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News (USA)
Seattle adds transgender health care to city’s employee benefits
The Seattle Office for Civil Rights has announced that for the first time, healthcare benefits offered to city workers will cover procedures for transgender employees, reports the Seattle Gay News.
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Life
New report says anti-gay bullying rampant in Northern Ireland
Homophobic language and bullying are prevalent in schools across Northern Ireland with 98 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual youth reporting hearing homophobic language in school from pupils, teachers, non-teaching staff and visitors to schools, according to a new study released Wednesday.
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News (USA)
Bay Area Reporter: Vote Bevan Dufty for Mayor of San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area Reporter has formally endorsed the openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Bevan Dufty, to become the city’s next mayor.
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News (USA)
Opponents of California’s LGBT- inclusive education law concede defeat
The opponents of California’s Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act — also known as SB48 — on Wednesday conceded that they had failed to gather the signatures required to overturn the landmark bill that requires the historical contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans be included in history lessons and classroom textbooks.
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Life
NOM attacks transgender son of House GOP supporter of DOMA repeal
Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, on Wednesday said that Rodrigo Lehtinen, the transgender son of U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, is the reason his mother became the first Republican co-sponsor of the House bill aimed at repealing the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Life
LGBT History Month profile: Singer and performance artist Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is a world-famous performance artist and singer. She is best known for her chart-topping singles and outrageous costumes. She has had three consecutive best-selling albums and one of the highest-grossing tours.
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Life
Matt Barber uncovers the ‘Glee’ conspiracy of ‘radical homosexual promotion’
According to Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber, there is a conspiracy afoot to use the media to indoctrinate/desensitize children to “sexually immoral behaviors” through television programs like “Glee.”
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News (USA)
Petition urging investigation of school principal’s assault reaches 83,000
More than 83,000 people have signed an online petition at Change.org, demanding that authorities launch an investigation into allegations that a Monroe County Tennessee high school principal assaulted a student for wearing a homemade t-shirt in support of another student’s efforts to form a Gay-Straight alliance in the school.
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Life
Activist Dan Choi suffers legal setback in White House protest arrest case
LGBTQ equality rights activist Dan Choi has been dealt a setback in a court case resulting from his arrest during a November 2010 White House protest of the now repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that banned openly gay service members in the U.S. military.
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News (USA)
Former Hawaii governor who vetoed same-sex civil unions announces U.S. Senate bid
HONOLULU — Former Republican Governor Linda Lingle on Tuesday announced that she will be a candidate for the U.S. Senate Seat currently held by retiring Democrat, Daniel Akaka.
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Commentary
For Matthew Shepard and countless others… the work to erase hate continues
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2010 on the twelfth anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. Matthew was brutally attacked on the night of October 6, 1998, then tied to a fence and left to die. Matthew was targeted because he was gay. Matthew spent five days in a coma while the world held […]
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News (USA)
California’s anti-gay ‘Stop SB 48’ group’s referendum effort fails
Equality California on Tuesday, announced that opponents of the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act — also known as SB48 — have failed to collect the required number of signatures to place a referendum on the November 2012 ballot to overturn the law.
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Life
LGBT History Month profile: Rabbi Denise Eger
One of the first openly gay rabbis, Denise Eger served as rabbi for the world’s first gay and lesbian synagogue. She is the first female and the first openly gay president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.
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News (USA)
Former ‘ex-gay’ leader comes out, says he ‘can no longer condemn gays’
John Smid, the former Executive Director of Exodus International’s oldest ministry “Love in Action,” has publicly admitted that he is gay, and now says that being LGBTQ is an intrinsic part of a person’s being, not a “behavior” that one can repent from.
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News (USA)
Prominent gay rights leader Franklin Kameny, dies at 86
Franklin E. Kameny, one of the nation’s most prominent gay rights leaders, died in his home today from an apparent natural causes. He was 86.
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News (USA)
Military chaplains tell Pentagon they refuse to officiate same-sex weddings
Nearly 2,000 members of the military-affiliated Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty (CARL) have pledged not to perform same-sex “wedding” ceremonies under any circumstances, despite a recent Pentagon directive that authorizes chaplains to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies, and military chapels to be used for “any private ceremony.”
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Commentary
She came out in a letter — for worse, and for better!
This weekend, reader Jenni emailed me the below. What better day than National Coming Out Day to share it with you?
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Commentary
Bullying: Putting Your Money Where Their Mouth Is
When we say that we want bullying to stop, what we’re in large part saying is that we want bullying to stop happening in our children’s schools. Which means we want teachers to put a stop to bullying.
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Life
Britain warns it will cut aid to African nations for persecuting LGBT citizens
Britain’s Tory led government has announced that it will reduce financial aid to nations that persecute their LGBTQ citizens.
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Life
LGBT History Month profile: Award-winning actor Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming is an award-winning film, television and stage actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television series, as well as major theatrical productions in London and on Broadway.