Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year. The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration. The U.S. has been among a dozen countries that bar entry to travelers with […]

Low-income HIV-positive Americans may soon have the continued promise of better access to health care and federal funding. The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Treatment Extension Act of 2009, or S.1793, passed the House of Representatives on Oct. 21 with a vote of 408 to 9, and was approved by the Senate on

The Senate voted 68 to 29 Thursday to pass a Defense Department funding bill that includes a measure extending hate-crimes protections to people targeted on the basis of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. The National Defense Authorization Act now goes to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature. “As the President said

(10-14) 14:09 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge refused today to dismiss a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the nation’s first trial on the constitutionality of a law allowing only opposite-sex couples to wed. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, in a ruling from the bench in San

Click on the following link to view an interactive map on the Los Angeles Times Website which details the battle for LGBT marriage rights across the country…LA Times – Gay Marriage Interactive Map

Photo gallery from the San Francisco Bridge Walk, which took place on Sunday, October 11th, to commemorate National Coming Out Day. About 40 people from the Fresno and Visalia area made the trek up together. Photos courtesy Vickye Ashton. Click on images to enlarge them. More photos on next page…

A day after the National March in Washington, organized in order to bring attention to the need for Federal legislation to bring equality for all LGBT Americans, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law several important pieces of LGBT legislation. Three bills, sponsored by Equality California, result in the recognition of Harvey Milk Day