As Florida lawmakers provide a new tax package as incentive for films to be made within the state, film companies are required to follow a strict list of “family friendly” guidelines, particularly involving the exclusion of gay characters.
The transgender community saw a victory in New York on Tuesday as The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act passed through the state’s Assembly facing an overwhelming 91-40 vote.
A Mississippi lesbian high school student is being denied the chance to go to prom after told she would be asked to leave the event if other students felt “uncomfortable” seeing her wearing a tuxedo while accompanied by her girlfrien
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, there has been an increase in the number of sexual harassment claims filed by men, doubling from 8% in 1990 to 16% in 2009, and a large portion of those claims have involved men who have harassed other men.
The French transgendered community took a small step forward when their nation took transsexualism off of the official list of mental disorders, being the first nation in the world to do so.
According to an article at mb.com, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has recently filmed a public service announcement sponsored by non-profit LGBTQ suicide prevention help line, The Trevor Project.
Originally charged for a misdemeanor battery, three Chicago men are now being accused of committing a felony hate crime and aggravated battery.
As a health measure to protect the American public from the frightening HIV/AIDS epidemic that scientists knew very little about, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration instituted a rule in 1985 that banned gay men who had had sex with other gay men since 1977 from donating blood.
New antiretroviral drugs are promising an end to HIV transmission after five years of their use, according to professor of epidemiology at the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis in Stellenbosch, Brian Williams.
A bill created in California says that government forms need to include questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and domestic partnership status, as to provide more information about the needs of LGBT residents and the measures the state needs to take as to ensure the community’s well-being.