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Student petitions governor, lawmakers to ban conversion therapy in Minnesota
EDINA, Minn. — An openly gay University of Minnesota political science major is spearheading a petition asking Minnesota’s Gov. Mark Dayton and state lawmakers to pass a law in the upcoming 2014 legislative session that would ban “ex-gay” therapy for minors.
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Election officials find 1,000 phony signatures on anti-gay marriage petitions
Election officials in Washington state said late last week they had identified approximately 1,000 fraudulent signatures submitted on petitions seeking a ballot referendum to overturn the state’s new marriage equality law.
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Officials release signature petitions in anti-gay rights ballot initiative
Officials in Washington state on Monday released copies of signature petitions that forced the state’s domestic partnership rights onto the ballot in 2009, just hours after a federal judge rejected the notion that disclosure of names would subject petition signers to threats or harassment.
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GLAAD denounces Huffington Post for ‘sex for tuition’ article about gay students
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has called for an apology and retraction after the Huffington Post this week featured, on its home page, an article titled, “Sex For Tuition: Gay Students Using ‘Sugar Daddies’ To Pay Off Loan Debt.”
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Online petition urges Space Needle to fly rainbow pride flag once again
More than 3,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Space Needle to reconsider it’s decision not to fly the rainbow pride flag during this year’s Seattle LGBT pride.
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Celebrities, athletes, business leaders press Obama to support marriage equality
Celebrities, entertainment moguls and professional athletes have come together to ask President Obama to support marriage equality.
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Renee Zellweger signs petition in support of gay marriage
Props to actress Renee Zellweger, who showed her support for marriage equality this week by taking a break from her daily dose of caffeine at a Los Angeles-area Starbucks to sign a petition supporting same-sex marriage.
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Gay rights supporters deliver petitions to Mormon church
Like Mormon pioneers in the 1850s, gay-rights supporters pulled a handcart through Salt Lake City on Wednesday in what they dubbed a “rescue” mission, The Salt Lake City Tribune reports. The Foundation for Reconciliation carted more than 2,000 petition signatures to LDS Church headquarters, calling on the church to salvage relations with lesbian, gay, bisexual […]