Day: February 21, 2013
GLAAD Awards – Anderson Cooper honoured, Good Morning America anchors to host
GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today announced it will honour journalist, author, and talk show host Anderson Cooper at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented nationally by Ketel One and Wells Fargo.
CNBC Host Suze Orman moderated a panel to discuss “The Cost of Marriage Inequality”
With many states considering freedom to marry legislation and two landmark cases about the freedom to marry before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York Times bestselling author and CNBC Host Suze Orman moderated a panel discussion Thursday at New York University on the economic harms caused by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the denial of marriage for same-sex couples.
Pro-Equality Groups Ask President Obama to Ban LGBT Discrimination by Federal Contractors
Yesterday more than 50 civil rights, religious, professional, labour, civic and education organizations sent a letter to President Obama calling for an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Research Brief Examines LGBT Students in Middle and High School Athletics
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students can greatly benefit from participation in school-based athletics, but many of these students experience harassment, assault and discrimination that negatively impact their participation in middle and high school Physical Education (P.E.) and sports teams, according to a research brief released today by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network in USA.
Pope’s decision ‘prompted’ by claims over gay influence
Italian daily La Repubblica this morning sensationally claims that Pope Benedict’s resignation was at least partly prompted by an internal report prepared by three senior cardinals, alleging that various lobbies, including a gay lobby, exercise an “inappropriate influence” in internal Holy See affairs.
Mexican Supreme Court rules gay marriage is constitutionally protected
The Supreme Court of Mexico made public this week its decision that gay marriage is a constitutionally protected right.