http://www.lgbtqnation.com News, Opinions, Arts and Culture | The Nation's LGBTQ News Magazine Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:54:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/advocates-launch-campaign-to-repeal-ariz-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/advocates-launch-campaign-to-repeal-ariz-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:00:01 +0000 CRISTINA SILVA [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96886 PHOENIX -- Gay marriage proponents launched a campaign Monday to change the Arizona constitution's definition of marriage a mere five years after voters approved a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriages and as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weigh in this month on the national debate on marriage equality.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/advocates-launch-campaign-to-repeal-ariz-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/media-study-finds-more-pro-views-on-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/media-study-finds-more-pro-views-on-same-sex-marriage/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:32 +0000 DAVID BAUDER [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96717 NEW YORK -- Around the time the U.S. Supreme Court was considering the same-sex marriage issue, news reports had more comments from supporters than opponents, a study released Monday concluded.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/media-study-finds-more-pro-views-on-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/no-transgender-students-have-taken-advantage-of-new-neb-athletics-policy/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/no-transgender-students-have-taken-advantage-of-new-neb-athletics-policy/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:00:36 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96699 LINCOLN, Neb. — No students have asked to exercise a policy approved in December by the Nebraska School Activities Association that allows participation in high school athletics by transgender students, the association says.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/no-transgender-students-have-taken-advantage-of-new-neb-athletics-policy/feed/ 7 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/idaho-gop-leaders-urge-lawmakers-to-erase-local-lgbt-protections/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/idaho-gop-leaders-urge-lawmakers-to-erase-local-lgbt-protections/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:00:23 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96681 MCCALL, Idaho — Republican Party leaders are urging the Idaho Legislature to put a stop to local communities' efforts to provide discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/idaho-gop-leaders-urge-lawmakers-to-erase-local-lgbt-protections/feed/ 29 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/ten-same-sex-couples-wed-in-group-ceremony-at-maine-pride-event/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/ten-same-sex-couples-wed-in-group-ceremony-at-maine-pride-event/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:30:35 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96584 PORTLAND, Maine — Ten same-sex couples exchanged vows Saturday during a group wedding in Portland's largest park during an annual gay pride parade and festival.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/ten-same-sex-couples-wed-in-group-ceremony-at-maine-pride-event/feed/ 1 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/thousands-march-for-gay-rights-marriage-equality-in-croatia/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/thousands-march-for-gay-rights-marriage-equality-in-croatia/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:30:49 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96596 ZAGREB, Croatia — Several thousand people held a gay pride march Saturday in Croatia, where conservatives backed by the influential Catholic Church want to make same sex marriage illegal, while neighboring Slovenia's president led a similar march in his country's capital.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/thousands-march-for-gay-rights-marriage-equality-in-croatia/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/boy-scout-leaders-chided-for-marching-in-utah-pride-parade/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/boy-scout-leaders-chided-for-marching-in-utah-pride-parade/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:00:18 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96587 SALT LAKE CITY -- Two Boy Scout leaders have been reprimanded by the organization for marching with several Scouts in the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/boy-scout-leaders-chided-for-marching-in-utah-pride-parade/feed/ 27 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/m-or-f-outdated-ids-worry-transgender-people/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/m-or-f-outdated-ids-worry-transgender-people/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:00:55 +0000 LISA LEFF [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96557 Most U.S. residents don't think twice about the gender printed on their government-issued documents. But those "M'' or "F'' markers — and the legal and administrative prerequisites for switching them on passports, birth certificates and other forms of identification — are a source of anxiety and, even, discrimination for transgender individuals.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/m-or-f-outdated-ids-worry-transgender-people/feed/ 30 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/christian-college-expels-lesbian-wants-her-to-repay-grant-money/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/christian-college-expels-lesbian-wants-her-to-repay-grant-money/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:30:46 +0000 MARGERY A. BECK [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96544 OMAHA, Neb. -- Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska. She had fallen in love with another woman, a strictly forbidden relationship at a school where even prolonged hugs were banned.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/christian-college-expels-lesbian-wants-her-to-repay-grant-money/feed/ 91 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/nominations-will-boost-to-six-the-number-of-openly-gay-ambassadors/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/nominations-will-boost-to-six-the-number-of-openly-gay-ambassadors/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:30:58 +0000 JOSH LEDERMAN [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96533 WASHINGTON -- Handing plum European posts to key campaign boosters, President Barack Obama on Friday nominated his former finance director to be U.S. ambassador to Denmark and tapped two major fundraisers for postings in Spain and Germany.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/nominations-will-boost-to-six-the-number-of-openly-gay-ambassadors/feed/ 3 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/idaho-falls-seventh-city-in-idaho-to-consider-anti-discrimination-ordianance/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/idaho-falls-seventh-city-in-idaho-to-consider-anti-discrimination-ordianance/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:30:20 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96510 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The city of Idaho Falls could become the seventh in the state to enact an ordinance banning discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/idaho-falls-seventh-city-in-idaho-to-consider-anti-discrimination-ordianance/feed/ 1 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/pope-francis-wades-diplomatically-into-gay-marriage-debate/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/pope-francis-wades-diplomatically-into-gay-marriage-debate/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:00:52 +0000 NICOLE WINFIELD [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96477 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis waded diplomatically into the gay marriage debate Friday, telling the Archbishop of Canterbury he wants to work together to promote family values "based on marriage."]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/pope-francis-wades-diplomatically-into-gay-marriage-debate/feed/ 28 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/live-obama-hosts-white-house-lgbt-pride-reception/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/live-obama-hosts-white-house-lgbt-pride-reception/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:16 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96413 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday marked Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month by calling on Congress to pass legislation banning workplace discrimination against gays, lesbians and others. "I want to sign that bill," he said.