From Q Magazine by Patrick Saunders The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department and its nonprofit and union arms are joining forces with Home Depot to help build a wheelchair ramp at the future Westside home of two lesbian seniors. The house is part of an ongoing project of ZAMI NOBLA, the Atlanta-based National Organization of Black […]
Read More →From aazios.com A gay couple said they were the target of a hate crime outside their central Las Vegas home. Charles Clements said two people ambushed him and his boyfriend, Vincent, sending them both to the hospital. Charles was hit in the head. He was released Friday morning. On the phone, Vincent told FOX5 he […]
Read More →From PhillyVoice by Brian Hickey Just one month after the mayor of a small Montgomery County borough went public about the death threats and racial attacks made against him, he said new concerns have surfaced about his safety. Bridgeport Mayor Mark Barbee is scheduled to be sworn in to the first state LGBTQ Affairs Commission […]
Read More →From Logo by Samantha Manzella California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new bill into law that will support the inclusion of LGBTQ seniors in state-administered programs and services for the elderly. AB 2719, authored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin and co-sponsored by SAGE and Equality California, adds sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression to the definition of […]
Read More →From The Washington Blade by Michael K. Lavers Activists in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados this month held their countries’ first-ever Pride parades. Hundreds of people took part in a Pride parade in the Trinidadian capital of Port of Spain on Saturday. Many of the participants were holding Pride flags as they participated in the […]
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