Day: July 21, 2014
Homophobes live shorter according to new survey
A new study from Columbia University shows that homophobia can be harmful to health.
Simon Cowell rejects Tulisa trial ‘gay’ claims
Lawyers for Simon Cowell today said claims about the media mogul’s private life made during the collapsed trial of Tulisa Contostavlos were “untrue”.
With Executive Order, Obama Takes His Place in History
In a White House ceremony this morning, President Obama will sign a sweeping executive order protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers from job discrimination. The order, profoundly consequential in its own right, dramatically underscores President Obama’s own LGBT legacy of achievement, unmatched in history: three landmark pieces of legislation; 90 significant policy or regulatory changes, including the largest conferral of rights in history to LGBT people via the implementation of the Windsor decision; and 15 federal judicial and seven ambassadorial appointments.