Lambda Legal files suit to prevent Ariz. from stripping domestic partner benefits
From Lambda Legal:
(Tuscon, Ariz.) Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tucson to block a move to strip domestic partner benefits from gay and lesbian state employees. Arizona lawmakers included a provision stripping domestic partner health benefits from state employees as part of a last-minute …
Tags: Ariz, Domestic Partner Benefits, Federal Lawsuit, Gay And Lesbian, Gay Lesbian, Health Benefits, Lambda Legal, Last Minute, Lawmakers, Provision, State Employees, Stripping, TusconNation’s largest gay newspaper publisher closes
(Atlanta) The nation’s largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down.
Laura Douglas-Brown, editor of Southern Voice newspaper in Atlanta, said she arrived at work Monday to find the locks changed and a note saying parent company Window Media LLC had closed down.
She said the company’s …
Tags: Gay And Lesbian, Gay Atlanta, Gay Community, Gay Lesbian, Laura Douglas, Lesbian Community, Locks, Nation Newspaper, Newspaper Publisher, Newspapers, Parent Company, Southern VoiceArgentine Congress considers same-sex marriage
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Is Argentina ready to become Latin America’s first nation to legalize gay marriage?
Gay and lesbian activists think so - and they have a growing number of supporters in Congress, which opened debate Thursday on whether to change dozens of laws that define marriage as a union between …
Tags: Aires Argentina, Argentine Congress, Buenos Aires, Debate, Dozens, First Nation, Gay And Lesbian, Gay Lesbian, gay marriage, Latin America, Lesbian Activists, marriage, same sex marriageMicrosoft donates $100 k for gay partners effort
(Olympia, Wash.) Microsoft Corp. has donated $100,000 to the campaign supporting more partnership rights for Washington state gay couples.
That’s the largest single donation in favor of Referendum 71, which asks voters to approve or reject a new law that expands domestic partnerships for gay and lesbian couples. Microsoft is based …
Tags: Domestic Partnerships, Gay And Lesbian, Gay And Lesbian Couples, Gay Couples, Gay Lesbian, Gay Partners, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp, Olympia, Partnership Rights, Referendum, Washington StateUruguay clears way for gay adoptions
(Montevideo, Uruguay) Uruguay is clearing the way for gay couples to adopt children.
The Senate’s final approval Wednesday makes Uruguay the first country in Latin America to allow gay and lesbian couples the opportunity to adopt.
The executive branch now will decide when the law takes effect. The change is supported by …
Tags: Executive Branch, Final Approval, Gay Adoptions, Gay And Lesbian, Gay And Lesbian Couples, Gay Couples, Gay Lesbian, Gay Uruguay, Latin America, Montevideo Uruguay, SenateNGLTF endorses National Equality March
From NGLTF:
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a leader in building grassroots lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) political power, endorses the National Equality March, which will be held in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10–11. Thousands of people from across the country will march and rally in front of …
Tags: Equality, Gay And Lesbian, Gay And Lesbian Task Force, Gay Lesbian, Lesbian Task Force, National Gay And Lesbian Task Force, Ngltf, Rally, Washington D CNamibia city hosts first gay rights march
About 40 people are expected to march in Keetmanshoop’s first-ever march for gay and lesbian rights on Saturday.
Keetmanshoop, in the southern part of Namibia, near the gay-friendly South Africa, is marking the inauguration of Ada Ma/Hao (We stand together), a new project advocating for equal rights for gender minorities in …
Tags: Ada, Equal Rights, Gay Africa, Gay And Lesbian, Gay Friendly, Gay Lesbian, Gay People, Gay Rights March, Inauguration, Keetmanshoop, Lesbian Rights, Minorities, Namibia Africa, South AfricaDavis: Positive Steps in the Face of Tragedy
This weekend’s attack at the gay and lesbian center in Tel Aviv left me with a familiar feeling: helplessness. That awful moment of wanting to do something but knowing you’re half a world away.
I spent much of Saturday scouring the Internet for news and shaking my head. Fortunately there are …
Tags: Face, Familiar Feeling, Gay And Lesbian, Gay Lesbian, Helplessness, Internet News, Lesbian Center, Tel Aviv, TragedyHouse subcommittee approves benefits for same-sex partners
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Chicago HIV report sparks reaction
The Chicago Public Health Department’s alarming report, released Friday, that suggests the HIV infection rate among gay men in Chicago is nearly 20% has drawn varied responses from Chicago’s gay and lesbian community.
ChicagoPride.com surveyed a number of gay men on a busy Saturday night in Boystown.
From Waveland to Buckingham, the responses were varied with one common undertone that gay men no longer think HIV is a death sentence. And despite extensive media coverage on the recently release report, many were unaware of the report and its contents.
“I’m not at all surprised by these statistics.” Said thirty-something Al joined by Jared and Jamie outside of the Center on Halsted. “The fact that a lot of our own community members are not aware of their status is probably because of their fear of knowing.”
“We are very closeted in the U.S. regarding educating our youth,” added Jaime.
Some do not believe the numbers and conclusions published in the report.
“You can work the numbers however you want,” said Matthew a bartender at Buck’s. See Chicago HIV report sparks reaction
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