Category: GLBT News

Penzeys Spices has a new website section that is celebrating Wisconsin’s same sex marriage victory. The site called “Love Grows Here” features four same sex couples that can now get married based on the ruling, sharing their stories and some of their family recipes. Penzeys has been supporting LGBT equality since 2005. Turns out that […]

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Monday will hear arguments about marriage equality in four states on August 6. The same three-judge panel will hear all four cases. Only one state, Michigan, asks the court to overturn the state’s ban on marriage equality. Cases in the other three states—Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee—are […]

President Obama has announced an executive order to forbid LGBT job discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors. The order is similar to the proposed bill Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that would do the same for all LGBT employees in the United States. Although 90 percent of the nation’s voters think that federal law protects LGBT […]

A study by the LA Gay and Lesbian Center entitled “Sex on demand: geosocial networking phone apps and risk of sexually transmitted infections among a cross-sectional sample of men who have sex with men in Los Angeles county” found that people who use hookup apps are significantly more likely to contract an STI than those […]

A report released last week examined the number and severity of hate crimes experienced by LGBT people in 2013. The numbers remained both high and grim. 2,001 separate attacks were reported, which is up approximately 3 percent from 2012. The number of assaults that involved physical or sexual assault was also up dramatically over the previous […]

Although it can hardly be said that the Republican Party is moderating itself on LGBT issues, there are some signs of positive movement in Nevada. Earlier this year, the state party removed opposition to same-sex marriage from its platform. Then, last week, trans candidate Lauren Scott beat out Nevada Republican Assembly backed Adam Khan for […]

Admittedly, it makes for a lousy march. Nobody wants to get together to chant in the streets about divorce, alimony, and the various other legal arrangements that must be made when a marriage ends. But, it is the flip side of same sex marriage, and it continues to be a sticking point for Americans that […]

The General Assembly of the United Nations elected Sam Kutesa of Uganda as the president of the General Assembly last week. Kutesa currently serves as the foreign minister of Uganda whose anti-gay laws have caused a backlash against the country in the international community.  Kutesa achieved the role because he was nominated by the Africa […]

This week, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that same sex couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships will be entitled to the same burial rights as those in marriages. As a press release by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force notes, this is one of the first times that a federal agency has extended […]

The state of Mississippi may believe that they need to discriminate against LGBT people, but some of its cities disagree. Jackson has become the most recent municipality to pass an resolution to stop discrimination against LGBT people after Starkville started the trend in January. Oxford, Hattiesburg, Greenville, Bay St. Louis, and Magnolia are other places […]