Tag: Rea Carey
Boy Scouts Partially Repeals Discriminatory Ban On Gay And Bisexual Adult Leaders
The Boy Scouts of America has announced a partial repeal of its discriminatory ban on gay and bisexual adults. However, the new policy still allows for local religiously affiliated units to choose to discriminate against gay and bisexual men.
Rea Carey : “we Stand With Planned Parenthood”
The National LGBTQ Task Force is describing a much publicised video attack on Planned Parenthood by an anti-abortion group as “sensationalised, misleading and untrue.”
EqualityCard Gains Momentum in the LGBT Movement
Since its launch last February, credit-card startup EqualityCard has added a considerable number of non-profit affiliates and two merchants to its list of key partners. Created by the Denver-based company, Philanthropy Ventures LLC, EqualityCard revolutionizes fundraising for non-profits by allowing business and consumer cardholders to make tax-deductible donations equal to 1 percent of their purchases to the LGBT non-profit of their choice with no out of pocket expense to the cardholders or the non-profits.
Jose Julio Sarria, founder of the International Court System, Passes Away
One of America’s gay rights pioneering leaders, José Julio Sarria, passed away Monday morning quietly in his home in New Mexico. He was 91. Funeral and Memorial Service arrangements will be announced by the Imperial Court of San Francisco.
Bipartisan Campaign Launched to Pass Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Today the bipartisan campaign Americans for Workplace Opportunity announced it had formed in order to take advantage of a historic opportunity to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act 19 years after its first introduction – a bill to ban workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
GLAAD Taking Action Against Adam Carolla’s Anti-LGBT Remarks
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today spoke out against anti-LGBT remarks made by Adam Carolla, former host of ‘The Man Show,’ during his weekly podcast and urged his listeners to educate themselves about the hardships facing LGBT Americans today.