The vote over Tracy Thorne-Begland’s nomination as judge to the Richmond General District Courts ran late into Tuesday morning. At 1:13 a.m. , Del. Jennifer McClellan (D – Richmond) announced lawmakers voted down Begland’s nomination 33-31 with 10 abstentions. He needed 51 votes.
With all 100 counties reporting, 61.05% of 2.1 million voters approved Amendment One, and 38.95% voted against it, according to the State Board of Elections. About 34% of registered voters went to the polls. North Carolina is now the 31st state to enact an amendment banning same-sex marriage.
In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the agency that enforces America’s job discrimination laws has ruled that transgender people are protected from bias in the workplace.
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum revising the treatment of gender designations for transgender people on their immigration documents. The new guidance also makes clear that if a couple has married as a different-sex couple under state law, the federal government will continue to recognize the marriage for immigration purposes regardless of a person’s subsequent gender transition.
A legal battle over a law that denies federal benefits to married gay couples is headed to a federal appeals court in Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to legalize gay marriage.
Ohio’s largest county has decided to expand health care benefit access for gay county employees to include their partners’ children.
Police say an officer was flagged down at around 8:15 p.m. Thursday, February 2 and directed to a bus stop in the 4900 block of East Capitol Street where the woman was unconscious and suffering from a stab wound. The woman, 23-year-old JaParker Jones of Washington, was transported to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
A federal appeals court has rejected arguments from a former counselor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who claims her religious rights were violated because she was fired for refusing to counsel a gay woman.
GLSEN, Ad Council Announce “Think Before You Speak” TV Ads to Air at Super Bowl XLVI
Award-Winning PSAs on Anti-Gay Language to Reach Tens of Thousands of Fans Attending NFL Championship Game on Feb. 5
To view the “Think Before You Speak” TV ads, please visit: http://action.glsen.org/superbowl
NEW YORK – February 1, 2012 – The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and The Ad Council today announced the award-winning “Think Before You Speak” public service announcements (PSA) will appear at Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5. GLSEN will become the first LGBT organization in the country to share its PSA campaign targeting anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) language among teens with Super Bowl attendees at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN.
Retiring Rep. Barney Frank, a gay pioneer in Congress, announced in January that he will marry his longtime partner, Jim Ready.
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