A Safeway employee at a D.C. retail location in the Southwest area of the city has been fired for directing homosexual slurs at a same-sex couple last week. NBC Washington reports that Jason Morgan and Brendan Harrington, Southwest residents and regular Safeway customers, were at the checkout counter when a cashier used an offensive slur…
What began as an isolated attack on Newt Gingrich’s anti-gay politics has become a vigilante movement in defense of LGBT and reproductive rights – this time in pink. Nancy Mancias and Chelsea Byers, members of the anti-war activist group CODEPINK, took a page out of activist Nick Espinosa’s playbook yesterday when they showered Republican presidential…
The Associated Press reports today that the United Nation’s main forum on human rights has voted in favor of creating a panel to review anti-LGBT discrimination worldwide. The forum voted late yesterday on a groundbreaking resolution presented by South Africa to establish the LGBT anti-discrimination panel. Among the 47 Human Rights Council members, 23…
The Harvey Milk Foundation, a leading non-profit organization that promotes Harvey Milk’s legacy through education and outreach, has announced plans to participate in Budapest’s LGBT Pride March on Saturday, June 18 at Heroes Square. The opening speech of the Pride March is set to begin at 3 PM (CET) and will emphasize the importance of…
The San Diego Rainbow Scuba Club (SDRSC) is making donations to the San Diego LGBT community with money raised at the Diving For Life (DFL) event. This year they are making donations to Stepping Stone, Being Alive and Mama’s Kitchen. At Diving For Life, the International Gay and Lesbian SCUBA Jamboree held in Roatan, Honduras,…
Several images of Philong Huynh were presented June 9 to the jury, showing him on the very striped blanket that was allegedly found wrapped around murder victim Dane Williams. Huynh, 40, of City Heights, is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Williams, 23, of Huntington Beach, in January 2008. Williams’ body was found inside a…
June is here and the celebration begins. It’s my birthday month and I do like to celebrate the whole month. Believe me, I can feel my age. Last week I felt like everything was falling apart and I needed a tune up and some lubrication, and – you dirty perverts, I am not talking about…
SDG&E has donated $10,000 to The LGBT Community Center. The funds will support the Hillcrest Youth Center. The Hillcrest Youth Center (HYC) is the only drop-in and recreational center in San Diego County dedicated to the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and HIV+ youth. HYC provides computer access, health education, basic financial education,…
ARIZONA – A new coalition including GetEQUAL has called on the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to apologize for the harm its teachings are causing the LGBT community. A petition has been launched and is available to sign on getequal.org. Pointing to current teachings and ministries of the SBC, the coalition sheds light on harmful teachings…
NEW YORK – The American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law have announced the launch of The Kids are Listening, a nationwide awareness campaign to help ensure that the thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) children and teens who are in foster care receive the legal rights and protection…
