Ruby-Sachs: Hawaii May Get Civil Unions

It’s a Tuesday after a holiday, which always makes me feel a bit out of the news world. Couple that with the awesome nature of the Haitian tragedy, and it’s hard to think of much else. But, today is an important day in many respects for LGBT voters.

First, and I …

Davis: 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 …

Activists, family hope good can come from Zapata’s death

A Colorado jury’s conviction of the man who murdered a transgender woman is a bittersweet moment for activists and the victim’s family, who are hoping while mourning that some good can come from the tragedy.

On April 22, Allen Andrade of Thorton, Colo., was convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime for killing Angie Zapata, who was transgender, by beating her to death with a fire extinguisher in her Greeley, Colo., apartment.

Defense attorneys argued that Andrade, 32, killed Zapata, 18, while in a sort of “trans-panic” mindset after they agreed to meet for sex and he discovered she was transgender. But prosecutors argued that the murder was premeditated and Andrade murdered Zapata because he hated LGBT people. See Activists, family hope good can come from Zapata’s death
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