LGBT POV Blog – Prop 8 Federal Case

  The blog LGBT POV posted an excellent piece on January 8th concerning some behind the scenes actions in the Federal Prop 8 case, which begins on Monday, January 11th. The most interesting quote is from Brian Brown, Executive Director of the National Organization for Marriage, who states in a recent fundraising letter… "We do […]

Gay Marriage Fails In New Jersey – Lambda Legal Back To Court

From the AP: TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s state Senate has defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage, leaving it unlikely the state will have a gay marriage law in the very near future. The bill needed 21 votes to pass; only 14 senators approved the measure Thursday. Gay rights advocates had pushed hard to

Obama Administration Adds Gender Identity Protection For Federal Workers

WASHINGTON – Beginning in 2010, the Obama administration, through the Office of Personnel Management, has started to list gender identity among the classes protected by federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies. By including gender identity as a protected class, the federal government is stating its commitment to protecting transgender employees and has taken a significant

Judge Approves Video Of Prop 8 Trial – Online

From MercuryNews.com… A judge today approved a limited form of broadcasting the trial in the legal challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage, concluding it is the type of case that warrants breaking with traditions that generally ban cameras in federal courts. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker approved court-operated cameras in his courtroom for

Restaurant Review – Hunan Chinese Restaurant

My family and I decided to go to Hunan Chinese Restaurant at Cedar and Herndon on New Year’s Day.   I have not been to Hunan in quite some time, since I do not find myself at Cedar and Herndon often, and had forgotten how good Hunan is. The name comes from the province in China

The American Foundation for Equal Rights

The people behind the groundbreaking federal case to overturn California Prop 8 have set up an official website…Equal Rights Foundation. On their website you’ll be able to learn more about the case as well as keep up on the ongoing news. They are also pushing to have the trial, which begins January 11th, to be

VIDEO: New Year’s Eve With Cooper & Griffin & Bass, OH MY…

New Year’s Eve 2009 CNN broadcast…Anderson Cooper, Kathy Griffin and Lance Bass…Anderson has never been more cute or more GAY…watch Anderson let loose his inner gay (doing a Cher impersonation)…and Kathy reassuring Anderson that they’re "going all the way with that ball drop"…Videos 1 & 2 are embedded, click on the links for the rest…

Upcoming LGBT Latino Conference In Fresno

Gay Central Valley is pleased to announce that we have joined as a sponsor for the Proyecto Poderoso’s “Orgullo y Poder Latino” Leadership Conference, which will be held in Fresno on Saturday, January 23rd. Below you can find all the details of the event, courtesy their official website… http://www.crla.org/index.php?page=orgullo-y-poder-latino-conference Proyecto Poderoso’s “Orgullo y Poder Latino”