Aug

7

Gay-Friendly Groups Call on Straight Americans to Make a Difference

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Events |

Candlelight Vigils and Celebrations of EqualityAustin, TX (PRWEB) — There’s never been a more exciting time for straight Americans to take a stand for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) friends and neighbors. That’s according to Soulforce and Atticus Circle, the sponsors of Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights 2008, a project that will spotlight straight Americans’ support for equality over the week of September 14-20, 2008. Read more

Aug

5

Governor Patrick: In Massachusetts, Equal Means Equal!

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Legal, Politics |

Last Tuesday it was announced that, the Massachusetts Legislature repealed the 1913 anti-marriage law that barred out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying there and that Governor Deval Patrick would be signing that bill. Governor Patrick signed the bill on Thursday, July 31st. Here’s the video: Read more

Jul

17

Task Force Accepting Proposals for 21st National Conference

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Events |

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is now accepting session proposals for The 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. Read more

Jul

16

ACLU: H&R Block Does the Right Thing

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Business, Gay Marketing, Legal, Relationships |

Gay Tax NewsHARTFORD, CT - After pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, H&R Block has agreed to give $100 coupons or free TaxCut software to all gay couples who incurred additional costs because they were barred from using the company’s online tax service, TaxCut Online. Read more

Jun

25

Rea Carey Named Executive Director of NGLTF

Filed Under GLBT Equality |

WASHINGTON, DC — Rea Carey, longtime leader and activist in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement, has been appointed executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Read more

Jun

20

Old Dominion Freight Lines Sued for Firing Transgender Trucker

Filed Under Court Cases, GLBT Equality, Legal, Sexual Bigotry, TG, Workplace Equality |

Kaylee Seals, truck driver (Photo courtesy of ACLU)KNOXVILLE, TN - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a sex discrimination lawsuit yesterday against Old Dominion Freight Lines for illegally firing a truck driver for impersonating a female after she informed the company that she was transitioning from male to female. A prior EEOC investigation into the firing sided with the driver, Kaylee Seals, finding there was reasonable cause to believe that Old Dominion discriminated against Seals based on sex and sex stereotyping. Read more

Jun

18

ACLU Hosts Weeklong Online Symposium On LGBT Pride

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Events, Gossip |

NEW YORK – In celebration of LGBT Pride, several top lesbian gay bisexual transgender writers, leaders and supporters in the U.S. will participate in an online symposium on the ACLU Blog of Rights and on the Get Busy, Get Equal blog featured on the ACLU’s LGBT activist toolkit. Participants will be discussing a wide range of issues affecting the LGBT community ranging from the first marriages of lesbian and gay couples in California to the need for a federal law barring workplace discrimination based gender identity and sexual orientation to censorship of LGBT students in the nation’s schools. Read more

Jun

11

The Case for Making Changes vs Lawsuits

Filed Under Court Cases, GLBT Equality, Gay Marriage, Legal |

This week, nine LGBT organizations in the U.S. are urging couples marrying in California to ‘Make Change, Not Lawsuits’ Read more

Jun

10

New LGBT Fellows Program at the Policy Institute

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Gay Business, Politics |

WASHINGTON, — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is now accepting applications for its 2008–2009 LGBT Fellows Program at the Policy Institute, a leading think tank on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues. This new fellowship program — made possible by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation — is designed to put the best independent and academy-based thinkers to work on pressing LGBT movement issues. Read more

Jun

5

Baldwin and Frank Announce LGBT Equality Caucus

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Politics |

In a Capitol Hill press conference yesterday, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) announced the formation of the House of Representatives LGBT Equality Caucus. Baldwin introduced the bipartisan caucus and its founding members saying, “We represent different races, different genders, different sexual orientations, different geographic regions, different generations, and different parties, but we share a common mission: to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality.” Read more

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