Jochen Farber said he experienced nothing but friendship and hospitality in 2006, when he came to Chicago for Gay Games VIII—from Mayor Richard Daley to the cab drivers he encountered. Farber wants to repay that hospitality—to Chicago and the rest of the world—in 2010 when the next round of Gay Games takes place in Cologne, Germany. Farber is, after all, the head of public relations/marketing. “I believe we'll have a lot of people from Chicago come over to Cologne in 2010, and hopefully we can give back in some way to the friendliness we experienced from the people of Chicago,” he said by phone. Full story...
A young casualty of Prop 8
Robin McGehee was a dedicated parent at St. Helen's Catholic School in Fresno, Calif.
The state Supreme Court plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars Wednesday, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure that repealed the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed in California.
In a letter addressed to "Dear Community," a high-powered coalition of gay-rights leaders is calling for an end to the scapegoating of African Americans for the passage of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in California.
Vermont state Sen. John Campbell says he's going to introduce a gay marriage bill when the Legislature convenes in January.
The long campaign, the hard-fought election and the coast-to-coast street protests are over.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) today applauded a decision by the California Supreme Court to review Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage that was approved by voters on November 4.
New York, November 20, 2008) --- On Transgender Remembrance Day, Lambda Legal Executive Director Kevin Cathcart issued the following statement:
"The LGBT community is looking toward our future with tremendous hopefulness and resolve.
(San Francisco, California, November 19, 2008)—Today the California Supreme Court granted review in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow margin of 52 percent on November 4.
Court to determine constitutionality of Prop 8 (San Francisco, California, November 19, 2008)—Today the California Supreme Court granted review in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow margin of 52 percent on November 4.
Online dating service eHarmony has agreed to create a new website for gays and lesbians as part of a settlement with a gay man in New Jersey, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said on Wednesday.
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