Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)– Women on Wednesdays is a monthly social networking night for women to meet other women in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. On Wednesday, August 5, Women on Wednesdays will let you act like the clown you’ve always wanted to be, as Center on Halsted partners with CircEsteem[Read More…]
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Matthew Shepard Foundation Update on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Casper, WY –(ENEWSPF)– From the Executive Director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation: The U.S. Senate late Thursday gave its final approval to federal legislation that provides grants and law-enforcement assistance to local governments to prevent hate crimes based on victims’ sexual orientation or gender identity, and allows federal prosecutions where[Read More…]
Human Rights Campaign Endorses Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, issued a formal endorsement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. On May 26th, the day President Obama announced his selection of Judge Sotomayor as his[Read More…]
Senate Adopts Unwelcomed Amendments to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, responded today to votes relating to the hate crimes provisions in the Defense Department authorization bill. The Senate passed four amendments to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act: three offered by[Read More…]
Human Rights Campaign PAC, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund Endorse Anthony Woods For U.S. Congress
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign PAC, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, and the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which works to grow the number of openly LGBT elected officials across the U.S., announced today the endorsement of Anthony Woods for U.S. Congress. Woods,[Read More…]
PF Colt Team Wins Sectional Title in Pony National Tournament
Park Forest Colts are 2009 Section Champs. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– For only the second time in PF Baseball history, the Colt team has won the sectional title in the Pony National Tournament. On Sunday, July 19th, Rich East was the site of the championship game in the sectional[Read More…]
LGBT Community Groups Seek to Intervene in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2009. Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today asked the U.S. District Court in San Francisco to allow Our Family Coalition, Lavender Seniors of the East Bay, and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to[Read More…]
SSDMC Honors Youth at 3rd Annual Awards Banquet
SSDMC coordinator Angela Greene is presented with an award from her board. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Alsip, IL–(ENEWSPF)– More than 500 village officials parents and other guests, took part in honoring youth at the South Suburban Disproportionate Minority Confinement (SSDMC) awards ceremony. “You young people have a lot to be proud of.[Read More…]
D.C. Law Recognizing Out-of-Jurisdiction Marriages By Same-Sex Couples Takes Effect
D.C. joins other jurisdictions across the nation on the historic road to marriage equality. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, issued the following statement after a new D.C. law recognizing marriages by same-sex couples performed in other jurisdictions[Read More…]
ACLU Urges Federal Appeals Court To Require Louisiana To Issue Birth Certificate To Adopted Child Of Gay Couple
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2009. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal appeals court to uphold an earlier decision requiring Louisiana to issue a birth certificate with the names of both parents to a boy who was adopted by a gay couple in New York.[Read More…]
