Month: March 2011
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Why haven’t any Republicans done a “It Gets Better” Video ?
According to “It Gets Better” founders Dan Savage and Terry Miller no Republican politicians has done a video for the “It Gets Better” project , and they are dreaming about the Pope doing a video for the project, they told Nightline on ABC News.
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Gay Dollars for Global Causes: LGBT Community Responds to Japan Earthquake – Tsunami
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered charity promotes philosophy is that we are all “One Human Family” by providing humanitarian aid around the world.
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HRC Applauds Administration for Joining United Nations on Ending Violence Towards LGBT People
Today, the U.S. joined over 80 countries to issue a statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council entitled “Ending Acts of Violence and Related Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” The statement “express[es] concern at continued evidence in every region of acts of violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” In addition, it “call[s] on States to take steps to end acts of violence, criminal sanctions and related human rights violations committed against individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
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UCLA-Based Think Tank on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Policy Marks 10 Years of Work
The Williams Institute, a leading legal and public policy think tank addressing issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity, will hold a 10th Anniversary Celebration as part of its Annual Update Conference. The conference will be held April 7-9, 2011 at the UCLA School of Law.
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P.J. Crowley resigns over Manning remark
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has resigned after publicly crossing swords with the Pentagon over the treatment of an Army soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and sensitive diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.
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My gay son: the face of church’s lack of respect
I am a Catholic who voted against Proposition 8 in 2008 and contributed $1,000 to the No on 8 Campaign, a Catholic who is sustained by regular Mass, scripture and prayer. I am also the father of a gay son, from whom I was slow to learn how painful, debilitating and denigrating are the constant legal and social reminders that he and those like him are not fully accepted members of the human community.