Kirk Walker highlights the support he has received, and given, since coming out in sports. When I came out to my team at Oregon State over a dozen years ago, it helped fortify our team-wide commitment to trust each other. It also heightened our sense of responsibility to live our season with ownership and integrity.
June is National Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, and as the LGBTQ population ages, the epidemic is increasingly striking close to home. Phil Gutis, a retired communications manager for the American Civil Liberties Union, married his partner of 13 years, Tim, last fall after being diagnosed with the degenerative disease…
A homosexual activist instrumental in the campaign to end the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is Donald Trump’s latest pick for a senior position at the U.S. State Department. The White House announced the president’s nomination of R. Clarke Cooper to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs on Thursday.
The vice mayor of Dixon has defended a portion of a recent column he wrote for the city’s independent newspaper after several readers and residents called the piece homophobic. The most recent edition of Vice Mayor Ted Hickman’s column, “That’s Life,” appeared Friday in Dixon’s Independent Voice…
At the close of Pride Month, YouTube has released a statement specifically addressed to its LGBTQ+ users on the platform which touch on a number of controversies that have wracked the platform this month. The four part message was shared on the streaming service’s official account and…
Although Starbucks has a record of being an ally to the LGBTQ community, they’re now taking a major step in helping their transgender employees. This week, Starbucks announced that they’ve expanded their coverage for trans workers, now covering procedures that were once considered cosmetic in order to help employees transition.
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