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National: Gay Catholic move; Jimmy Carter; trans health app
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by Andrew Davis, Windy City Times
2015-07-14

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Members of the LGBT Catholic organization DignityUSA met in Seattle for the organization's national convention—and voted to begin advocating for equal access to all of the sacraments of the Catholic Church for LGBT people and their families, according to a press release. A unanimously passed resolution states that "DignityUSA and its members call on the leaders and members of our Roman Catholic Church to ensure that all of the sacraments of our Church be administered regardless of the gender identity, sexual orientation, or relational status of the person( s ) seeking the sacrament."

Former President Jimmy Carter has made his thoughts about marriage equality known, according to The Huffington Post. Promoting his new memoir A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety, Carter told HuffPost Live ( when asked if he believed Jesus would approve of same-sex marriage ), "I believe Jesus would. I don't have any verse in scripture. ... I believe Jesus would approve gay marriage, but that's just my own personal belief. I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else, and I don't see that gay marriage damages anyone else."

A new startup app called MyTransHealth is hoping to revolutionize the way transgender people receive health care, NewNowNext.com reported. The person behind the app hope to break down barriers and connect trans individuals with doctors who are actually knowledgeable about health care issues specific to them. MyTransHealth founder Robyn Kanner said that her own struggle in trying to find a trans-friendly doctor ( among other things ), inspired her to launch the crowdsourced nonprofit.

Amid news reports state and local officials are continuing to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a group of 57 U.S. House Democrats is seeking action from the Department of Justice to ensure compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court decision for same-sex marriage, The Washington Blade reported. In a letter dated July 9, the group of Democratic lawmakers led by openly gay Rep. Mark Pocan ( D-Wis. ) calls on U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to take steps to enforce the ruling and ensure same-sex couples can obtain a marriage license in all 50 states. Each of the six openly LGB members of the U.S. House—Pocan, Reps. Jared Polis ( D-Colo. ), David Cicilline ( D-R.I. ), Mark Takano ( D-Calif. ), Sean Patrick Maloney ( D-N.Y. ) and Kyrsten Sinema ( D-Ariz. )—signed the letter. No Republicans signed the letter.

As part of the White House Conference on Aging, the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) announced new guidance that would both clarify and amplify that HUD's Equal Access Rule—a program regulation ensuring equal access of LGBT persons to HUD-supported or -insured housing—also applies to HUD's 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, according to a Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders ( SAGE ) press release. Michael Adams, executive director of SAGE, said, "With a recent report showing that housing discrimination against LGBT elders is rampant, this is just the kind of leadership we need from the federal government. Now we need to make sure that these anti discrimination protections are effectively implemented."

Vice President Joe Biden joined the celebration of the Supreme Court's ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, saying he's "never been so happy to be with an outfit that's going out of business," Bloomberg reported. Biden, who's widely credited with precipitating President Barack Obama's public endorsement of equal marriage rights for all, told Freedom to Marry's New York gala that the activists who have worked for decades "don't owe me or the president any thanks. We owe you." The party at Cipriani Wall Street restaurant marked the end of Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson's three-decade push for the legalization of same-sex marriage, dating back to his time as a student at Harvard Law School.

In Missouri, former college wrestler Michael Johnson, 23, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for recklessly infecting one sex partner with HIV and risking the infection of four others, according to STLToday.com . St. Charles County Circuit Judge Jon Cunningham, who issued the sentence, told Johnson, "The main thing is the profound effect your actions have had on the victims and their families." HIV activists as well as members of the medical and legal community expressed outrage at the sentence. LaTrischa Miles—a member of the Missouri AIDS Task Force and co-founder of Positive Women's Network: USA—said in a separate statement, "The state of Missouri spends significant resources encouraging its citizens to be tested for HIV. The state then prosecutes people who test positive for HIV and are unable to prove that they disclosed this to their sexual partners. That just doesn't make sense."

Despite some minor objections, all U.S. territories appear to have begun allowing same-sex couples to marry—all except one, PinkNews reported. American Samoa remains the only territory of the United States to still be holding out against the recent Supreme Court ruling that all couples, straight or gay, have a constitutional right to marry. Despite many saying the change should go into effect immediately, the attorney general of the Pacific island, Talauega Eleasalo Ale, has said the decision is still being reviewed.

Gay former GOP Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio is not over losing his race against Rep. Scott Peters ( D-Calif. ) several months ago, The Daily Beast reported. Todd Bosnich, an ex-DeMaio aide, admitted to manufacturing emails he used to support his claim that DeMaio sexually harassed him, and pled guilty to obstruction of justice. ( The accusation hampered DeMaio's campaign. ) "[The accusation] absolutely was generated to go after our conservatives voters," DeMaio said. "What [Peters] needed to do was not go to the middle, he needed to try to dissuade far right voters, older voters, social conservative voters, from voting for the gay guy."

When Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced his intention to run for president, he did so surrounded by people who disagree with him on an issue that many social conservatives are obsessed with right now: same-sex marriage, NYMag.com noted. Walker's two sons, Alex and Matt, are in favor of same-sex marriage and his wife Tonette is "torn," she recently told the Washington Post. The Wisconsin governor immediately called the SCOTUS marriage ruling a "grave mistake" and proposed a Constitutional amendment allowing states to decide marriage laws, which led his two sons to complain to their mother.

While Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has publicly stated that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling makes same-sex marriage legal in the state, he has twice put it in writing in an effort to prevent further action in two pending federal court cases, AL.com reported. In one case, the attorneys want to get a permanent injunction against the state from enforcing its ban on same-sex marriage in the wake of the ruling. Another lawsuit lists 41 rights or privileges opposite-sex couples enjoy—from taxes and insurance to child custody rights.

Almost two-thirds of Republicans oppose the Supreme Court's backing of gay marriage in to a Reuters/Ipsos poll—giving hope for conservative presidential candidates who have come out strongly against marriage equality, according to IBTimes.com . However, the same survey implies that Republicans would struggle to make opposition to same-sex marriage a winning issue in next November's general election because more than half of U.S. residents support it. Forty-two percent of Republicans in the poll said same-sex marriage laws should be made at the state level by referendum—a view taken by only 24 percent of the overall population.

In light of the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that struck down marriage bans nationwide, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated the district court's ruling in Conde-Vidal v. Rius-Armendariz, which had upheld Puerto Rico's ban, according to a Lambda Legal press release. The appellate court further directed the lower court to consider Lambda Legal's challenge to the ban in light of Obergefell. Lambda Legal Staff Attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan said, "Today's decision provides further recognition of the dignity and equality of LGBT people in Puerto Rico. ... We commend the Puerto Rico government for joining in the call to end the marriage ban."

Kentucky's governor told a county court clerk Casey Davis that he should either issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or resign, The Chicago Tribune reported. But Davis, who is elected, said he would go to jail first. Davis is one of the local elected officials across the country who have cited religious beliefs in refusing to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last month legalizing same-sex marriages nationwide. Their stance has prompted a debate about whether religious liberty extends to those officials, who are charged with carrying out state government functions.

The director of religious education at a Roman Catholic elementary school outside Philadelphia says she was fired because of her same-sex marriage, NBC Philadelphia reported. Waldron Mercy Academy in Merion sent an email informing parents of the dismissal of Margie Winters, who had worked there for eight years. Principal Nell Stetser said the school must comply with Catholic philosophy and that she had a duty to protect its future. Winters was hired in 2007 and married her wife in Boston that same year.

In a historic 37-3 vote, members of South Carolina's Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag from its statehouse grounds. ( It has since been removed. ) However, before that development, state Sen. Lee Bright used the debate as an opportunity to voice his support in keeping the flag and also attack the Supreme Court's marriage-equality decision, not to mention the "abomination colors" showcased by the White House to celebrate the court's decision, according to Mother Jones. In part, Bright said, "We talk about abortion but this gay-marriage thing, I believe will be one nation gone under, like President Reagan said. If we're not one nation under God, we'll be one nation gone under."

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump did not appreciate Anderson Cooper's line of questions surrounding the construction crew he hired to build his Trump Tower in Manhattan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The CNN host asked about a court case that Trump settled in 1999 surrounding 200 illegal Polish immigrants alleging they were paid less than minimum wage back for their work back in 1975. Trump went on to say, "Anderson, when you have to go back 35 years to tell me about something, I think that's pretty pathetic, to be honest with you."

A Seattle doctor who primarily treats gay men is protesting a King County policy that restricts his patients with sexually transmitted diseases from receiving free antibiotics for their partners—while heterosexual couples routinely get the treatment, The Seattle Times reported. Dr. Warren Dinges, who runs the downtown Seattle Infectious Disease Clinic, said he's seen a spike in the past several months in chlamydia and gonorrhea infections in his patients. Back in March, officials with Public Health: Seattle & King County denied Dinges' request for dozens of drug kits to provide so-called "expedited partner therapy," in which doctors offer antibiotics or prescriptions to sex partners of infected people without seeing them in person.

