LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Point Foundation (Point), the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, announces the opening of its 2010 application season starting December 11, 2009. Students who will be enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs for the 2010-11 school year are eligible to apply for the prestigious, multi-year scholarships. The application deadline for this year's scholarships is February 12, 2010.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Monday to advance the state's genderless marriage bill to the full Senate for consideration. Speaking before the Committee, Julian Bond, chair of the NAACP, claimed it is unconstitutional to deny homosexuals marriage because "like our race, sexuality isn't a preference. It's immutable and unchangeable."
HONOLULU, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Grooby Productions and PureiPorn announced the launch of Groobymobile.com, featuring one-click purchasing of Grooby video clips, easy streaming and synching with iPhone and iPod touch.
In this blog series, HRC attorneys discuss news and break down the legal theories in Supreme Court and federal court cases. This post is from Mike Wilson, HRC’s Staff Counsel for Special Projects: On December 7, 2009, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Christian Legal Society v. Martinez in which it will decide whether it [...]
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that HIV screening has been added to the list of preventive health services covered by Medicare. In doing so, HHS exercised its discretion under a 2008 law to cover more preventive care for Medicare beneficiaries. More than 40 million Americans access health care through [...]
In a written response to an October 30 letter from Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Congressman Howard Berman, Congressman Gary Ackerman and Congresswoman Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that she shares Capitol Hill’s concerns that Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill would “create fear, promote hatred, and potentially divide communities†in Uganda. Moreover, she stated that [...]
LOS ANGELES - The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a lesbian as assistant bishop, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A bill offering gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey the same rights to marry as a man and woman was approved by a legislative committee last night and sent to the full Senate.
LONDON----A survey of gay and lesbian parents undertaken by Rainbow Family Holidays has found that more than two-thirds of the men and women surveyed preferred the company of just other gays and lesbians when on holiday.
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