Apple’s Tim Cook is an openly gay board member and chief executive of a Fortune 500 company. Can you name any other openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) board members of major public companies in the U.S. or elsewhere?
In the LGBTQ community, there are many leaders but some stand out. One particular influencer is a minister who came out as a gay man at age 30 in 2015 — and has been making his mark in South Florida ever since. “It was all because, again, the work of BMe,” said Benjamin ‘Brotha Ben’ Evans, co-founder and director for the Miami area BMe Community.
A prison psychologist says she was locked in a unit alone with a convicted rapist because she reported repeated cases of mistreatment and abuse of gay and transgender prisoners at a state prison facility in Vacaville.
A new survey has revealed the number of gay and bi guys having sex without a condom. According to FS, the magazine of sexual health charity GMFA, almost two in three men who have sex with men are doing it bareback. Shockingly, the investigation also found that 32% of men did not know if their sexual partner is HIV-negative before having sex. 65% of respondents said that they did not use condoms the last time they had anal sex – with just 8% saying they or their partner were on HIV-prevention drug PrEP.
Northern Ireland’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriage does not violate the rights of couples affected, the Belfast High Court ruled on Thursday, in a blow to campaigners in the only part of the United Kingdom that bans gay marriage. The case was brought by three same-sex couples, backed by campaigners who are trying to pressure the region’s largest party, the socially conservative Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), to reverse its veto on same-sex marriage.
After a bit of a bidding war emerged for large plot of land in North Philly, some of which was originally intended for an affordable housing project, a bankruptcy judge is set to approve the sales of a portion of the properties to Project HOME. On Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Magdeline D. Coleman said she would approve the sales of the now-bankrupt North Philadelphia Health System’s properties at Eighth Street and Girard Avenue for a combined $10.25 million, according to the Inquirer. Ironstone Real Estate Partners will acquire the majority of land for $8.5 million, while Project HOME will pay $1.7 million for additional parcels.
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