Like a lot of Brigham Young University students, Guy Berryessa met his future spouse while he was a student at BYU in Provo. The only thing was, at the time, he and his future husband didn’t know the other was gay. “It was a very lonely place in that sense that neither of us could ever tell our deepest secret,” Berryessa said. “Neither of us were asking about it.”
The facts are striking: In 28 states, it is perfectly legal to deny someone housing simply because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity; in 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found same-sex couples faced“adverse treatment” in their search for housing—a finding echoed the following year in a study conducted by Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) and the Equal Rights Center, which found a staggering 48% of LGBT individuals faced “adverse differential treatment” in their search for housing.
Andy Post spent his summer interviewing more than 100 LGBTQ seniors and advocates, helping to create the framework for Capitol Hill Housing’s latest development project. CHH is planning to construct a seven-story LGBTQ-affirming senior housing complex in the parking lot next to its Helen V Apartments at 14th Avenue and East Union Street.
After leading the Connecticut Sun to their first WNBA playoff berth since 2012, general manager and head coach Curt Miller was signed to a contract through 2021, according to the Connecticut Sun website. Miller is the first openly gay head coach in any professional sport and his efforts that he has brought in his two years in Connecticut are now being recognized.
Knoxville will have its first-ever health-care conference focused on the specific needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and other gender minorities next month – during LGBT History Month.
LGBT travel is no longer “alternative.” Over 75 leading destinations and most major hotel chains actively market to the LGBT community. LGBT tourism and hospitality represents about 10% of the U.S. travel industry but is still often overlooked by travel suppliers. LGBTs travel far more often and spend more per trip and per year than their general market counterparts.
Since 1999, September 23 has been Celebrate Bisexuality Day, also known as Bi Visibility Day. It was created to celebrate the bisexual community. Bisexuality means that a person is romantically or sexually attracted to a person of any gender.
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