Topic: LGBT Issues

Tasmania Welcomes Married Gays, Not Gay Marriage

The Australian state recognizes same sex marriages made outside the country, which sounds too formulaic to not be an immigration incentive to boost population and woo a free-spending demographic.READ»

Nepal's First Openly Gay Member of Parliament Doesn't Stop Innovating

From TV shows to new NGOs, Nepal's Sunil Pant teaches a lesson or two on innovating in restrictive environments.READ»

Why Defeat of Prop 8 Is Good for Business and for Marriage

I have a strong belief that defeating Proposition 8 is good for business and heterosexual marriage. I'm not just saying this because I'm a diversity consultant, but I make my claim as a small business owner.READ»

Google to Increase Pay to Gay Employees to Cover Same-Sex Benefits

A certain tax code gives a monetary break to married couples on company-provided health insurance, which leaves out those couples who legally can't get married. Google decided to do something about that disparity.READ»

Wham! Bang! Pow! Comic-Con 2010 Starts Today

Comic-Con 2010 and its 125,000 attendees will hit San Diego this month. The ever-popular megaconvention sold out its four-day passes 280 days in advance. And while we won't be part of the 1% who show up in costume, we will celebrate by looking at the numbers of the comic-book business.READ»

No Longer at the NEA, Yosi Sergant Is Back Among the Artists

After a very public resignation from the government organization, the community organizer is home in Los Angeles launching Manifest Equality, a massive art show on equal rights.READ»

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Breaking: Supreme Court Blocks Gay Marriage Trial YouTube Broadcast

We reported today's proposed YouTube broadcast of the Proposition 8-challenging gay marriage trial with enthusiasm: It was going to be groundbreaking and seemed an excellent idea. But the Supreme Court just shut it down. The ...READ»

Judge Says Gay Marriage Trial Can Be Shown on YouTube

It's a landmark decision: If all goes as planned, this federal trial will be the first in a Western state--and one of only a handful nationwide--to be taped and aired in public in any form.READ»

Who Will Tell the Employees They’re Supposed to Like Gay People?

Don’t waste time developing a culture change strategy unless you’re going to Implement it throughout your organization.READ»

GAY RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS (!) END OF SUBJECT OBAMA (!)

In seemingly unending arguments for or against gay marriage in America, we hear continual reverberations of identical redundant and outdated arguments emanating from mouths of our politicians merely towing their party lines; creative thinking doesn’t seem to be involved. A student of United States Constitutional Law, I strongly believe their rhetoric is not what America’s founding fathers’ envisaged.READ»

Prime Access's LGBT Media Strategy

Howard Buford, 50, has created LGBT-targeted advertising for companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Hyatt, and Showtime. Each year, Prime Access reports on which brands are perceived to be the most and least gay-friendly.READ»

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American Airlines' Gay-Friendly Skies

George Carrancho, 43, manages American Airlines' Rainbow Team, the first dedicated LGBT sales staff and Web site to target the $65 billion American gay and lesbian travel industry.READ»

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GLAAD's Helping Hand

Rashad Robinson, 30, organized GLAAD's inaugural Media Awards in Advertising in October to applaud gay-positive creative in both the LGBT and mainstream press.READ»

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Logo's Loyal (and Lucrative) LGBT Following

Lisa Sherman, 51, launched Logo, MTV Networks' television channel for a gay and lesbian audience, in 2005, with just three advertisers and 13 million homes. It has since grown to 150 advertisers in every product category and more than 40 million homes.READ»

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The Human Rights Campaign Calls Out Stinkers

LGBT Americans wield more than $700 billion in buying power and are more likely than straight folks to spend money with companies that support them (makes sense, no?). But combing through a company's discrimination policy is no one's ...READ»

Infographic of the Day: A Chronology of the Gay Marriage Debate

A handy map by the LA Times summarizes the sprawling, state-by-state debate.READ»

MIT's Facebook "Gaydar" - Is it Homophobic?

Attention gay males: Even if you'd prefer to remain closeted on Facebook, two MIT students have developed software that can out you anyway.READ»

African Social Networks Aiding in Blackmail of Gays

Social network blackmail schemes are on the rise, but nowhere have they become more malicious than in the east African nation of Ghana, where gay Internet community members are being trapped, kidnapped and robbed, often with the aid ...READ»

Gavin Newsom Wants to Be Governor of California. Would You Hire Him?

The controversial mayor of San Francisco wants to upgrade to the governor's mansion. Would you hire this pretty face to run the world's eighth-largest economy?READ»

Orbitz: Secretly Advertising Gay Rights?

Can you find the very subtle cues in their new, widely-aired commercial?READ»

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Transparency rules, whether you like it or not.READ»

Evangelical Environmentalist Richard Cizik Forced Out Of The NAE

"It looked like Tony Soprano had whacked one of his own. People asked me, 'Rich, do you still have a job?'" When I profiled Richard Cizik two years ago, that's how he described the growing tension between him and the National Association of Evangelicals.READ»

Tech Watch: Apple and Google Work on iPhone, Gay Marriage

Ever since the T-Mobile G1 launch, Apple and Google have gotten into bed together to bring more Google features to the iPhone. The tech titans are also collaborating on pushing for equality of same-sex marriages.READ»

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