But on Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) announced from Cologne, Germany, that WashingtWashington and Boston lost their bids to host the 2014 Gay Games. Instead, the eight-day event, featuring 30 sports and estimated to generate more than $50 million, is heading to Cleveland.
(Photo by Ward Morrison) ''I promise you that on behalf of our leadership, when you come to Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., we will, we will rock you,'' Valarie McCall, chief of government affairs of the Office of the Mayor in Cleveland said during a live webcast Tuesday announcing the winning city. ...more
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)Microsoft Corp. has donated $100,000 to the campaign supporting more partnership rights for Washington state gay couples.
That's the largest single donation in favor of Referendum 71, which asks voters to approve or reject a new law that expands domestic partnerships for gay and lesbian couples. Microsoft is based in Redmond.
The "approve" campaign committee, called Washington Families Standing Together, has raised about $780,000 overall, and spent about $200,000.
The "reject" campaign, called Protect Marriage Washington, has raised about $60,000, and spent about $35,000.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is meeting with gay rights advocacy groups for the first time since saying he opposes providing legal protections for gay and transgender people.
Herbert took office in mid-August after Jon Huntsman resigned to become U.S. ambassador to China.
Within weeks of his inauguration, Herbert said he doesn't think it should be illegal to discriminate against someone for being gay or transgender.
In Utah, it's currently legal to fire someone or evict them ...
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington BladeGay D.C. City Council member David Catania (I-At Large) and nine of his Council colleagues introduced Tuesday a long-awaited bill that would allow same-sex marriages to be performed in the nation's capital.
With about an equal number of supporters and opponents filling the Council chamber's seating to capacity - and many people left standing - Catania thanked his Council colleagues for helping the city fulfill "a more perfect understanding of human rights and equality."
Ten of the Council's 13 members have signed on as co-introducers of the bill, leading nearly all Council observers to say the bill is certain to clear the Counci ...
A gay amateur soccer team in France says its members were targets of homophobia when a team of Muslim players refused to play a match against them.
Will the American Family Association succeed in getting Kevin Jennings fired from the Department of Education?
Martina Navratilova’s former partner Toni Layton is suing the tennis legend for half of the money and assets acquired during the couple’s relationship, which lasted from 2000 to 2008.
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