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/live-obama-hosts-white-house-lgbt-pride-reception/feed/ 32 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/caterpillar-drops-support-for-boy-scouts-over-continued-ban-on-gay-leaders/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/caterpillar-drops-support-for-boy-scouts-over-continued-ban-on-gay-leaders/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:30:24 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96391 PEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc. says it will no longer give money to the Boy Scouts of America because the organization doesn't allow homosexuals to serve as adult leaders.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/caterpillar-drops-support-for-boy-scouts-over-continued-ban-on-gay-leaders/feed/ 25 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/pew-survey-offers-complex-portrait-of-lgbt-americans/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/pew-survey-offers-complex-portrait-of-lgbt-americans/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:15:53 +0000 DAVID CRARY [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96372 NEW YORK — Even as they acknowledge greater acceptance by society, LGBT Americans are, on average, less happy than other U.S. adults, and many report instances of rejection and harassment, according to a sweeping new survey.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/pew-survey-offers-complex-portrait-of-lgbt-americans/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-house-committee-advances-gender-identity-discrimination-bill/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-house-committee-advances-gender-identity-discrimination-bill/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:30:48 +0000 RANDALL CHASE [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96332 DOVER, Del. — A bill aimed at protecting transgender people in Delaware by outlawing discrimination based on gender identity has cleared a House committee. The committee released the bill following a public hearing on Wednesday. It is scheduled for a House vote Tuesday. The legislation, approved by the Senate last week, adds gender identity to [...]]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-house-committee-advances-gender-identity-discrimination-bill/feed/ 1 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/boston-police-adopts-guidelines-on-how-officers-should-treat-transgender-people/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/boston-police-adopts-guidelines-on-how-officers-should-treat-transgender-people/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:00:14 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96311 BOSTON -- Boston police have issued new guidelines on how officers should treat transgender people, a policy that one department official says is to ensure that everyone is treated with "respect and dignity."]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/boston-police-adopts-guidelines-on-how-officers-should-treat-transgender-people/feed/ 20 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/transgender-students-discrimination-suit-goes-before-maines-high-court/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/transgender-students-discrimination-suit-goes-before-maines-high-court/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:00:19 +0000 DAVID SHARP [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96268 BANGOR, Maine -- Lawyers for a transgender girl and an elementary school that required the fifth-grader to use a staff bathroom instead of the girls restroom clashed before Maine's highest court Wednesday over whether her rights were violated, a case that lays bare the difficult decisions facing school administrators.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/transgender-students-discrimination-suit-goes-before-maines-high-court/feed/ 14 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/southern-baptists-officially-oppose-boy-scouts-policy-to-accept-gay-youth/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/southern-baptists-officially-oppose-boy-scouts-policy-to-accept-gay-youth/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:30:42 +0000 JUAN LOZANO [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96249 HOUSTON -- The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to and disappointment in the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay Scouts.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/southern-baptists-officially-oppose-boy-scouts-policy-to-accept-gay-youth/feed/ 66 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/oregon-county-to-require-gender-neutral-restrooms-on-all-county-buildings/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/oregon-county-to-require-gender-neutral-restrooms-on-all-county-buildings/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:30:25 +0000 STEVEN DUBOIS [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96232 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon's most populous county is requiring that gender-neutral bathrooms be included whenever a county-owned building is constructed or remodeled, a move to accommodate transgender employees and visitors.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/oregon-county-to-require-gender-neutral-restrooms-on-all-county-buildings/feed/ 15 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/stunning-acknowledgment-pope-francis-confirms-gay-lobby-at-work-at-vatican/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/stunning-acknowledgment-pope-francis-confirms-gay-lobby-at-work-at-vatican/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:00:18 +0000 NICOLE WINFIELD [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96172 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican in private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group - a stunning acknowledgment that appears to confirm earlier reports about corruption and dysfunction in the Holy See.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/stunning-acknowledgment-pope-francis-confirms-gay-lobby-at-work-at-vatican/feed/ 17 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/grand-forks-n-d-considers-ban-on-anti-lgbt-employment-discrimination/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/grand-forks-n-d-considers-ban-on-anti-lgbt-employment-discrimination/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:00:29 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96116 GRAND FORKS, N.D. — City leaders are considering whether to make Grand Forks the first North Dakota community to ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/grand-forks-n-d-considers-ban-on-anti-lgbt-employment-discrimination/feed/ 3 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/calif-awaits-supreme-court-ruling-readies-for-possible-return-of-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/calif-awaits-supreme-court-ruling-readies-for-possible-return-of-same-sex-marriage/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:00:31 +0000 LISA LEFF [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96104 SAN FRANCISCO -- Planning a party for thousands of people would be a challenge under the best of circumstances. Now imagine trying to pull off such a gathering without knowing what day it should happen or if there even will be cause for celebration.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/calif-awaits-supreme-court-ruling-readies-for-possible-return-of-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 10 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/gay-couple-awarded-147k-in-council-bluffs-iowa-discrimination-suit/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/gay-couple-awarded-147k-in-council-bluffs-iowa-discrimination-suit/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:00:51 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96077 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A jury in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has awarded a gay couple $147,000 in their discrimination lawsuit.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/gay-couple-awarded-147k-in-council-bluffs-iowa-discrimination-suit/feed/ 4 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/russian-parliament-approves-anti-gay-bill-dozens-of-protesters-detained/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/russian-parliament-approves-anti-gay-bill-dozens-of-protesters-detained/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:30:50 +0000 MANSUR MIROVALEV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96064 MOSCOW — A bill that stigmatizes Russia's gay community and bans the distribution of information about homosexuality to children was overwhelmingly approved by the lower house of parliament Tuesday.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/russian-parliament-approves-anti-gay-bill-dozens-of-protesters-detained/feed/ 57