Nearly a year after announcing plans to sue the city of Miami Beach and two police officers accused of wrongly arresting a gay man, the ACLU of Florida filed a complaint Monday in federal court. Representing Harold Strickland, attorney Ray Taseff wrote that Miami Beach officers Frankly Forte and Elliot Hazzi arrested Strickland in March [...]
They are the few, the proud and perhaps the military’s biggest opponents of lifting the ban on openly gay troops. Most of those serving in America’s armed forces have no strong objections to repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, according to a Pentagon survey of 400,000 active duty and reservists that is scheduled for [...]
Guests lounge around the pool at Pearl’s Rainbow, soaking up the sunshine and tropical vibes typical of a Southernmost guesthouse. Not a man is in sight — and that’s the way these vacationers like it. But over this Thanksgiving weekend, Key West’s only lesbian-exclusive resort is going “all welcome.” The decision was made public about [...]
Now the Cupertino company has sparked outrage over an app it did approve, Manhattan Declaration, that is a “call of Christian conscience” inviting users to take a stand against gay marriage by signing a 4,700-word “declaration” penned by Christian clergy, scholars, and others. The Manhattan Declaration, the text of which is included in the app, [...]
Jim Swilley, the pastor of a Georgia megachurch, recently revealed to his congregation that he is gay. The 52-year-old father of four said that his wife, to whom he was married for more than 20 years, encouraged him to come out years ago, but at the time, he told her: “These words will never come [...]
Cindy McCain is advocating the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy – putting her at very public odds with her husband on the controversial issue. She’s appearing in a new video geared toward eradicating the bullying of gay youth, produced by the California-based organization “NOH8.” “Our political and religious leaders tell LGBT [...]
Under fire near Hill 861 in Vietnam, Lance Cpl. Marshall Belmaine proved his mettle the way tough Marines always have, through bravery and loyalty. As the North Vietnamese Army pounded U.S. positions near Khe Sanh with mortar fire that April 1967, Belmaine saw his right leg sliced open by shrapnel just before he spotted another [...]
– The Williams Institute, a research center on sexual orientation law and public policy at UCLA School of Law, has announced new findings from the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS), the longest-running study ever conducted on American lesbian families (now in its 24th year). In an article published today in the Archives of [...]
Gay civil rights groups trying to build momentum for a possible Supreme Court showdown filed two lawsuits Tuesday that seek to strike down portions of a 1996 law that denies married same-sex couples federal benefits. The lawsuits were filed in federal courts in Connecticut and New York and come just months after a federal judge [...]
The vast majority of the American people want the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy repealed.A majority of conservatives want it repealed. A soon-to-be-released Defense Department study finds U.S. servicemembers do not mind serving alongside gay soldiers. Admiral Mike Mullen wants DADT repealed. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wants it repealed. So, naturally, Congressional Democrats [...]