All Posts Tagged With: "gay rights"
Ogden urged to pass gay anti-bias ordinances
By Steven Oberbeck -The Salt Lake Tribune
Ogden » Love and politics — they can seem at times like such strange bedfellows.
Yet they meshed perfectly at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden on Sunday.
There, a worship service that stressed love and acceptance was followed by a town hall meeting addressing the need for anti-discrimination ordinances [...]
Homosexuals being used as ’scapegoats’ by flawed governments
By Daniel Howden – New Zealand Herald
A whispering campaign is under way in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, accusing Paul Semugoma, a doctor, of being a predatory homosexual, actively recruiting younger men into his “vice” with the help of foreign conspirators.
His home and business addresses have been published online and he has received a string of death [...]
Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington
By JEREMY W. PETERS – New York Times
WASHINGTON — Impatient and discouraged by what they see as a certain detachment by President Obama on their issues, gay rights supporters took to the streets Sunday in the largest demonstration for gay rights here in nearly a decade.
The rally was primarily the undertaking of a new generation [...]
New film festival to shine spotlight on gay community
By Donecia Pea – Shreveport Times
He’s the man with the diminutive stature and syrupy sweet Southern drawl that has endeared him to fans and kept them laughing for decades in his string of guest roles and recurring characters on some of TV’s biggest shows.
But Leslie Jordan is most recognizable to fans for his role as [...]
Is Nashville finally ready to ban workplace discrimination against gay and lesbian city workers? Surprisingly, the answer could be yes.
By Jeff Woods – Nashville Scene
Two weeks from now, something that was unthinkable just a few years ago in Nashville may actually come to pass: The Metro Council may vote to ban workplace discrimination against gay and lesbian city employees. To a small faction, this will seem a sign of the End Times. Next, we’ll [...]
Congregation embraces transgender minister as his secret is revealed
Rev. David Weekley hopes his story will help change United Methodist Church doctrine
By Christine Mcfadden -The Portland Tribune
The Rev. David Weekley grows uncomfortable in his chair.
As soon as he raises the topic of gay rights to his conservative clergyman friend one day at lunch, he knows it’s a mistake.
He knows that the United Methodist Church [...]
Kennedy remembered as champion of gay rights
By DENISE LAVOIE (AP)
BOSTON — For decades, Edward Kennedy was considered the most powerful voice in the Senate for gay rights as a strong supporter of HIV/AIDS funding, hate crimes legislation and same-sex marriage.
His death struck a blow to gay rights advocates, who say they’ve lost a key ally.
“Having somebody in the Senate who was [...]
El Paso gay activists want new police training
Associated Press
Gay rights advocates in El Paso want the city to revamp its police force’s training for dealing with the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
The request made during Tuesday’s City Council meeting comes about a week after five gay men were asked to leave a popular taco shop after two of them kissed.
The group [...]
Gay welcome to a bold new beginning
Jen Carswell – Indian Express
Drums kept up the tempo as painted bodies danced in the streets around Vakola market, rainbow streamers waving ecstatically through the air. Men were gyrating with other men, and women, and men dressed as women. Gay and transsexual men celebrated the Delhi High Court ruling: their lifestyle and partner choice is [...]
New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers
By JIM RUTENBERG – New York Times
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday.
The guidelines will be in an updated federal handbook for managers and supervisors to be distributed and posted online in the next couple of months, and they could [...]
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