Day: May 3, 2011
HRC to Rick Santorum: Get Your Facts Straight and Put Children First
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest civil rights organisation dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, today denounced former Pennsylvania senator and presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s comments that adoption is a privilege that gay people are not entitled to.
GLAAD Calls on Community to Speak Out Against Anti-Gay FOX Report About ‘Glee’
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today called on KRIV FOX 26 in Houston, Texas to issue an apology after the station aired a news segment which questioned whether positive portrayals of gay and lesbian characters on shows like ‘Glee’ could negatively impact teenagers.
Voices of Faith to Speak Out for LGBT Equality in Washington in Late May
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today announced its Clergy Call for Justice and Equality 2011 will take place in Washington, DC May 23-24, 2011. Clergy Call is a biennial event of the HRC Foundation’s Religion and Faith Program, mobilising clergy from across the country to speak up on matters of LGBT equality.
Justin Bieber is labelled a security risk by a Qantas flight attendant
Justin Bieber was put in his place – in business class – by an annoyed attendant on a Qantas flight to Melbourne yesterday.