Category Archives: Current News

By Molly Ball in The Atlantic, November 8, 2012 The victories went beyond four gay-marriage ballot initiatives and represent what one advocate calls “a breathtaking leap forward.” Reuters Tuesday’s election was a landmark for gay-rights advocates in so many ways … Continue reading →

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Supporters of gay marriage in Washington state said they were in a “very strong position” Tuesday night, with early returns showing voters narrowly approving same-sex marriage in the state after residents gave similar measures the go-ahead … Continue reading →

October 19, 2012,  NY Times Shades of Gay By CHARLES M. BLOW          (see http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/20/opinion/darker-rainbow.html?ref=opinion     for    actual statistical table of these results) Let me be upfront: The data here seem to raise more questions than provide explanations. Gallup and the Williams … Continue reading →

Forty years ago (1972), Jeanne Manford marched alongside her gay son, Morty, in New York’s Liberation Day Parade after Morty had been badly beaten at a protest while police stood by and did nothing.  She marched while carrying a sign which … Continue reading →

On September 18th, thousands of gay service members and veterans and supporters celebrated the one-year anniversary of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”   A major reason for the repeal was the advice of Admiral Mike Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff … Continue reading →

By Mary Slosson (from Reuters News Service)  Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:43pm EDT SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California’s state Assembly approved a bill on Tuesday to prohibit children and teenagers from undergoing a controversial therapy that aims to reverse homosexuality, … Continue reading →

PFLAG Then & Now…40 Years of Family and Ally Voices August is Back-To-School month, and we’re taking a 40th Anniversary look at the history of safe schools work, from support to education to advocacy! When PFLAG was founded, 40 years … Continue reading →

PFLAG NATIONAL RESPONDS TO CHICK-FIL-A CONTROVERSY WASHINGTON, DC- August 3, 2012 -PFLAG National the nation’s original family and ally organization, and the largest grassroots-based non-profit for families, friends, and allies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people-issued the following … Continue reading →

The following is from an opinion piece in the New York Times on August 2, 2012.  It was written by the Dean of the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech, Steve Salbu.    “And freedom, after all, is at the heart … Continue reading →

Equality NC Responds to Anti-LGBT North Carolina Republican Party Platform (see http://equalitync.org/news1/equality-nc-responds-to-north-carolinas-republican-party-platform) Raleigh, N.C. – In a platform statement released during the recent  GOP state convention in Greensboro, the North Carolina Republican Party specifically excluded gay and lesbian North Carolinians … Continue reading →