Miss USA gay debate rages on
(Los Angeles, California) Miss California says she stands by her anti-gay-marriage comments, even though they may have cost her the Miss USA crown.
Carrie Prejean defended her views Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show, telling host Matt Lauer that she spoke from the heart during Sunday’s pageant when she said that “marriage …
Scholarship named for Lawrence King
(Los Angeles, California) A four-year scholarship for LGBT students will be named for Lawrence King, the 15-year-old gay male murdered in an Oxnard, California classroom in February 2008.
The scholarship was announced Tuesday by the Point Foundation in partnership with Jeffrey Fashion Cares. It will begin in the 2009/2010 academic year.
“It …
Scholarship named for Lawrence King
(Los Angeles, California) A four-year scholarship for LGBT students will be named for Lawrence King, the 15-year-old gay male murdered in an Oxnard, California classroom in February 2008.
The scholarship was announced Tuesday by the Point Foundation in partnership with Jeffrey Fashion Cares. It will begin in the 2009/2010 academic year.
“It …
Super Bowl ad rejected by LA station
(Los Angeles, California) A gay marriage equality group says a local Los Angeles TV station refused to run a same-sex marriage ad during Super Bowl programming on the advise of the National Football League.
GetToKnowUsFirst.org said Monday that it was informed Friday that the ad, featuring a gay family, was rejected …
GLAAD president Giuliano resigns
(Los Angeles, California) Neil Giuliano is leaving the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Giuliano has served as president since September 1, 2005. In a statement, the former Tempe, Ariz. mayor and Arizona State University administrator said that he is resigning to give more time for a book …
Risks weighed in taking Prop 8 to 2010 vote
(Los Angeles, California) Gay rights activists are weighing the wisdom of rushing in front of voters a repeal of the state ballot measure that banned gay marriage.
While two initiatives seeking to undo Proposition 8 – the voter-approved measure – already have been submitted to the Secretary of State, pro-gay marriage …
AIDS skeptic Maggiore dies in Calif.
(Los Angeles, California) Christine Maggiore, an activist who vehemently denied that HIV causes AIDS, declined to take anti-AIDS drugs and sued Los Angeles County for stating that her 3-year-old daughter succumbed to AIDS-related pneumonia, has died. She was 52.
Maggiore died at her Van Nuys home. She had been treated for …
In Tough Economic Times Scholarships Help LGBT Youth
(Los Angeles, California) The nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBT students began receiving applications Friday for the 2009-10 school year.
The Point Foundation awards on average $13,200 in direct financial support.
Since its inception in 2001, Point has invested over $3 million in the education of outstanding LGBT students.
The organization’s growth over …
