http://www.365gay.com The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-hrc-gives-us-ten-worst-companies-for-lgbt-employees/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-hrc-gives-us-ten-worst-companies-for-lgbt-employees/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:19:04 +0000 The HRC runs a yearly assessment of over three hundred companies that employ over nine million people. It looks at the company's policies regarding LGBT employees and determines those places that are safe and supportive. It also looks at the places that offer no protection to their LGBT employees. In ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-hrc-gives-us-ten-worst-companies-for-lgbt-employees/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/nom-says-gay-prop-8-judge-is-biased/ http://www.365gay.com/news/nom-says-gay-prop-8-judge-is-biased/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:22:56 +0000 We saw it coming. Not long after the San Francisco Chronicle revealed the "open secret" that Prop 8 trial Judge Vaughn Walker is gay, the National Organization of Marriage freaked out. In response to the news, they basically called Judge Walker biased and incompetent. This is nonsense. If sexual orientation automatically creates a bias ... http://www.365gay.com/news/nom-says-gay-prop-8-judge-is-biased/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/nh-panel-recommends-against-gay-marriage-repeal/ http://www.365gay.com/news/nh-panel-recommends-against-gay-marriage-repeal/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:40:10 +0000  (Concord, NH) A New Hampshire House committee is recommending against repealing the state's five-week-old gay marriage law. The Judiciary Committee also voted Tuesday to recommend that the House kill a proposed constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. 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The Vatican No. 2 issued a statement saying reports that Vatican officials leaked the documents were false ... http://www.365gay.com/news/vatican-intrigue-hits-new-level-with-leak-denial/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/tuesday-watercooler-dan-choi-back-on-duty/ http://www.365gay.com/news/tuesday-watercooler-dan-choi-back-on-duty/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:31:46 +0000 With the annual day of love and cheesiness next week, the folks at Archies, India’s biggest greeting card maker, rolled out a new line of gay greeting cards. The company is taking the opportunity to capitalize on last year’s ruling that decriminalized gay sex. 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New Jersey's largest gay rights organizations  has suspended donating cash to political parties. "No political party has a record good enough on LGBT civil rights that it can rightfully claim to be entitled to our money on a party-wide basis," said Steven Goldstein, ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/withers-nj-gay-rights-group-closes-its-wallet/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/aclu-accuses-instructor-of-using-classroom-as-church/ http://www.365gay.com/news/aclu-accuses-instructor-of-using-classroom-as-church/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:09:37 +0000 (San Francisco) An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. ACLU staff attorney Elizabeth Gill said at least two students at ... http://www.365gay.com/news/aclu-accuses-instructor-of-using-classroom-as-church/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/rachelwatch-rachel-dunks-tom-tancredo/ http://www.365gay.com/news/rachelwatch-rachel-dunks-tom-tancredo/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:22:38 +0000 A Look Under the Hood Rachel started us off with a more in-depth look at why Tom Tancredo’s call for a return to voter literacy tests was so vile. Sure, his remarks are shiver-inducing the first time you hear them, but Rachel took the time to really drive the creepy home. As ... http://www.365gay.com/news/rachelwatch-rachel-dunks-tom-tancredo/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/news/brazil-gay-man-wins-u-s-asylum/ http://www.365gay.com/news/brazil-gay-man-wins-u-s-asylum/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:38:28 +0000 From a Columbia Law School press release: (New York) Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic has won asylum for a gay man who feared persecution because of his sexual orientation if forced to return to his native Brazil. The grant, issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, comes at ... http://www.365gay.com/news/brazil-gay-man-wins-u-s-asylum/feed/