Category: GLBT News

By John Mack Freeman In an essay in this morning’s Businessweek, Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay. Admitting that he had long been out in his personal life and to colleagues at Apple, Cook came out to the public at large saying in part: “I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much […]

By John Mack Freeman The National Health Service in Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Scotland) mistakenly released the names of 86 trans patients earlier this week. After an internal investigation, the release was attributed to human error. The error occurred when individuals receiving gender treatment received a mass e-mail in which none of the other e-mails […]

By John Mack Freeman The first ever international conference on trans military particiaption was held in Washington, D. C. this week. Advocates for trans military inclusion and trans military members from around the world were invited to speak. Via an ACLU press release: “The lesson from today’s conference is clear,” said Aaron Belkin, Director of […]

By John Mack Freeman It can be easy to forget in the excitement of the recent bevy of same sex marriage bans that have been struck down that these rulings have other effects besides making marriage immediately available. Madelynn Taylor, a 74-year old Navy veteran, finally won the right to be buried next to her […]

By John Mack Freeman Veteran Tamara Lusardi has prevailed in her court case against the United States Army. While posted to the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) in Alabama, Lusardi alleged that she experienced discrimination from officers that insisted on referring to her as “sir” and “he” and refusing to allow […]

By John Mack Freeman North Carolina now has marriage equality, but the GOP of that state is not going quietly into that good night. Phil Berger, the North Carolina Senate President, is introducing a bill that would allow magistrates in North Carolina to refuse to marry same sex couples due to the religious objections of […]

By John Mack Freeman Access to school’s in Delhi, India may become easier for trans persons there. “Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has declared the inclusion of transgender children in schools across the capital of India” according to PinkNews. This means that they will now be eligible for the 25 percent reservation for economically weaker […]

By John Mack Freeman All sorts of people are making their support of same sex marriage known in all sorts of ways. For Dr. Yen Chang-Lee, this meant naming a newly discovered species of snails in honor of same sex marriages. The snail has been dubbed Aegista Diversifamilia, and the authors of the study have said […]

By John Mack Freeman If you’re someone who follows LGBT news in even the slightest way, you have probably been a little overwhelmed in the last two weeks with the developments in same sex marriage caused by the refusal of the Supreme Court to hear any case having to do with same sex marriage. This […]