A judge ruled Wednesday an assistant federal public defender’s spouse must be compensated for health care benefits withheld since July 2008 because the couple are gay.

Stephen Reinhardt, a member of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, also reminded the bureaucracy that he decreed nine months ago in the same case that withholding benefits based [...]

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today condemned the brutal murder of Jorge Steven López, 19, in Cayey, Puerto Rico.  López’s body was discovered on an isolated road, dismembered and burned, last Friday.  Late Monday night, police arrested Juan A. Martinez in connection with [...]

Florida is one of two states that have instituted bans on adoption for LGBT families, sharing the dubious honor with Arkansas. Thankfully, there’s movement in Florida to overturn this out-dated law that not only fosters homophobia, but punishes children by keeping them away from healthy families.
First a judge last year in Miami ruled that the [...]

Looking for a place to grab a quick bite at a good price?  Stop by The Chestnut Street Cafe.   Gay owner/operator Steven Archambault announced the opening of his new cafe, named the Chestnut Street Cafe, located in scenic downtown Providence, Rhode Island.
Steven states, ” The downtown area has needed a new place to eat for [...]

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — When Laura Douglas-Brown got to work on Monday, she saw a note on the door. “It is with great regret that we must inform you that effective immediately, the operations of Window Media LLC and United Media LLC have closed down.”
It asked employees to return Wednesday, adding, “Please bring boxes [...]

By:  Jessica Wersh
The relationship between Gayle King and Oprah , for years, has been a topic of many tabloid papers.  Poor Steadman even takes a back seat to the rumors.

Now Rosie O’Donnell may have hit a sore spot last week when she said that the relationship between Oprah and  Gayle King looked like more than [...]

WASHINGTON — The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington wants the city to change its proposal to legalize same-sex marriages to exempt the church from the law, but so far city council members aren’t budging.
Catholic Charities provides social services to about 68,000 people, some of which are city contracts like the management of homeless shelters. The marriage [...]

Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri told a group of gay activists Thursday he would be open to consider a gay-inclusive domestic partnership law, the Providence Journal reported.
“Maybe it’s something we should consider,” Carcieri said.
“I don’t know enough, yet. All I am saying is I understand the circumstances. I understand the difficulties,” he added.
The [...]

The military continues to operate under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which even the Pentagon says is unsubstantiated. As General McChrystal asks for more troops in Afghanistan, one gay Navy vet offers his service to his country in spite of the policy that would deny him.
By Christopher T. Landavazo

On May 13, 1996, I raised [...]

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