The LaRuelist Rainbow Room was created in response to several subscribers who wanted to see articles and resources on GLBTI issues. The goal here is not to speak simply to the GLBTI community but to also educate the straight community on public policy issues, events, and human interest stories that "connect all communities one person at a time."

The LaRuelist Rainbow Room will not be...   Read More >>

The Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute is leading a community-wide effort to identify strong candidates to serve the next president of the United States.

GLLI’s Presidential Appointments Project serves as the talent bank for openly LGBT professionals seeking appointed positions in the next presidential administration. If you’ve ever considered working for the federal government, now is th...   Read More >>

Groups on both sides of an initiative that would amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage are trying to raise millions of dollars in coming months.

"We will continue working to raise as much as we can and intend to mount a very strong campaign," Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, the statewide LGBT group leading the effort to defeat the amendment, w...   Read More >>

By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | May 1, 3:57 PM

Few gay Americans understand their basic rights, according to an analysis released this week.

Based on the responses of 768 gays, lesbians and bisexuals to a national poll given in November, the analysis found that most respondents could not correctly answer four questions regarding their state and federal rights.

“I think ‘ignorant’ is the right word, unfortunately,” said Pat Egan, an assistant professor of politics at New York University who is gay and helped wri...   Read More >>

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) - Nearly 1,000 African-American men, women and youth, both gay and straight-identified are expected to gather in Baltimore, MD April 24-26 for an historic three-day event geared towards healing and bridging the gap between the black gay and black straight communities.

The Power of Us National Convention (www.nbjcoalition.org/news/power-of-us- national.html) i...   Read More >>

Concord, NH (AHN) - Gay unions are now recognized in New Hampshire. At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, the law allowing civil unions between gay and lesbian couples became effective. Hours after the law took effect, 37 gay couples entered into civil unions at an outdoor ceremony amid below freezing temperatures.

The civil union ceremonies took place at the New Hampshire Statehouse where...   Read More >>

CHICAGO (CBS) ― Activists fear gay African- Americans are being targeted for murder. Two openly gay men were killed recently on the South Side, as CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.

African-American gay and lesbian groups are talking about the murders of two openly gay Black men in the past month.

On November 17, 24-year-old Larry Bland was shot to death in his Englewood hom...   Read More >>

Community Marketing, Inc. (CMI), the San Francisco- based gay and lesbian research, marketing and communications firm, released the most comprehensive LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) market research report ever conducted, the Gay Consumer Index™ and the Lesbian Consumer Index™, in August 2007. The study was co- produced by Rivendell Media, and sponsored by Absolut.

Community Marketing, Inc.'s Gay & Lesbian Consumer Index™ study gathered a total of 26,205 complete responses.

"Never before has an LGBT research s...   Read More >>

A Chicago-based group working for immigration reform finds that it has to combat more than commonplace anti-immigrant sentiment, because they champion the rights of GLBT immigrants.

The Chicago Tribune published a story on the challenges faced by organizers of the new Global Gays Initiative which seeks to overturn outdated and unnecessary travel restrictions on HIV positive people entering...   Read More >>

Sat, July 28, 2007

It's been 25 years -- some controversial -- since London's gay and lesbian community began celebrating its identity with an annual festival. Free Press reporter Joe Matyas looks at how the community, buoyed by a recent unexpected gesture from city hall

By JOE MATYAS, SUN MEDIA

Pride London celebrates its 25th anniversary festival this weekend with...   Read More >>

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today released the below letter to United Parcel Service and urged all companies in New Jersey to provide equal rights and benefits to employees in civil unions, as was the intent of the recently passed civil union legislation.

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today released the below letter to United Parcel Service and urged all New Jersey corporations to...   Read More >>