Guadalupe Benitez prevailed in her lawsuit against two doctors who refused to artificial inseminate her because of their religious beliefs and now, a settlement has been reached. The Union-Tribune reports: Benitez alleged that the doctors told her they would not inseminate her because their religious convictions — they are Christians — prohibited them from doing the procedure for [...]
The Log Cabin Republicans national spokesperson, Charles T. Moran, issued the top ten reasons why conservatives support the National March for Equality to take place in Washington D.C. the weekend of October 10th and 11th. 10.) Our nation was founded out of revolt by the people from oppression by the government. All Americans have a duty to ensure [...]
GLSEN recently announced the first ever Student Advocate of the Year award will be given to Austin Laufersweiler, a senior from Marrietta, Georgia. Austin, who has been the victim of anti-gay bullying, has worked tirelessly for equality and safety and started the first Gay-Straight Alliance in his school. Read more about this extraordinary young man and the [...]
Pink News reports: Gay couples in Portugal are waiting to see whether their re-elected prime minister will follow through with his campaign promise for gay marriage. José Sócrates and his Socialist Party government were returned to power last weekend but without a parliamentary majority. However, the left wing occupies a majority of the seats, with [...]
A federal court in Miami dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington State woman against Jackson Memorial Hospital who would not allow her to visit her dying partner. “The hospital took the position that we thought was pretty extreme — that it has no duty, no legal obligation, to allow visitors [of any sort] in [...]
According to Equality Across America, the National Equality March route has been approved. Gather on 15th Street at “I” (Eye) Street – we will be staging in the street and 15th between “I” Street and “M” Street will be closed for this purpose. The March will kick off from 15th and I Street, right near [...]
In the upcoming issue of the Joint Force Quarterly, the Pentagon’s top scholarly journal published for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an Air Force colonel calls for the repeal of the military’s repressive “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Colonel Om Prakash studied the issue for months while a student at the National Defense [...]
The Seattle Times reports: Guido Westerwelle and his gay partner are Germany’s new “power couple” – at least according to the nation’s leading daily, which splashed a photo of the pair hugging on election night on the front-page above the fold in Tuesday’s paper. The ringing endorsement for the 47-year-old Westerwelle, who is widely expected [...]
David Mixner, an author and gay rights activist, has written a new post on his website, www.davidmixner.com, calling for President Obama to speak out on marriage equality in Maine. Time is running out in Maine. Soon people will begin to request their absentee ballots and start voting. The time for President Obama to make clear that [...]
In the lead up to the November 3rd ballot proposal in Kalamazoo, Michigan to ban discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing and public accommodations, a forum on The Bible and Homosexuality was held. A panel of six area pastors — three who believe same-sex relationships violate biblical teaching and three who say Scripture does not [...]
