Tax Exemption Found Unavailable for Gay Couples
Rhode Islanders are learning that the state’s recently passed civil-union law allowing gay couples an exemption from the estate tax provided to married couples is not delivering as promised.
Archive for October, 2011
Dan Choi Suffers Setback in Protest Case
A gay West Point graduate discharged from the military for revealing his sexual orientation has been dealt a setback in a court case resulting from his arrest during a White House demonstration.
Public Weighs in on Gay-Adoption Rules
Hundreds of opponents and supporters weighed in on proposed regulations that would allow state-licensed groups to turn down prospective adoptive and foster parents because of their sexual orientation, as a public comment period drew to a close earlier this week.
Frank Kameny, Pioneering Gay Activist, Dies at 86
Frank Kameny was out and proud before people knew what being “gay” meant.
NC Gay Rights Group Names Next Executive Director
A Texas anti-poverty advocate is the next executive director of a North Carolina gay rights group that’s just begun a campaign opposing an amendment that would put a same-sex marriage ban in the state constitution.
Leader of Calif. Gay Rights Group to Step Down
The leader of California’s largest gay rights group is leaving his post after only a few months on the job.
Idaho Group Launches New Push to Win GLBT Rights
A group that unsuccessfully pushed Idaho lawmakers in 2011 to hear a bill that would ban workplace and housing discrimination against people who are gay, lesbian or transgender has resumed those efforts with a new campaign.
New Drugs Control Older HIV Drug Resistance
Be Sociable, Share! TweetBy Healthy Living News A new study shows dramatic improvement in the ability of those with HIV to control virus resistant to older antivirals. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, show that keeping drug resistant virus under control is due to the arrival of new antivirals that are more tolerable, [...]
Job Training Helps Transgendered Workers
Williams and 16 other transgender men and women graduated Friday from a monthlong, city-funded job training and life skills pilot program in the District of Columbia that aims to find jobs for an often-marginalized population.
Gay Oil Driller Claims W.Va. Unfairly Targets Him
A West Virginia oil driller claims state regulators have targeted his business for multiple violations because he’s gay, an allegation denied by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
