LGBTQ+ – Page 36 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

LGBTQ+-related laws include but are not limited to: government recognition of same-sex relationships, LGBT adoption, sexual orientation and military service, immigration equality, anti-discrimination laws, hate crime laws regarding violence against LGBT people, sodomy laws, anti-lesbianism laws, and higher ages of consent for same-sex activity.

Dave Roberts brings diversity to the San Diego County supervisors

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:27:59+00:00 November 26th, 2012|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

He is the first Democrat on the board in more than two decades. He’s also the first new supervisor in 18 years. And he’s a gay, married father of five.

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Out of the Closet and Into a Uniform

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:27:59+00:00 November 19th, 2012|Education, LGBTQ+|

FOR their club’s big debut this semester, the cadets at the United States Air Force Academy hammered out talking points, printed fliers and hung their logo, a rainbow-colored globe, in their booth in Arnold Hall. Then they held their breath.

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Same-sex marriage is creating a new divide in the United States

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:00+00:00 November 14th, 2012|LGBTQ+|

Journalist and gay activist Dan Savage often writes about the urban archipelago — the American cities that are comfortable, safe islands for gays and lesbians set amid a vast sea of countryside where being openly homosexual remains a chancy, even dangerous, proposition. However, after an election in which four more states approved same-sex marriage, perhaps

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Same-Sex Marriage Gains Cheer Gay Rights Advocates

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:01+00:00 November 7th, 2012|LGBTQ+|

Voters in Maine and Maryland approved same-sex marriage on a day of election results that jubilant gay rights advocates called a historic turning point, the first time that marriage for gay men and lesbians has been approved at the ballot box.

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‘Ex-Gay’ Men Fight Back Against View That Homosexuality Can’t Be Changed

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:01+00:00 November 1st, 2012|LGBTQ+|

LOS ANGELES — For most of his life, Blake Smith said, “every inch of my body craved male sexual contact.”

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Supporters of Same-Sex Marriage See Room for Victories

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:01+00:00 October 31st, 2012|LGBTQ+|

For opponents of same-sex marriage, it has been a potent and often repeated talking point: though the courts or the legislatures of some states have given gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, wherever it has appeared on the ballot, voters have rejected it.

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U.S. Marriage Act Is Unfair to Gays, Court Panel Says

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:02+00:00 October 19th, 2012|LGBTQ+|

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that gay Americans are a class of people who deserve the same kinds of constitutional protections as many other victims of discrimination.

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Court rules gays and lesbians deserve special protection

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:02+00:00 October 19th, 2012|LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — Gay rights advocates won another victory Thursday in their fight for equal treatment under law, when the U.S appeals court in New York struck down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act and held for the first time that gays and lesbians are a minority group deserving of special protection from

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Same-Sex Marriage Support Has Grown Among Latinos, Survey Finds

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:02+00:00 October 18th, 2012|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

More than half of the nation’s Latinos are in favor of same-sex marriage, according to a survey released on Thursday, dispelling a long-standing notion that their religious beliefs offered a safe path to Republicans looking to stake a claim in the community through shared social values….

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Gallaudet Puts Diversity Officer on Leave for Allegedly Signing Anti-Gay Petition

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:03+00:00 October 11th, 2012|Education, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

T. Alan Hurwitz, Gallaudet’s president, said in a statement on Wednesday that he had placed the official on leave for participating in an effort “that some feel is inappropriate for an individual serving as chief diversity officer.” She allegedly signed a petition to put on the Maryland ballot this November a measure opposing same-sex

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