s strong “pro-life” positions and criticized President…
President Obama will not sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity according to reports at Metro Weekly. “Earlier today, we were told that the Administration is not ready to move forward with a federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order at this time,”…
WASHINGTON, DC – The White House will honor Elena Chang and Suma Reddy Thursday as two of nine Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders and organizations that are Champions of Change. The two honorees are from the Asian Pride Project (APP) and were chosen as part of the White House Initiative on AAPIs “What’s…
