A high school student can pursue nominal damages from an eastern Kentucky school district over its required antiharassment training, an appeals court ruled Friday. The U.S. sixth circuit court of appeals ruled 2–1 that the Boyd County school district’s policy imposed a “chill” on student Timothy Allen Morrison’s ability to profess his Christian beliefs and [...]
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Mississippi appellate court judge Leslie Southwick to the U.S. court of appeals in New Orleans, despite raging objections to his record on gay and African-American civil rights. Lawmakers first voted 62–35 to end debate on Southwick’s nomination. They subsequently voted 59–38 to seat the 57-year-old native Texan to the [...]
Fort Lauderdale being chosen as the Favorite Gay Resort Town by the readers of Out Traveler in the magazine’s annual poll. Fort Lauderdale top gay resort town for its gay accommodations, stretches of beach, plethora of gay bars.
Garry Trudeau says topics in his ”Doonesbury” comic strip that were at first shocking to some readers are not so anymore, such as one character’s revelation 30 years ago that he was gay. ”Now I can pretty much write about gay issues and not hear from anyone,” Trudeau told students at the Center for Cartoon [...]
A gay rights group has urged Barack Obama to cut ties with a gospel singer who it says spreads false information about homosexuality being a choice. Donnie McClurkin is among several gospel singers scheduled to raise money for the Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate at a concert in South Carolina this weekend. McClurkin has [...]
With author J.K. Rowling’s revelation that master wizard Albus Dumbledore is gay, some passages about the Hogwarts headmaster and rival wizard Gellert Grindelwald have taken on a new and clearer meaning. The British author stunned her fans at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Friday night when she answered one young reader’s question about [...]
Democrats on Thursday sent to the full House legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, despite bitter complaints from some because transgender workers would not be protected under the bill. Democratic leaders pushed forward the current bill after discovering that including transgender workers in the legislation would cause it to fail [...]
Two lesbians who staged a sit-in in the Denver clerk and recorder’s office after they were denied a marriage license have been charged with trespassing and will face trial, according to the Associated Press. Kate Burns and Sheila Schroeder, both of Englewood, Colo., pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the charge. Their trial is scheduled for [...]
Gay brothers who are convinced their sexual orientation is as deeply rooted as their Mexican ancestry. They are among 1,000 pairs of gay brothers taking part in the largest study to date seeking genes that may influence whether people are gay. If fresh evidence is found suggesting genes are involved, perhaps homosexuality will be viewed [...]
About one fifth of large New York law firms do not have gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender partners or associates, according to new data by Building a Better Legal Profession, a grassroots organization composed of law students. The findings, released Wednesday in Washington, D.C., are part of a larger report rating law firms in six [...]