The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced Wednesday that its president, Neil Giuliano, will step down later this year to pursue “personal interests” and complete a book about his personal and professional life. Giuliano has been president of GLAAD for 3-1/2 years. Prior to his work with GLAAD, Giuliano was mayor of Tempe, Ariz., [...]
About 2,200 government employees working in foreign affairs signed a letter supporting the rights of the LGBT employees that was hand-delivered to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s office Monday afternoon. The letter (full text below) from Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies congratulated Secretary Clinton on her confirmation and then proceeded to outline a number [...]
New York governor David Paterson’s pick to take Hillary Clinton’s seat in the U.S. Senate, former representative Kirsten Gillibrand, said she would support full marriage rights for gay couples during a noon press conference Friday in which the governor announced the appointment. “I will advocate for marriage equality, women’s rights, preserving Social Security and the [...]
On Tuesday nonprofit organization GetToKnowUsFirst.org rolled out a series of commercials featuring gay and lesbian families, with the message “Marriage promotes families. Support marriage equality.” The commercials, which were filmed after California’s passage of Proposition 8, were scheduled to air in 42 of the state’s 58 counties during coverage of the Presidential Inauguration. A Los [...]
When Rev. V. Gene Robinson took to the stage at a star-studded, pre-inauguration event Sunday afternoon in Washington D.C., millions of LGBT Americans eagerly anticipated what the openly gay bishop would have to say about equality in America. But Robinson’s invocation never aired on television – he was cut from the telecast of the Lincoln [...]
Maine state senator Dennis Damon introduced a bill Tuesday that proposes legalizing marriage for same-sex couples. “Today I have submitted an act to end discrimination in civil marriage and to affirm religious freedom,” he said at a press conference in the state capitol. The state now offers domestic partnerships to unmarried couples, including gays and [...]
Sen. Hillary Clinton said Tuesday during her confirmation hearing for secretary of State that she intended to review the department’s policy of not extending benefits to partners of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender foreign service officers. But Clinton stopped short of giving a specific commitment to make partner benefits available, saying she needed more information [...]
Openly gay Rev. Gene Robinson has been asked by Obama’s Inaugural Committee to deliver the invocation at the inauguration’s opening ceremony, which is being held Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial. Robinson, whose endorsement of Obama before the New Hampshire primary was considered a big coup for the campaign, has been critical of the controversial selection [...]
The American Family Association has identified yet another target in its waging of the culture war — PepsiCo. The right-wing organization has asked members to boycott PepsiCo after the company donated a combined $1 million to the Human Rights Campaign and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. The AFA says it sent two [...]
President-elect Barack Obama on Monday named Bradley Kiley, who is gay, as director of the Office of Management and Administration. Kiley has been serving as director of Operations for the Obama-Biden Transition Project and previously served as vice president of finance and operations at the Center for American Progress. Kiley served as deputy assistant to [...]