GLAD Cheers Implementation of Marriage Equality in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With Rhode Island’s marriage equality law set to take effect Aug. 1, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) extended congratulations to the same-sex…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With Rhode Island’s marriage equality law set to take effect Aug. 1, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) extended congratulations to the same-sex…
Por: Susan Sommer/Directora de litigio constitucional para Lambda Legal— P: Ahora que DOMA ha desaparecido, ¿qué significa para mi familia? R: La victoria en la…
By: John Verlinden*/TRT Columnist— Boy, it’s hot out there! I try never to complain about the heat in New England. After our long, cold and…
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Being trans involves living your life, but with more questions, unusual situations and new thoughts than the average person. One…
Por: Wilfred Labiosa/Columnista de TRT— Escribo esta columna durante mi vuelo de regreso a casa. He pasado unas semanas en África, Tanzania y Uganda. Fui…
On September 11, 2013, Compassionate Action Network International of Seattle, Washington will host the Colors of Compassion Walk For Equal Human Rights in New York…
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It’s time to slap on the sunscreen and shake and bake on the beach with a good read! Here are…
Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Supreme Court asked to protect marriage equality The ACLU of New Mexico, ACLU National, the NCLR, Albuquerque attorneys and an Albuquerque…
By: Susan Sommer/Director of Constitutional Litigation— Q: Now that DOMA is gone what will it mean for my family? A: The victory at the Supreme…
While traveling back from celebrating World Youth Day in Brazil, Pope Francis was asked by a group of reporters about gay priests within the Roman…
By: Lisa Keen*/Keen News Service— “The lay of the land is getting a bit complicated,” says James Esseks, director of the ACLU’s National LGBT and…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa– The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday launched Free & Equal, an unprecedented global…
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Two-time Olympic figure skating competitor, openly gay Johnny Weir urged in his weekly column today that there be no boycott of the Winter…
Agreement Affirms that Transgender Students Are Entitled to Equal Access in Schools San Francisco, CA—Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights and…
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist— Five hundred and four days passed between the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the ‘not guilty’ verdict of George…
BOSTON, Mass. — Nancy Nangeroni, Chair of the Steering Committee, has announced the appointment of Mason Dunn as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition,…
BOSTON, Mass.—Sunday, July 28 will mark the sixth annual World Hepatitis Day sponsored by the World Hepatitis Alliance in collaboration with the World Health Organization….
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Oh, Pat Robertson. He really is trying too hard to present himself as the epitome of angry and dogmatic old…
Scary straights, Kurt Cobain’s lesbian relative and being ‘normal in some ways’ By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Just give Courtney Love 10 minutes – the…
WASHINGTON, DC — A coalition of national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organizations, led by the National Black Justice Coalition and the National…
BOSTON, Mass.—No one may have been waiting more anxiously for the end of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) than bi-national, same-sex couples. DOMA made…
CHICAGO, Illinois—Coinciding with this year’s 150th anniversary of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the Lesbian and Gay Veterinary Medical Association (LGVMA) will be celebrating…
Plight of unaccompanied homeless young people in Massachusetts is a crisis requiring immediate attention BOSTON, Mass.—The Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Children and Families will…