TRENTON, N.J., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In a state where the Governor and several conservative activists have endorsed the civil union law as a way to avoid marriage equality - saying the civil union law already provides equality to New Jersey's same-sex couples - Garden State Equality has just relea
NEW YORK, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Logo, the entertainment network for gays, lesbians, their families and friends announced today that pop icon Kylie Minogue will host the 100th episode of NewNowNext PopLab, the destination for up-and-coming party music in all its forms, on Tuesday, August 3 at 7/6C.
WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins condemned the 5-4 District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision that voters in the District do not have a right to vote on an initiative to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, calling it an
Justice has finally been served for Constance McMillen. Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi had its 15 minutes of infamy this spring when it denied Constance the chance to bring her girlfriend to the school prom. The ACLU intervened and a judge ruled that the school could not forbid Constance from bringing the date of her choice. The school responded by cancelling prom completely and Constance faced harassment and alienation from her peers because of it. The ACLU sued the school district for violating Constance’s civil rights and yesterday the case was settled with the school district adopting a non-discrimination and anti-harassment policy covering sexual orientation and gender identity. The district also agreed to pay $35,000 in damages.
The Senate Judiciary Committee met today to discuss and vote on the nomination of Elena Kagan as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. After a lengthy debate, the Senate Judiciary Committee vote was 13-6. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican, joined all of the committee’s Democrats in support of Kagan. Although the Republican minority has suggested the possibility of a filibuster of the nomination, that is considered unlikely to succeed and the Senate is expected to vote on Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court during the first week of August.
It’s been a busy week here in North Dakota. On Tuesday, HRC screened “Ask Not†in downtown Fargo. More than 40 people stopped by to watch the film and most wrote letters to lawmakers urging the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell†this year. Building off that momentum, volunteers called through HRC’h HRC’s membership list on Wednesday to remind folks to contact their Senators.
The United Nations on Monday accredited a major gay and lesbian organization that Egypt, Russia and others had tried to keep out as a group permitted to lobby at the world body.
Indianapolis - INDIANAPOLIS â€" JULY 20, 2010 â€" The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) has partnered with Indianapolis-based advertising and public relations agency TrendyMinds, an NGLCC certified business, to handle the organization’s public relations and strategic needs, helping to advance opportunities and awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-owned ...
MENDHAM TWP. - Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG) of Morris County is a confidential, mutual support group to help parents, grandparents and friends adjust to a child’s gay or lesbian orientation. Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at Brookside Community Church. For information, call (973) 543-7229 or email craig.bcc@verizon.net ...
We had given you a heads up about Bryan "homosexuals in the military gave us...six million dead Jews" Fischer's role. But it turns out that the Family Research Council's anti-open service webcast packed a "WTF?!" wallop that went well beyond...
Okay, now we've seen everything. On their official YouTube page, NOM is now fabricating their own "breaking news" reports: NationForMarriage [YT] I'm currently sitting at a meeting of LGBT bloggers. If you hear a massive fit of laughter coming from...
The National Organization For Marriage tried to kick the Courage Campaign's videographer out of their barely-attended rally in Annapolis, MD. But no NOM, big or small (*but in the case of this tour, only small. Very, very small.), is going...
From the Courage Campaign: Just a few minutes ago (shortly before 1 p.m. ET), Brian Brown had police officers remove the Courage Campaign’s NOM Tour Tracker videographer from the Maryland NOM rally â€" or risk arrest. We were told that...
First report we've heard from the National Organization For Marriage's Trenton,NJ, stop: @JackBeck Hold your "ha!" until we get more confirmation (as difficult as that may be). *** *NOTE: This FAIL woFAIL would be particularly poetic, considering NOM found its roots...
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