SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- As the decade draws to a close, a new report shows the past 10 years have been a period of dramatic gains in equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in America. Two-thirds of the 36 statistical indicators compiled in A Decade of Progress on LGBT Rights showed significant advances, including sharp increases in the number of LGBT Americans protected by nondiscrimination and family recognition legislation at the state level. Just over a quarter of the indicators were negative, and two showed mixed results. The report is a joint project of the LGBT Movement Advancement Project and the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr., Fund. The report is available at www.lgbtmap.org.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantis Events, Inc., the world's largest company specializing in all-gay and lesbian vacations, is offering guests on the first ever gay cruise to mainland China, South Korea and Japan a special roundtrip airfare of only $399*. These fares are good between any continental U.S. or Canadian city arriving in Shanghai and departing Hong Kong. Customers who book any outside or balcony stateroom by Jan. 12, 2010 can take advantage of this exclusive promotion.
On Friday, December 18, HRC joined representatives from approximately 30 other advocacy organizations to meet with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, on the proposed anti-homosexuality bill that is currently being debated in Uganda. The meeting was organized by the Public Affairs Bureau to highlight the U.S. government’s efforts and plans [...]
In the wee hours of this morning, the Senate cleared a key procedural vote by a party-line tally, 60-40, closing debate on its version of health care reform legislation and paving the way for a vote on final passage by Christmas Eve. Senate Democrats secured the votes of all members of their caucus by [...]
In a deeply disappointing decision, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) formally stated today that it will not provide spousal benefits to the same-sex spouse of an employee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (The Advocate reported about the announcement this afternoon, and the full statement from OPM is available [...]
MENDHAM TWP. - PFLAG, Morris County (Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians), is a confidential, mutual support group to help parents, grandparents and friends adjust to a child’s gay or lesbian orientation. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at Brookside Community Church, 8 E. Main St.
THE achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (LGBT) who have excelled in the arts, politics, science and other fields will be celebrated February.
Vail will join Aspen and Telluride this winter in courting the gay and lesbian market. Vail's Gay Ski Week, which lasts through Thursday, comes the week after Aspen hosts its 33rd annual Gay Ski Week. Though Vail has taken a couple of stabs at a gay ski week - it was skipped during last season's economic downturn - organizers are stepping it up in a big way this season with hopes of luring 500 ...
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