Goldman CEO: support for gay rights "not without price"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein said on Wednesday his recent very public support for gay rights had cost the investment bank at least one client. At an event discussing Wall Street's role in pushing for greater lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality across corporate America, Blankfein said his stance on the matter was "not without price ...
Gay Rights Advocates Celebrate Obama's Marriage Evolution
Reacting to President Obama’s full “evolution” on gay marriage, prominent gay-rights advocates and others cheered the president’s decision to offer public support. Obama’s relationship with gay-rights advocates has been a sometimes rocky one. After pledging during the 2008 campaign to expand gay rights, advocates were...
Mother's Day 2012: Tell HuffPost Gay Voices Why Moms Of LGBT Kids Are Special
In a day and age when growing up lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) is an increasingly volatile experience, our mothers mean more to us now than ever before. But make no mistake: moms are, and have always been, special.
Miriam Draws Flak Over Gay Comment
MANILA,Philippines - Miss Universe 1999 1st Runner-Up Miriam Quiambao is the latest celebrity to draw ire from the "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender" (LGBT) community.
Anna Paquin 'believes being bisexual is actually a thing'
Anna Paquin has spoken out about the misconceptions surrounding her sexuality. The 'True Blood' actress - who announced she was bisexual during a public service announcement in 2010 - made a point about some people using the label to cover up being gay.
Group urges delay over gay debate
AS Church of Ireland members, who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, we were not consulted as the Bishop of Down and Dromore and Archbishop of Dublin drafted the resolutions on sexuality before General Synod this week, which stigmatises any sexual relationship outside opposite-sex marriage as not ‘normative’. Had we been, we would have been clear that writing 655 words about people in same-gender ...
Obama's family influenced gay marriage shift
As President Obama weighed a shift in his public position on gay marriage, change was all around him, his advisers said today. His wife, Michelle, regularly included same-sex couples at events and he had several gay staffers at the White House.
Mormon Church Shifting Its Views On Homosexuality, Say Gay Rights Activists
Is the Mormon church softening its stance on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community? That's the question CNN's Dan Merica poses in a new article which implies that the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "is subtly but unmistakably growing friendlier toward" the LGBT community, "including voicing support for some gay rights."
California presbytery defies church, backs minister in gay weddings
Northern California Presbyterian governing body makes history by rejecting church's official denunciation of minister who performed same-sex marriages. SAN ANSELMO, Calif. — Days after President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, the Presbyterian Church's Northern California governing body refused to rebuke a retired minister for marrying gays and lesbians when it was legal in ...
Film 'outing' gay politicians to be shown in Shreveport
The Emmy-nominated 2009 documentary film Outrage will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at minicine, 846 Texas Ave., Shreveport.