All Posts Tagged With: "gays and lesbians"

Obama hosts White House LGBT reception

WASHINGTON, (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama hosted a reception at the White House Tuesday to honor Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. Obama, who has been criticized by many gays and lesbians because the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on open service by homosexuals remains in place, said the United States [...]

24Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Bureau wants same-sex couples to check the ‘married’ box on census form

By ERIC ADLER The Kansas City Star Legally, the federal government, Kansas, Missouri and 43 other states do not recognize same-sex marriages — the union of two men or two women. But one curious aspect of the 2010 U.S. Census? It does — whether gay marriage is legal or not. In fact, representatives of the [...]

8Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Zions Bancorp asked to do more for gays, lesbians

(AP) SALT LAKE CITY — An assortment of investor groups represented by the New York City comptroller says Salt Lake City-based Zions Bancorp isn’t doing enough to protect gay, lesbian and transgender employees from discrimination. But the banking company’s board is urging shareholders to vote against a proposal sponsored by the comptroller’s office on behalf [...]

8Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgenders seek safer lives

By KATE DUBINSKI, The London Free Press A London cafe has issued a challenge to independent coffee houses all over the continent: make your shops safe for transgendered people on March 31. “Even during the heyday of the gay and lesbian movement in the 1960s, transgendered people were kicked out of the movement,” said Linda [...]

28Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

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 [...]

11Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

What If You’re Gay? A New Feature.

By Tara Siegel Bernard – New York Times Last month, we explored the many extra costs that same-sex couples incur because their unions are not recognized by the federal government. But we’d like that story to serve as a conversation starter. Now that we know the issues — extra health insurance costs, potentially higher tax [...]

10Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Advocates Encouraged by Hate Crimes Bill

By Bao Ong – The New York Times As gay and immigrant rights advocates congregated in Jackson Heights, Queens, last week to educate citizens about their rights, Karina Claudio-Betancourt, a community organizer, peered at her BlackBerry and announced that the Senate had passed a measure to include gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability in [...]

28Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Housing regs to add protections for gays

By KEVIN FREKING (AP) WASHINGTON — Federal housing officials said Wednesday they’re developing regulations to ensure that gays and lesbians aren’t denied access to federally subsidized housing based on their sexual orientation. The Housing and Urban Development Department will also commission a first-ever nationwide study to determine the extent of discrimination based on sexual orientation [...]

22Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gays, lesbians getting better showcase on U.S. TV

By Jill Serjeant – Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – American TV viewers are seeing more gay, lesbian and transgender characters on their screens and story lines are better reflecting current issues in the gay community, according to a survey set for release on Thursday. Characters like gay police officer John Cooper on NBC’s “Southland” — [...]

1Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Obama extends gay health benefits

By Stephen Collinson WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Barack Obama Wednesday extended some federal health benefits to same-sex partners of US government workers, in what he said was a historic step towards equality for gays and lesbians. “Many of our government’s hardworking and dedicated patriotic public servants have long been denied basic rights … for one [...]

18Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gays in Latin America: Is the Closet Half Empty?

By Javier Corrales After years of lagging behind, gay rights movements in Latin America are coming out into the mainstream. ost analysts haven’t noticed, but a major social revolution is taking place in Latin America. The region is becoming gayer. It’s not that there are more gays and lesbians living in Latin America (we would [...]

19Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Retired rabbi advocates for gays

By Carol Biliczky Beacon Journal staff writer Wendy Horowitz dropped a giant, neon, blazing hint when she told her parents she was joining the gay and lesbian organization at Ohio State. Her father, retired Temple Israel Rabbi David Horowitz, thought it was great she was supporting her gay friends. When his daughter eventually was blunter [...]

15Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Battle ahead over ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ rule

Obama has advocated repeal of military’s policy for gays By John Marelius Still smarting from the unsuccessful same-sex marriage battle in California, some gay-rights activists are turning to another front: repealing the so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prevents gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. Last month, President-elect Barack Obama [...]

7Dec2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay leaders wary of boycotting Prop. 8′s supporters

By Carlos Alcalá Stung by passage of a ban against gay marriage, some California gays and lesbians marshaled online resources to promote boycotts aimed at businesses where key executives financially backed Proposition 8. Leaders in Sacramento’s gay community, however, are urging their supporters not to go in that direction – exhortations that may get drowned [...]

17Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Marriage Demonstrators Move to L.A. Cathedral, Saddleback Church

‘What a lot of religious people of all faiths did to us on last Tuesday was just wrong and it’s unfair,’ says one protestor. About 200 gays and lesbians upset over the voter- approved ban on gay marriage marched from East Los Angeles to the downtown Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Sunday. [...]

10Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued