Exodus International, one of the leading conversion therapy networks in the world, announced that it is shutting down after years of promoting a dangerous and discredited practice that claims to convert people from gay to straight. The 蜜桃传媒 today hailed the decision.
A federal court in California today heard arguments from 蜜桃传媒 attorneys challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Title 38 鈥� statutes that prevent the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from granting equal benefits to gay and lesbian veterans and their spouses.
Two pro-gun groups conspired with an anti-gay hate group to create political mailers that used a gay couple鈥檚 copyrighted engagement photo to attack candidates in the 2012 Colorado Republican primaries, according to an 蜜桃传媒 motion filed in federal court today.
Responding to complaints of pervasive anti-LGBT harassment at the Moss Point School District in Mississippi, the 蜜桃传媒 today demanded that school officials act to protect LGBT students or face a federal lawsuit.聽
Though lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students are harassed at twice the rate of other students, a few purposeful steps can help transform a school into a safer place for all students, according to a guide released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance project.
The 蜜桃传媒 asked a federal court today to block a section of the Defense of Marriage Act that bars the federal government from providing veterans鈥� benefits to legally married same-sex couples.
The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit today accusing a New Jersey organization of consumer fraud for offering conversion therapy services 鈥� a dangerous and discredited practice that claims to convert people from gay to straight.
Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) fraudulently claimed to provide services that 鈥渃onvert鈥� people from gay to straight. These services, known as conversion therapy, have been discredited or highly criticized by all major American medical, psychiatric, psychological and professional counseling organizations. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the New Jersey conversion therapy organization for fraudulent practices. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey in 2012, charged that JONAH, its founder and a counselor violated New Jersey鈥檚 Consumer Fraud Act by claiming that their counseling services could cure clients of being gay.
The Southern Poverty Law Center urged Illinois鈥� East Aurora School Board today not to bow to pressure from an anti-gay hate group by rescinding a policy protecting transgender and gender nonconforming students and employees from harassment and discrimination.
Hannah Bradley and her classmates simply wanted to raise awareness about anti-gay bullying at their high school. So on Oct. 11 鈥� National Coming Out Day 鈥� the students wore name tags stating their orientation.
