Milk, the timely and prescient biopic about gay rights activist Harvey Milk, landed eight Academy Award nominations, the Academy announced Thursday. However, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led the way with 13 nominations, while Revolutionary Road was virtually shut out.
On Wednesday, February 4, the Human Rights Campaign will hold a free estate planning seminar in Austin, Texas as part of a national effort to help educate individuals on various estate and financial planning issues including drafting of wills, durable...
UPDATE: The Senate Judiciary Committee held a mark-up yesterday on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr. as Attorney General. Although a vote on Holder’s nomination was expected, Senator Leahy announced that at the insistence of Senator Specter, the Committee...
Special thanks to Chris Edelson, HRC's state legislative director, for contributing this point on HRC supporting the fundraising efforts to defeat an anti-LGBT measure in Gainesville, Florida: On Sunday night, January 18, HRC was proud to provide space in the...
Nation’s top civil rights groups and legal scholars agree: Invalidate Prop 8
‘Today the Appellate Court confirmed that New York’s state government follows the law by respecting out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.’
Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band Make History San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band will be marching in the Inaugural Parade Tuesday Jan. 20, 2009. Drum Major Kim Boyd talks of his excitement to be leading the group past President...
A New York State appellate court ruled today that the state must recognize lesbian and gay marriages entered into in other states. Today’s decision involves Monroe County officials who sued the state Department of Civil Service for providing health insurance to the same-sex spouse of a Monroe Community College employee. According to the NYCLU , which filed an amicus brief in the case, ...
Photo by SFBart via Flickr For the first time in U.S. history, a marching band comprised of Americans identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer, will perform in the Presidential Inaugural Parade. Of the 177 musicians from twenty six states representing the Lesbian and Gay Bands Association (LGBA), four will represent Los Angeles. In a statement released ...
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