Activists hopeful that Democrats will push gay bills
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Dec. 2 at 3:33 PM Dec. 2 at 3:33 PM
Officials with the Human Rights Campaign and National Gay & Lesbian Task Force are hopeful that Barack Obama’s administration and Democratic leaders in Congress will help orchestrate the passage next year of two gay rights bills that enjoy widespread support.
The Matthew Shepard Act, which would authorize federal authorities to prosecute anti-gay hate crimes, and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, are considered high priorities among gay-supportive lawmakers, officials with the two groups said.
“For the first time ever, we will have a president who has been a ...
University said homophobic statements damaged job performance
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) | Dec. 2 at 11:50 AM Dec. 2 at 11:50 AM
A University of Toledo administrator who was fired after criticizing gay rights in a newspaper column is suing the school for violating her free speech rights.
The woman says the university treated her differently than other employees who have expressed personal opinions.
The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court is seeking that Crystal Dixon be reinstated as associate vice president for human resources at Toledo.
Dixon wrote in a newspaper column in April that gay rights can't be compared to civil rights because homosexuality is a choice.
The university says Dixon's statements damaged her ability to perform her job.
First openly gay march for the Caribbean nation
ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) | Dec. 1 at 9:23 AM Dec. 1 at 9:23 AM
A dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city on Sunday in what organizers called the Caribbean nation's first openly gay march.
The march, held a day ahead of World AIDS Day in the western city of St. Marc, called for better prevention and treatment in a country long plagued by the virus.
Organizers said they hoped the march will break barriers to reach more HIV-positive people and gay men w ...
Activists hopeful that Democrats will push gay bills
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Dec. 2 at 3:33 PM Dec. 2 at 3:33 PM
Officials with the Human Rights Campaign and National Gay & Lesbian Task Force are hopeful that Barack Obama’s administration and Democratic leaders in Congress will help orchestrate the passage next year of two gay rights bills that enjoy widespread support.
The Matthew Shepard Act, which would authorize federal authorities to prosecute anti-gay hate crimes, and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, are considered high priorities among gay-supportive lawmakers, officials with the two groups said.
“For the first time ever, we will have a president who has been a ...
University said homophobic statements damaged job performance
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) | Dec. 2 at 11:50 AM Dec. 2 at 11:50 AM
A University of Toledo administrator who was fired after criticizing gay rights in a newspaper column is suing the school for violating her free speech rights.
The woman says the university treated her differently than other employees who have expressed personal opinions.
The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court is seeking that Crystal Dixon be reinstated as associate vice president for human resources at Toledo.
Dixon wrote in a newspaper column in April that gay rights can't be compared to civil rights because homosexuality is a choice.
The university says Dixon's statements damaged her ability to perform her job.
Some dare to say so
LONDON (AP) | Dec. 1 at 2:24 PM Dec. 1 at 2:24 PM
As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.
They argue that the world has entered a post-AIDS era in which the disease's spread has largely been curbed in much of the world, Africa excepted.
"AIDS is a terrible humanitarian tragedy, but it's just one of many terrible humanitarian tragedies," said Jeremy Shiffman, who studies health spending at Syracuse University.
Roger England of Health Systems Workshop, a think tank based ...
Gay-rights ally unable to unseat incumbent Chambliss
By SOUTHERN VOICE STAFF | Dec. 2 at 8:12 PM Dec. 2 at 8:12 PM
Democrat Jim Martin failed to unseat Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) in Tuesday's runoff election. Martin conceded the race shortly after 10 p.m. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State's office showed Chambliss leading with 57.7 percent of the vote to Martin's 42.3 percent.
Chambliss has vowed to challenge President-elect Barack Obama on what he called a “liberal agenda,” and said he would vote against issues like the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, “repealing the military's Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and amendin ...
Activists hopeful that Democrats will push gay bills
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Dec. 2 at 3:33 PM Dec. 2 at 3:33 PM
Officials with the Human Rights Campaign and National Gay & Lesbian Task Force are hopeful that Barack Obama’s administration and Democratic leaders in Congress will help orchestrate the passage next year of two gay rights bills that enjoy widespread support.
The Matthew Shepard Act, which would authorize federal authorities to prosecute anti-gay hate crimes, and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, are considered high priorities among gay-supportive lawmakers, officials with the two groups said.
“For the first time ever, we will have a president who has been a ...
University said homophobic statements damaged job performance
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) | Dec. 2 at 11:50 AM Dec. 2 at 11:50 AM
A University of Toledo administrator who was fired after criticizing gay rights in a newspaper column is suing the school for violating her free speech rights.
The woman says the university treated her differently than other employees who have expressed personal opinions.
The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court is seeking that Crystal Dixon be reinstated as associate vice president for human resources at Toledo.
Dixon wrote in a newspaper column in April that gay rights can't be compared to civil rights because homosexualmosexuality is a choice.
The university says Dixon's statements damaged her ability to perform her job.
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