Disney issued a formal apology to a San Diego man for an incident Saturday at Disneyland that the company claims was a misunderstanding but which the man asserts was anti-gay bias. Sounds to me that this was just one big mistake – but here’s the news – from gay.com: Wil Kenney claims he was targeted [...]
Disney Issues Apology to Gay Couple
Adam Sandler Pledges Support To Gay Rights Groups
N.J. Civil Unions Fall Short, Panel Told
New Jersey’s civil unions law has failed to provide all the benefits of marriage to at least one in five same-sex couples, a gay rights group told a panel Wednesday that will report its findings to the governor and state legislature. More than 300 of the 1,514 same-sex couples who have joined in civil unions [...]
School District Ordered To Recognize Gay Student Group
A Minnesota school district that has been fighting to block a gay student group from using school facilities has been ordered by a federal judge to treat it the same as other organizations. U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen issued a permanent injunction barring the Osseo school district from denying members of Straights and Gays for [...]
HRC Expands Presence in Key Campaign States of New Hampshire and Iowa
The Human Rights Campaign marked a first in its history this month when it opened a campaign office in Concord, N.H. — a central hub for presidential candidates on the campaign trail. Though the move attracted little attention nationally, the ceremony drew about 100 people, including HRC members, staffers from the Obama, Edwards, and Clinton [...]
‘In Iran we don’t have homosexuals’
Gays Join Protest Against Ahmadinejad Speech At Columbia Gay activists holding posters of what is general believed to be a picture of two gay men being executed in Iran joined hundreds of other demonstrators protesting the appearance of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University on Monday. Ahmadinejad said: “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals [...]
Companies That Discriminate Lose LGBT Customers Survey Shows
Gay Man Appointed To Colorado Legislature
Mark Ferrandino the former head of Colorado Stonewall Democrats has become the first openly gay man to sit in the state legislature. “I’m proud to be representing my constituents and the GLBT community,” Ferrandino said. “I’m a qualified Democrat who wants to do good, who also happens to be gay.” His selection was hailed by [...]
Report ranks gay-friendly employers
Walt Disney Co., SunTrust Banks Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Save-A-Lot grocery stores’ parent company SuperValu Inc. are among nearly 200 major U.S. employers cited this year for gay-friendly policies. The Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights advocacy group in Washington, D.C., released its sixth annual Corporate Equality Index this morning. Of the 519 major public [...]