Des Moines Bars Gender Identity Discrimination
The Des Moines City Council has voted to bar discrimination based on gender identity, the ninth Iowa city to do so.
Archive for November, 2011
GA High Court Sides with Episcopal Church
The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled on a long-simmering property dispute over Georgia’s oldest church, saying a congregation that broke away from the national Episcopal Church in a dispute four years ago must give back the church’s $3 million property in the heart of downtown Savannah.
Calif. Teen Faces 21 Years After Guilty Plea
A Southern California teenager who shot a gay classmate to death during a computer lab class three years ago avoided a retrial by pleading guilty to second-degree murder, a deal that will send him to prison for 21 years.
NC Baptist Church Votes to Back Gay Marriage
A North Carolina church has voted to withhold all marriages until state law allows same-sex couples to wed.
UN: AIDS Epidemic Stabilizing, Still Work to Do
The AIDS epidemic is leveling off and the number of people newly infected with the virus that causes it has remained unchanged since 2007, the United Nations said in a report.
Indian Eunuchs Mourn 15 Killed in Fire at Ceremony
An isolated and shunned community of castrated men, transvestites and transgendered people mourned Monday for 15 comrades killed when a fire blazed through a makeshift tent where they had gathered to honor deceased friends.
Colo. House Elects Gay Man as Democratic Leader
Colorado House Democrats selected Rep. Mark Ferrandino as their new leader after Rep. Sal Pace stepped down from the post.
Gay Soldier Shares Reaction to GOP Debate Boos
Army Capt. Stephen Hill says he wasn’t trying to score political points when he asked the Republican presidential candidates if they would reinstate the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military.
Ex-U. of Mich. Student President Plans Scholarship
The openly gay former student assembly president at the University of Michigan says he and his family are starting a scholarship fund for students who have been victimized by bullying.
Bachmann Clinic Presses Gay Activist for $150 Fee
The gay activist who filmed undercover videos inside Marcus Bachmann’s counseling clinic says he’ll go to court if needed to fight a $150 fee he faces for canceled therapy sessions.
