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Last Updated: Jul 3, 2009 |
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Discrimination
GLAAD Announces Project to Combat Homophobia in Virtual Communities
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, announced a new project to address homophobia in virtual communities and educate users on LGBT issues.
Jul 3, 2009
Current Events :
Discrimination
"Silent Partners" Reveals The Other Side Of Don't Ask Don't Tell
IN THEIR BOOTS will premiere "Silent Partners," this season's moving episode about the unfortunate effects of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) on Saturday, July 4, 2009.
Jul 3, 2009
Current Events :
Hate Crimes
Man Convicted in Anti-Gay Killing Released from Prison One Year After Sentencing; Victims Mother Notified by Automated Message
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today condemned the early release of Stephen Andrew Moller, who was convicted in June of 2008 in the death of 20-year-old Sean Kennedy. Sean’s mother, Elke Kennedy, was informed of the release by automated message last night. Witnesses testified at trial that Kennedy’s attacker shouted anti-gay slurs while punching Kennedy outside a Greenville, SC bar in May of 2007.
Jul 2, 2009
Current Events :
Hate Crimes
Human Rights Campaign Statement on Death of San Diego Area Sailor
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a statement today in the death of Seaman August Prevost, 29, at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. According to local media reports, the Navy and Marine Corps confirmed that a sailor's body was found on the base at about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. A military spokesperson confirmed that there was evidence of foul play in the killing and that the case is a murder investigation. It is also understood a “person of interest” is in custody at Camp Pendleton but has not been charged with a crime. Local activists report the victim may have been targeted because of his sexual orientation.
Jul 2, 2009
News :
Texas :
Houston
Alley Theatre Hosts Open Auditions for Local Actors
2009-2010 Seasonal Auditions for Houston actors will be Monday, July 20, 2009 at the Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue. Auditions will be for AEA and non-AEA adult actors. Auditions will be by appointment only, and may be scheduled beginning Monday, July 6, 2009.
Jul 2, 2009
Entertainment :
Multimedia
START YOUR ENGINES: Campus Pride Goes to Finals
Campus Pride’s founder and executive director Shane Windmeyer, otherwise known as "Buff Faye All You Can Eat," placed in the “Top 25” and successfully advanced to the final lap of the online competition for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 2 on Logo.
Jul 2, 2009
News :
Texas
Texas Inmates Get Phone Calls
This past Friday, the Texas prison board was informed of the first in a series of system-wide program additions of telephone service that will be phased in over the course of the next year.
Jul 1, 2009
Current Events :
Equality
Human Rights Campaign Statement on DOJ Decision Not to Appeal Schroer v. Billington
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, issued the following statement today in reaction to the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice not to appeal an earlier court decision in Schroer v. Billington, in which a federal district court concluded that Library of Congress officials violated federal sex discrimination law when they withdrew a job offer from a transgender woman because she was transitioning:
Jul 1, 2009
Home/Family :
Gay Marriage
Human Rights Campaign Applauds D.C. Superior Court Decision Rejecting Marriage Referendum
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, applauded a D.C. Superior Court ruling yesterday that rejected a proposed referendum on recently passed D.C. legislation recognizing marriages by same-sex couples performed in other jurisdictions. The legislation is set to become effective on July 6, 2009, at the conclusion of a Congressional review period.
Jul 1, 2009
Current Events :
Equality
Sirius XM Radio To Broadcast Stonewall Special On OUTQ
SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced that in honor of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, largely recognized as the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, it will broadcast Stonewall 40 Minutes – a series of one-minute vignettes spotlighting significant events in the Gay Rights Movements over the past 40 years on OutQ, the nation’s first and only radio channel for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Jun 30, 2009
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