Friday, September 18, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

“Policy to Practice” is a two-week series of conversations and blog posts about what it takes to turn an inclusive employment non-discrimination policy into practice in the workplace. This look at law firms rated in the Corporate Equality Index comes from Rob Falk, HRC’s general counsel . Ok folks, there are more than enough lawyer jokes going [...]
From our friends at Stonewall Democrats:
While I’m on the subject of helping statewide LGBT campaigns (see earlier Washington State post), HRC is offering those of you in DC a great opportunity to help the campaign to preserve marriage equality in Maine… Over the next several weeks, we are recruiting volunteers to call voters in Maine to identify supporters of marriage equality [...]
Episcopal Bishop Leo Frade intends to allow clergy in the Diocese of Southeast Florida to bless the unions of same-sex couples. The authorization will only apply to gay and lesbian couples who have been legally married, he says.
The South Bay Center: the Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Transgender Community Organization will have its intergenerational 20th annual Pride Picnic from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at El Nido Park in Torrance.
Gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers may be at higher risk of binge-eating and purging than their heterosexual peers, starting as early as age 12, a new study finds.

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