Ask Lambda Legal – Transitioning at Work
By: Greg Nevins/Supervising Senior Staff Attorney at Lambda Legal Q: I’m a transgender woman, and it is time for me to transition at work but…
National News
More Momentum in Maryland: Senate Passes Civil Marriage Equality Bill
But marriage not yet a reality; voter referendum expected Washington – On the heels of the historic House of Delegates vote last week, the Maryland Senate…
DOMA ruled unconstitutional again by federal judge
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A federal district court judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday (February 22) that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates…
Boston Pride names The Rainbow Times Official Media Sponsor
Nonprofit announces The Rainbow Times as an official media sponsor and producer of the official Pride Guide Boston, MA – Boston Pride today announced its…
Finances at ‘turning point’ for LGBT groups, stabilizing; but donors fleeing
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– Good news and some concerns about the LGBT equality movement emerge from a new study by a LGBT think tank….
Civil and Human Rights Coalition to Honor Barney Frank and Janet Murguía
Hubert H. Humphrey Award is the Highest Honor of the Civil and Human Rights Movement– Washington, D.C. – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human…
Marriage Equality in NJ: Positive Effects For 16,875 Couples Raising 6,650+ Children
LOS ANGELES, CA – As the New Jersey legislature votes on the legalization of marriage for same-sex couples, the Williams Institute, a leading research institute…
Santorum Brings Anti-Gay Message to Washington State as Marriage Equality Becomes Reality
Washington – Rick Santorum is bringing his increasingly vitriolic campaign to Washington State today, the same day Governor Christine Gregoire is signing into law historic marriage…
Washington governor signs law; NJ Senate passes bill
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– In a sometimes emotional ceremony Monday morning (February 13), Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed the freshly passed marriage equality bill,…
President Obama’s 2013 Budget shows commitment to ending HIV/AIDS
BOSTON, MA—Today, President Obama released his Fiscal 2013 budget, which contains recommendations for Ryan White CARE Act funding and support for the Administration’s historic National…
MassEquality Statement on Mitt Romney’s Remarks about Marriage
BOSTON, February 13, 2012—During Friday’s Conservative Political Action Conference, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney spoke about the history of marriage rights in Massachusetts. MassEquality Executive…
Whitney Houston Dead At 48: Death Details
UPDATE– Recent reports from the Huffington Post about the County Coroner’s office “confirmed that some prescription medications were found in the hotel room where Whitney…
Positive effects of extending marriage to Same-Sex couples in Maryland
It will help 12,500 Couples Raising Over 5,000 Children– LOS ANGELES, CA –– As the Maryland legislature approaches a vote on the legalization of marriage…
Washington State House Approves Legislation Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
OLYMPIA – Washington United for Marriage, a broad statewide coalition of organizations, congregations, unions and business associations that will work to obtain civil marriage for…
Iowa Erases Mother from Stillborn Baby’s Death Certificate: LL Files Suit
“To white out a mother’s name from her stillborn baby’s death certificate is cruel to a family that is already devastated.” [Press Release] Des Moines,…
Prop 8 ruled as unconstitutional
By Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Calling Proposition 8 “remarkably similar” to Colorado’s anti-gay Amendment 2 in 1992, a divided federal appeals court panel in San…
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: HBGC releases video
BOSTON — In recognition of National Black HIV Awareness Day (February 7), a day established in 1999 by grassroots service organizations to promote HIV prevention…
Federal Officials Convene to Address Transexual Violence & Health Care in Puerto Rico
Over the weekend of January 28 & 29, more than two dozen federal officials met with representatives from the Puerto Rican group, Transexuales y Transgéneros…
LGBT Seniors Going Back into the Closet
Alarming Challenges of LGBT Senior Population is Focus of New Awareness Campaign HARTFORD, Connecticut—Delivering Tuesday night’s State of the Union message and referring to the…
Ask Lambda Legal – Public Accommodation & Discrimination Against LGBT community members
By: Natalie Chin/Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal– Q: The other week, a few friends and I were at a restaurant. We attempted to get the…
Lambda Legal unites HIV advocates in support of Affordable Care Act
Brief filed Jan. 13 in U.S. Supreme Court CHICAGO, IL, — Earlier this week in the United States Supreme Court, Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court…
Advocates applaud Obama for efforts in combating bullying of LGBT youth
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The U.S. Department of Education released a new report last month — a study that summarizes current state approaches in anti-bullying….
Community Celebrates Ceremonial Signing of Transgender Equal Rights Bill
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter/ BOSTON, Mass. — Remarks during the signing ceremony for Massachusetts’ new transgender civil-rights law lasted less than an hour when, on…