San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders, the Republican who reversed his opposition to marriage equality because of his lesbian daughter, will be a witness in the federal trial on the lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8.
The mayor’s participation was announced Wednesday by San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera, according to the Gay & Lesbian Times of […]
The Tampa city council voted Thursday to extend antidiscrimination protections to transgender individuals over the objections of opponents, many of whom based their criticisms on religion.
The measure, which was proposed by the city’s Human Rights Board and passed the by city council unanimously in a preliminary vote November 5, underwent lengthier debate on Thursday, according […]
A Democratic state house primary in Chicago this February will find an openly gay man and a lesbian candidate competing against each other, but neither one makes sexual orientation a selling point.
The primary in the northwest side’s 40th district will be historic, according to local NBC news blogger Matt Bartosik.
”Columbia College instructor Joe Laiacona — […]
HAVANA, Oct. 23 Aliomar Janjaque, Fundación Cubana LGTB, www.cubanet.org) – After letting 28 people attend a gay theatrical presentation, state security agents arrested nine others who arrived later, according to one of the attendees.
Jaime Durán, 34, who is openly gay, said police gave no explanation as to why they decided to arrest others arriving at […]
Census ads on your Happy Meal box? Maybe not just yet, but readers of the Philadelphia Gay News were privy to a test run of an ad campaign when the United States Census placed an ad on the paper’s front page.
The October 9-15 edition of the weekly paper features a yellow sticker advertisement placed prominently […]
Independent senator Joseph Lieberman said Thursday that he is in discussions with the White House and the “advocacy community” about repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but he stopped short of saying whether he would take the lead on repeal legislation.
“That hasn’t been decided, but we’re all working together in a very collegial way,” Lieberman said […]
A straight Italian couple is suing a cruise line for accidentally booking them on Italy’s first all-gay cruise.
The unnamed middle-aged couple was booked for three nights aboard a Grimaldi Lines ship from Civitavecchia to Barcelona. They said that when they saw media crews at the dock they thought a celebrity was on the ship. They […]
The legal battle over same-sex marriage in California is headed back to court Wednesday when a federal judge will consider a motion that would scrap plans for a January trial and put a quick end to the federal effort to overturn the ban.
Prop. 8 supporters will argue that U.S. Supreme Court precedent and the historical […]
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