June is LGBT Pride Month « UNC Press Blog

Seven years later, Clinton declared June as National Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, though people were celebrating long before. This past summer, President Barack Obama added a few more words to reflect increased openness: Lesbian, Gay, ... The recent House vote is a sign of positive change for the minority LGBT community. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), who voted in favor of DADT in 1993, said in May, “My strong belief is that if Americans seek to put their lives on the ...

Alabama Radio Hosts Disparage LGBT Pride Proclamation | GLAADBlog.org

Nationally syndicated radio hosts Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey, of the Alabama based “Rick & Bubba Show,” made highly offensive comments on a recent program, denouncing President Obama's LGBT Pride Month Proclamation. The hosts spent nearly 10 ... Please contact WZZK-FM (Cox Radio Inc.) in Birmingham, Alabama and Syndicated Solutions in Ridgefield, Connecticut and tell the companies to stop allowing the Rick & Bubba Show a platform to disparage the LGBT community. ...

LGBT Pride Month: What have you done today to make you feel proud ...

Daily experiments in LGBTQ A recent CBS News poll shows something we should already know: increased LGBT visibility means increased support for LGBT people. The increasing visibility of gay and lesbian Americans appears to have ... Massachusetts is a model here, as is Connecticut. 3. Without the economic security workplace protections ENDA would provide to enable more activists to donate and participate, longer-term battles like SSM are going to be that much harder to ...

gay.com Daily Travel: Washington D.C. Gay Pride - June 4-13, 2010

From Mr. & Mrs. Pride Leather contests and foodie Taste of Pride parties to a special GLBT Wedding Expo, the city will be bursting at the seams with glorious gaiety. Capitol Pride website. Be featured on Gay.com! Send us your Gay Pride ... 2010 marks Capital Pride's 35th Anniversary. What started as a block party outside of Lambda Rising bookstore in 1975 has grown to be the third largest celebration of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the country. ...

LGBT and Allied Groups Call on Congress to Pass ENDA Now « endaNOW

San Francisco LGBT Community Center, Rebecca Rolfe, Executive Director San Francisco LGBT Pride, Amy Andre, Executive Director Santa Cruz County Task Force for LGBTIQ Youth, Stuart Rosenstein, Chair SEIU 509 Lavender Caucus, Tom Barbera, President ... Tucson GLBT Chamber of Commerce, Sheldon Fishman, President Unid@s – National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Human Rights Organization, Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, Acting Director UNITE HERE International Union, ...

Euro Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage

Contingents take part in the 15th Tijuana GLBT Pride March on June 19. The event also included a two-day festival, which was new this year. (See item below.)