Senator Hillary
Clinton will give up her U.S. Senate seat to accept a
position as Secretary of State for President-elect Barack
Obama, the New York Times has learned.
Vermont Governor
Jim Douglas said he would oppose a law granting same-sex
marriages, according to the Associated Press.
Sources tell that word
came down Friday afternoon that will be
shutting off all content effective immediately.
According to
The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has decided not
to order more episodes of three shows: Eli
Stone, Dirty Sexy Money, and Pushing
Daisies.
An acclaimed gay
writer just got more acclaimed. Writer Mark Doty's Fire
to Fire: New and Collected Poems won the
National Book Award for poetry at an awards presentation
Wednesday night in New York City.
Thursday marks
one decade of acknowledging the Transgender Day of
Remembrance, with celebrations and vigils being staged all
across the country.
A retired Memphis
policeman entered a not-guilty plea Wednesday on
charges that he violated the civil rights of a transgender
prostitution suspect in a beating that was caught on
tape, reports the Associated Press.
San Diego's
glamorous Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel has seen better days.
The hotel, owned by local magnate Douglas Manchester,
is being boycotted for the second time in six months.
The California
supreme court announced Wednesday that it will review
legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow
margin on November 4, constitutionally banning
same-sex marriage in the state.
Three years after
a New Jersey resident filed a discrimination suit
against Web-based matchmaking service eHarmony.
The longest
serving Republican in the history of the Senate, Ted Stevens
of Alaska, has lost his seat in a recount that ended Tuesday
with his opponent, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich,
receiving 3,724 more votes than Stevens, reports the
Associated Press.
Vermont state
senator John Campbell said Tuesday he will introduce a bill
to legalize gay marriage when the legislature returns in
January, the Associated Press reports.
Former speaker of
the House Newt Gingrich characterized Prop. 8
protesters as part of a fascist movement in America during
an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor on
November 14.
blogger Mike Rogers put the pressure on fast-food chain
Subway last week after finding on a list compiled by
the Human Rights Campaign that a Subway franchise
owner had donated $2,500 to Yes on 8 -- using the
company’s name.
More than 100
retired generals and admirals are calling for an end to
"don't ask, don't tell," the military's policy of not
allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the
military, reports the Associated Press.
Focus on the
Family will eliminate 202 jobs, making it the biggest layoff
in the history of James Dobson's Colorado Springs based
Christian ministry.
The Trevor
Project -- the nation's only 24-hour crisis and suicide
prevention helpline for LGBTQ youths -- received
accreditation from the American Association of
Suicidology this month.