WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council released a new analytic report today showing that women who did not grow up with their biological mother and father are much more likely to engage in homosexual conduct as adults than are women who grew up in an intact family. (Lo
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Expedia.com®, the world's leading online travel agency, announced today that it has opened an LGBT travel site to serve as a resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers. Expedia.com developed the store in partnership with the I
INDIANAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, the head of the nation's largest wartime veterans organization stated his group's opposition to repealing the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' (DADT) policy. "We feel strongly
Chalk up one more win for equality! As of today, May 20, LGBT citizens of Leon County, Florida no longer have to worry about being harassed or fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. On May 11, the Leon County Commission voted 5-2 in favor of new protections in the county’s Human Rights Ordinance prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people in employment, housing, and places of public accommodation.
Those opposed to equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people have been working hard to push the lie that LGBT people -- and particularly transgender folks -- suffer from “mental illness†are are therefore unworthy of basic employment protections. In an incredibly offensive editorial last month, the Washington Times argued that "discrimination is necessary" or else children would be subjected to "weirdos." They also cite the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a basis for their argument. In response, the President of the APA wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Times to correct the record and rebut theitheir distortion of the DSM. The paper refused to publish the letter but the APA has given us permission to print it here:
Today Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., along with 22 co-sponsors, introduced the Senate version of the Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2010 (SNDA), which would prohibit discrimination against any public school student on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. In addition, SNDA prevents discrimination against students because of the actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of a person with whom that student associates or has associated. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., introduced a nearly identical version of the Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 4530) in January 2010.
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Expedia.com®, the world's leading online travel agency, announced today that it has opened an LGBT travel site to serve as a resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers.
Expedia.com®, the world's leading online travel agency, announced today that it has opened an LGBT travel site to serve as a resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers. Expedia.com developed the store in partnership with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), the leading global organization dedicated to connecting businesses in the LGBT tourism industry.
Expedia.com®, the world's leading online travel agency, announced today that it has opened an LGBT travel site to serve as a resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers.
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