Shooting at Oakland school leaves seven dead
Seven people perished at a Oakland, California college on Monday after a Korean-American gunman alleged to be angry at his treatment at the school opened fire. According to the police the alleged gunman, a former nursing student, was upset with students and the administration at Oikos University. Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said that the [...]
The last time same-sex marriage was debated in the Washington state Legislature, lawmakers voted to ban it. Now the issue is before the Legislature once again and there’s a strong possibility that Washington could become the seventh state to legalize it. Bills to legalize same-sex marriage have been introduced in the House and Senate, sponsored [...]
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Mayors of more than 70 cities are joining forces to support gay marriage. The mayors of Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Diego will co-chair the Mayors for the Freedom to Marry group being formally launched Friday at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. The office of New York City Mayor [...]
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Out In The Vineyard and the Napa Valley Wine Train are pleased to announce the return of the one-of-a-kind-experience, The (Bigger) Gay Train, a food and wine event. On Saturday, March 31st, local LGBT Winemakers will be pouring their wines paired with the inspired cuisine of Executive Chef Kelly Macdonald. The evening be filled with [...]
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A coalition of health and education groups says young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts. And, by the fifth grade, they say they should know that “sexual orientation is “the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender.” That’s according to new, non-binding [...]
Continue reading …“Street Art for Occupy Wall Street” Is Putting Posters on Every Street Across the U.S.
December 29, 2011 No Comment
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Dec 29, 2011) – BLANK, a New York artist supporting the Occupy movement, has launched an ambitious project: to occupy each street in the country with a piece of art. The project, named “Street Art for Occupy Wall Street,” launched this month on KickStarter with the release of 18 [...]
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Boston – Former NHL star and Boston Bruin player Mike Milbury was charged with assault for allegedly assaulting his sons teammate at a local 12-year-old peewee hockey game, and now all charges have been withdrawn. Milbury, 59, who has been a broadcaster on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC,) and NBC Sports for many years, [...]
Continue reading …Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll Finds Nearly One in Four Americans Would Refuse a Full Body Scan at Airport Security
December 23, 2011 No Comment
ANN ARBOR, Mich. and WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Roughly one-quarter of Americans say they would refuse a full body scan using new airport body scanners and 14.9 percent said new airport security measures have them concerned for their health, according to the Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll. Thomson Reuters and NPR conduct a monthly poll [...]
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Feeding America Asks The Nation To Help Millions At Risk of Hunger CHICAGO, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – As the holidays quickly approach, Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, urges everyone to help the millions of Americans who are currently struggling to feed their families “We ask everyone to pause at this time of [...]
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Two California women are suing a Hawaii bed and breakfast for denying them a room because they’re gay. Lambda Legal on Monday filed a discrimination lawsuit against Aloha Bed & Breakfast in Honolulu on behalf of Diane Cervelli and Taeko Bufford, of Long Beach. Cervelli says she called the Hawaii Kai business in 2007 to [...]
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