In Texas, sociology professors at Rice University have found that bisexual individuals face higher health disparities than their gay, lesbian and straight counterparts, according to Advocate.com . The study says that several of these health issues stem from socioeconomic vulnerability in the bisexual community. Lead author Bridget Gorman told The Advocate, "A big thing was emotional support." In addition, bisexual respondents also reported a higher propensity for smoking and using alcohol than straight or gay counterparts.

An academic who called for Muslims to embrace same-sex marriage has sparked a strong reaction on social media, PinkNews reported. Dr. Reza Aslan and Hasan Minhaj released a joint declaration, entitled "An Open-Letter to American Muslims on Same-Sex Marriage," that incited strong reactions of support and opposition on social media.

A case that tests the boundaries of religious freedom and gay rights came to the Colorado Court of Appeals, with a suburban Denver baker urging judges not to force him to make cakes for same-sex couples because it would violate his beliefs, the Associated Press reported. However, attorneys representing a gay couple who were denied a wedding cake in 2012 countered that allowing businesses to turn away customers through religious exemptions will facilitate future discrimination. In other states, same-sex couples have prevailed.

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) released a new map explaining the need for non-discrimination laws protecting LGBT people at the federal level. The map shows that the Supreme Court's ruling has brought marriage equality to a number of states that still lack clear, fully inclusive non-discrimination protections for LGBT people, meaning that—despite the ruling—LGBT Americans can get legally married but still be at risk of being denied services. See http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/31reasons-comprehensive.pdf.

Same-sex marriage could come back up for a vote in Virginia, NBC12.com reported. The U.S. Supreme Court just handed down a landmark ruling, but the gay-marriage ban is still on the books in Virginia. It's not binding, but some groups are now pushing to change the state constitution. The majority of Virginians would definitely vote to remove the discriminatory language from our constitution," said James Parrish, who's with Equality Virginia.

Russ Towers—the only openly gay county clerk in the ultra-conservative town of Paris, Texas—has said it makes him "sad" that other clerks in Texas are still refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, according to PinkNews. Hours after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage last month, he was the first clerk to issue a marriage license to a gay couple in Texas. Towers, a Republican, said, issuing the license "was very surreal, because it was something that I never thought that I would see in my lifetime—but to be on the other side of the counter, to be the one issuing, made it especially special for me.

Richard Carlbom led Minnesota's successful push for same-sex marriage and has worked since to do the same elsewhere—and now, he is out of a job, according to TwinCities.com . Since 2013, Carlbom has been the director of state campaigns for Freedom to Marry, a New York-based organization pushing to legalize same-sex marriage across the country. Carlbom said that when he took the job at Freedom to Marry, only 15 states had legal same-sex marriage.

A Father's Day card may have been 26 years too late, but for one dad in Lynchburg, Virginia, it was a priceless gift from beyond the grave, The Huffington Post reported. In 1989, Duane Schrock Jr. wrote his dad a note for Father's Day and sent it in the mail; the card was lost in transit and his dad never received it—until now. Shrock said the letter was an especially poignant surprise as his son, who was gay, died of AIDS in 1995. Shrock added that their relationship had been strained when Duane was alive because he'd struggled to accept his son's homosexuality.

In Georgia, a rainbow flag hanging at a Forsyth County home was set on fire, KPHO.com reported. After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, a homeowner in the area of Hurt Bridge Road replaced an American flag with a rainbow one. Forsyth County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Robin Regan said the flag was removed by an unknown person who laid it on the windshield of the victim's vehicle and ignited it with an accelerant, possibly tiki torch fluid; a vehicle and peach tree were also damaged. Forsyth County Sheriff's Office Deputy Epifanio Rodriguez has classified this as a hate crime.

The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) named Ben Needham as the new director of Project One America, HRC's multi-year effort to expand LGBT equality in the South through permanent campaigns in Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi, according to a press release. Needham will work closely with state directors Kendra R. Johnson ( HRC Arkansas ), Rob Hill ( HRC Mississippi ) and state Rep. Patricia Todd ( HRC Alabama ) and their in-state staff, as well as HRC's senior leadership in Washington, D.C.

In California, Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado made history by hosting its first LGBT Pride event, 760KFMB.com reported. Highly decorated veterans, supporters and advocates attended. Three keynote speakers were there, including Fred Karger, founder of "Californians Against Hate" and the first out gay presidential candidate; Jacquelyn Atkinson, chairperson for the "San Diego LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor"; and Sheri Swokowski, a retired U.S. Army colonel with more than 30 years of service, and the highest ranking openly transgender service woman in the country.

