During a June 19 radio debate, Pennsylvania State Sen. John Eichelberger (R) repeatedly asserted that same-sex marriage is wrong, “dysfunctional,” and would lead to “polygamy, marrying younger people.” (Eichelberger is “sponsoring a Constitutional amendment to redefine marriage as between a man and a woman.”) But perhaps his most shocking comments came when fellow lawmaker Sen. [...]
President Obama and first lady Michelle welcomed gay activists to the White House on Monday, with a contingent from Chicago flying in to mark LGBT pride month. The Obama administration’s lack of progress on key gay issues has been a source of disappointment. “Many in our community feel he is not doing enough,” Shore told [...]
President Obama will host a White House reception Monday in honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, but faces criticism for not keeping campaign promises to the community. President Obama signed same-sex benefits legislation earlier this month. “I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans,” [...]
The Florida Second District Court of Appeals decision last month to reverse a Fla. trial court’s ruling in a custody dispute involving a lesbian couple could set a precedent in determining whether the state, which bans adoptions by same-sex couples, must recognize other state’s inclusive adoption laws. Lara Embry and Kimberly Ryan each gave birth [...]
After a Seattle City Light employee filed for the release of the names of gay and lesbian city workers involved in a city-sponsored club earlier in the month, the city of Seattle reluctantly did the same. The city is claiming the state public-records act requires the names to be released. Philip Irvin, a self-proclaimed civil [...]
In a letter sent to President Obama today, seventy-seven members of Congress called on the White House to issue a moratorium suspending gay discharges from the military. The new strategy envisions immediate executive action, to be followed by legislative repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law at a subsequent time. The letter calls on [...]
President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday offering limited benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees failed to quell growing anger in the gay community that gay rights issues were getting short shrift at the White House. In fact, Obama’s promise to offer ancillary employee benefits – such as long-term-care insurance and the right to use [...]
The City of Miami Commission voted unanimously in a 5-0 decision Thursday to adopt a Domestic Partnership Ordinance. The City of Miami will now extend the same health benefits to the declared domestic partners and children of city employees that are granted to heterosexual employees of the city. “Providing employment benefits, including healthcare, to the [...]
American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert has told Rolling Stone magazine he is gay, answering a question that followed the singer for months since he gained millions of fans on the No. 1 U.S. TV talent show. “I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I’m gay,” He was nicknamed “Glambert” [...]
President Barack Obama’s promises of change are falling short for one core Democratic constituency: gays and lesbians, whose leaders say Obama’s administration isn’t keeping up with the times. Gay rights campaigners, most of them Democrats who supported Obama in November, have begun to voice their public frustration with Obama’s inaction, small jokes at their community’s [...]