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Crowd of Pride partiers at Charles and Eager Streets in Baltimore ''We need more love in the world,'' Amber shouted from Baltimore Pride's main stage last Saturday evening, June 20, using her headliner status to inject a bit of passionate politics with pointed barbs for Proposition 8 and support for the protestors in Iran.
It was a well-received injection, as pride celebrants felt both the love and the beautiful weather at the 34th Annual Baltimore Pride -- although the latter was never guaranteed.
''We dodged a bullet with the weather,'' says Craig Wiley, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, the organization presenting Baltimore Pride. Forecasted thunderstorms and heavy downpours never materialized Saturday night. Instead, there was a slight breeze and a largely clear-blue sky. ...more
Crowd of Pride partiers at Charles and Eager Streets in Baltimore ''We need more love in the world,'' Amber shouted from Baltimore Pride's main stage last Saturday evening, June 20, using her headliner status to inject a bit of passionate politics with pointed barbs for Proposition 8 and support for the protestors in Iran.
It was a well-received injection, as pride celebrants felt both the love and the beautiful weather at the 34th Annual Baltimore Pride -- although the latter was never guaranteed.
''We dodged a bullet with the weather,'' says Craig Wiley, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, the organization presenting Baltimore Pride. Forecasted thunderstorms and heavy downpours never materialized Saturday night. Instead, there was a slight breeze and a largely clear-blue sky. ...more
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Frank Kameny in the 2009 Capital Pride Parade Fifty-two years after being fired from the federal government for being gay, Frank Kameny has now being honored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for his accomplishments as a gay-rights pioneer.
''I would not have been able to accomplish what I have in my career without all of Frank's work,'' said OPM Director John Berry, the highest-ranking openly gay appointee in the Obama administration, at the June 24 ceremony. Berry's agency is the successor to the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the agency whose policy against gays in the federal government resulted in Kameny's termination.
Berry presented Kameny with a letter officially apologizing for the firing. ...more
Frank Kameny in the 2009 Capital Pride Parade Fifty-two years after being fired from the federal government for being gay, Frank Kameny has now being honored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for his accomplishments as a gay-rights pioneer.
''I would not have been able to accomplish what I have in my career without all of Frank's work,'' said OPM Director John Berry, the highest-ranking openly gay appointee in the Obama administration, at the June 24 ceremony. Berry's agency is the successor to the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the agency whose policy against gays in the federal government resulted in Kameny's termination.
Berry presented Kameny with a letter officially apologizing for the firing. ...more
Gauge: Two years after the Virginia DMV sent a letter of apology to a Virginia resident for demanding he return his ''poofter'' license plate, 41-year-old Sidney Antommarchi of Herndon, Va., is reaping the benefits of what he calls an ''open-minded'' DMV.
Sitting on the back of his Toyota Corolla, framed by a rainbow sticker and an HRC decal, is his new ''boy4boy'' license plate, just a few months old.
''My last plate was 'hotboyz,''' says Antommarchi, ''but I got that with my ex-partner, and it was time for a change.'' ...more
Sitting on the back of his Toyota Corolla, framed by a rainbow sticker and an HRC decal, is his new ''boy4boy'' license plate, just a few months old.
''My last plate was 'hotboyz,''' says Antommarchi, ''but I got that with my ex-partner, and it was time for a change.'' ...more
HOUSTON (AP)A gay sailor whose death is being called a hate crime by his family is being buried in Houston on Friday.
Seaman August Provost III was found shot multiple times on June 30 as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton north of San Diego. Investigators are calling his death a random act unrelated to the 29-year-old's sexuality.
But Provost's family says he had complained a year before about being harassed for being gay and the military's “Don' ...
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington BladeThe group that filed a federal Proposition 8 lawsuit is pushing back against LGBT organizations seeking to intervene in the case — much to the consternation of officials who say they're bringing needed voices and expertise to the table.
But in a letter dated Wednesday, AFER board president Chad Griffin urges the groups not to intervene in Perry v. Schwarzenegger and accuses them of having previously worked to undercut the litiga ...
WASHINGTON (AP)A group of AIDS activists was arrested Thursday for unlawfully demonstrating in the Capitol rotunda, a Capitol Police spokeswoman said.
Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said 11 men and 15 women each face a charge of unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct and loud and boisterous behavior. Their names and ages were not immediately released.
Schneider said the group entered the rotunda, located beneath the Capitol dome, and linked themselves together with a white chain at about 10 a.m. The area is usually crowded with tourists, but police restricted the traffic while they made arrests.
The activists carried signs in support of fund ...
Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, an LGBT-focused business advisory group based in San Francisco, has scored a major get for its annual summit this fall: John Berry, the openly gay director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today picked Ronald E. Albers for a judgeship on the San Francisco County Superior Court.
Theresa Sparks, the transgender woman who has served two terms as president of the city’s police commission, has ruled out running for a third term. When she first won the coveted seat by one vote back in 2007, Sparks became the first transgender person to head a city oversight panel. But her ascension led to [...]
A 50-year-old civil rights organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is seeking to oust the president of its Los Angeles chapter over his support of marriage equality in California, reports The New York Times. 
And you thought the big gay appeal of the 11th season of Big Brother would be the openly gay former Jehovah’s Witness. 
Two suspects have been a rraigned on assault charges after allegedly attacking a transgender woman in Queens, N.Y., on Wednesday. 
Joe Solmonese visited Brentwood to speak at a soirée for major donors hosted by local HRC members Michael Burcham and Thom Meek.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Joe Solmonese visited Brentwood, Tenn., on Wednesday, July 8, to speak at a soiree for major donors hosted by local HRC members Michael Burcham and Thom Meek.
First reading set for July 21. A nondiscrimination ordinance filed at the Metro Council office today would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes for Metro government employees.
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A gay couple has been banned from property owned by the Mormon Church after an altercation over a kiss
About 50 gay activists protested Friday outside the restaurant where a two men were asked to leave because they were kissing
NYC Police have arrested a serial gay basher believed to be involved in at least three attacks on gay men in the city
Settle in for a long one, folks — we’re back to the mindboggling web of connections that comprise the powerhouse of Mormons, money, and marriage inequality. So, I’ve not been blogging the past few days, partly because I had to attend to some business. I’ll probably end up telling you about it, but not today; for [...]
Leonard Link ponders the logistics of accurately counting married same-sex couples in the United States — and why Republicans don’t want an accurate count. Worth the full read: Same-Sex Marriage and the2010 United States Census … The picture in the U.S. is complex. As of now, same-sex couples can marry in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa, with [...]
So, the Alaskan Talibunny wants to sue Shannyn Moore for proffering speculation (which Moore has always presented as rumors, which Palin’s lawyer says Moore presented as fact), while nobody is suing Pete King (R-NY-3), who is claiming as fact that Michael Jackson molested children. Never mind whether the King of Pop ever did or not; the [...]
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