When kosher business Challah Connection featured rainbow cookies on the front page of its website to celebrate same-sex marriage becoming legal nationwide, a few consumers lost their appetite—but owner Jane Moritz won't apologize for supporting equality, The Jewish Week reported. Challah Connection offers gift baskets of kosher goodies for a variety of occasions, including Jewish holidays, birthdays and shiva calls. Although there was some pushback when the site had rainbow cookies with the message "Never had these treasured cookies had such meaning," Moritz ultimately kept the treats on the home page along with "Buy Now" inside a rainbow heart—but removed the accompanying message as a compromise.

A Cleveland firefighter being investigated for anti-gay comments left on a popular Facebook page said he stands by his social-media postings, Cleveland.com reported. Guy Estergall, a 26-year department veteran, made the comments on the Facebook page for Humans of New York, a photo blog that tells short stories about New York City residents. In a response to a 13-year-old boy who said he's gay, Estergall posted, "The kid needs psychiatric help, he's delusional. We need to find a cure for his kind!" Estergall has not been punished and continues to work his regular shifts during the investigation.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback issued an executive order prohibiting state government from taking action against clergy members or religious organizations that deny services to couples based on religious beliefs, The Wichita Eagle noted. Among other things, the order is intended to protect religious organizations that provide adoption services for the state from having to place children with same-sex couples if that conflicts with their beliefs. Brownback said in a statement, "We ... recognize that religious liberty is at the heart of who we are as Kansans and Americans, and should be protected."

A number of leaders of conservative Christian schools in Arizona signed their names to a letter to Congress, begging for their religious freedom to be protected, AZFamily.com reported. The Supreme Court's ruling to allow same-sex marriage has resulted in uncertainty from religious groups, who fear they will be forced to abandon their belief system or lose their tax exemption. Apparently, there is precedent: Years ago, organizations that did not support interracial relationships were denied their tax-exempt status.

The world's largest Baptist university has dropped specific references to homosexual acts from its sexual-conduct policy, although the new policy's application for married same-sex couples isn't clear, the Associated Press reported. Previously, Texas' Baylor University policy listed homosexual acts with adultery, fornication, incest, sexual abuse, harassment and assault as sexual acts that were expressly prohibited. But the university has dropped specific actions that would be considered violations and its policy now specifies only "that physical sexual intimacy is to be expressed in the context of marital fidelity."

Billionaire/philanthropist Bill Gates has aired his views about the future of an AIDS vaccine, according to an HIVPlusMag.com item that cites Business Insider. "A vaccine, that's a big area of funding for our foundation. But even in the best case that's five years away, and perhaps as long as 10," Gates told an audience of young people, adding that the search for an HIV cure seems "unrealistic." His charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spends about $400 million a year just on HIV drug research.

A jury has found gay-porn star Teofil Brank ( a.k.a. Jarec Wentworth ) guilty of extorting gay Republican millionaire Donald Burns, according to Queerty. Brank threatened to publish explicit photos of Burns if the millionaire didn't fork over $1.5 million, a $180,000 Audi8 sports car and a motorcycle as well as buy him a lavish condo in L.A. Brank faces up to 53 years in prison; sentencing is scheduled for September.

A woman allegedly yelled anti-gay epithets at a man in Brooklyn before spitting at him and bashing his face with a rock during a bloody confrontation, The New York Daily News reported. Safire Ellington, 18, is facing assault as a hate crime and marijuana-possession charges for the attack. The victim suffered a cut to his nose and bruises to his head and face, authroities said.

The University of North Texas ( UNT ) has digitized and put online all 32 years of the Dallas Voice, according to Press Pass Q. Funding for the project came in part from a $20,000 grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Additional funds were also raised to complete the project, said David Taffet, a Dallas Voice staff writer closely associate with the effort. In all, the total cost was at least $30,000.

Same-sex married couples can now sign up for health insurance through the University System of Georgia, WABE.org reported. The Board of Regents says it is working to update its plan documents following the Supreme Court's recent decision on same-sex marriage. According to the USG's website, employees with a same-sex spouse must register their change in marital status by Sept. 1.

In Illinois, Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz defended widely criticized comments he made about the legalization of same-sex marriage and other societal issues during an Independence Day speech, DailyHerald.com reported. "If people are curious about what I said, go listen to it," Lentz said of the 11-minute speech, which can be found on YouTube and Facebook. He called the marriage ruling one event in an ongoing "moral crisis" in the United States. Lentz also defended Prohibition, saying, "It's just what the doctor ordered."

The National Center for Lesbian Rights ( NCLR ) announced that Julie Gonen has joined its staff as its new policy director, a press release stated. Gonen will be responsible for overseeing and advancing NCLR's federal policy initiatives and managing the day-to-day operations of the Washington, D.C. office. Gonen replaces Maya Rupert, who left NCLR in June to join the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as the chief of staff for the Office of the General Counsel.


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