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May 9, 2013
Bid to rename San Francisco Airport after Harvey Milk shelved

San Francisco International Airport will not be named after slain gay rights icon Harvey Milk

A San Francisco lawmaker abandons bid to rename the city’s international airport after Milk due to opposition from Maor Edwin Lee and local press.

Supervisor David Campos said he would instead plan to pursue getting an airport terminal named in Milk's honor, although it is doubted that not even the international terminal, would be a contender.

April 25, 2013
Israeli school to fire a teacher for coming out as a trans woman

An award winning mathetmatics teacher in Israel was told she faces dismissal after coming out to her students as a transgender woman

A high school mathematics teacher who openly talked to some of her students about being a transgender woman was summoned to a hearing for her dismissal.

Marina, who has been for the past three years an outstanding teacher and mentor, says Israel’s Center for Educational Technology (CET) wants her fired for merely discussing her gender identity.

November 26, 2012
Ryanair air steward stole duty free products to sell on eBay

Gay cabin crew supervisor, Thomas Crayston, given community order and told to compensate Ryanair for thefts

A gay cabin crew supervisor stole duty free make-up and perfumes from Ryanair flights he worked on, then sold the products on eBay.

Thomas Crayston, 27, flew on the budget European airline from Birmingham Airport for six years.

But this year his bosses started to notice that luxury make-up and perfumes kept going missing from flights when he was on shift.

And Crayston incriminated himself when he posted a picture of his haul on eBay.

September 13, 2012
Christian student counselor appeals gay sacking case court ruling

A Christian counselor who didn’t want to ‘affirm homosexuality’ continues legal fight against Eastern Michigan University for sacking

A former student and counselor is suing Eastern Michigan University claiming she was wrongfully dismissed for turning down a gay student who wanted help.

The federal court lawsuit in Detroit is being watched across the US as a signifier of the battle between religious and gay freedoms.

September 4, 2012
Dear Abby has advice for closeted gay employee being pressured to date female

Iconic advice columnist points out that it's sexual harassment and a hostile work environment

The advice columnist known as Dear Abby is getting praise for pointing out to a closeted gay man being pressured to date a female co-worker that he is a victim of sexual harassment and is working in a hostile work environment.

Columnist Abigail Van Buren is really Jeanne Phillips who several years ago took over for the column's founder, her mother Pauline Phillips. The column is the most widely syndicated in the world.

May 22, 2012
Cuba's first daughter meets LGBT leaders in San Francisco

Gay rights activist Mariela Castro has been granted a visa to visit the US, sparking fury among some Cuban-American lawmakers 

Mariela Castro will meet with leaders and members of the LGBT community in San Francisco this week.

The daughter of current president Raul Castro and niece of former president Fidel Castro is scheduled to be interviewed at the San Francisco LGBT Center at 1800 Market Street on Wednesday (23 May) from 6pm to 7:30pm Pacific Time.

April 9, 2012
Gay man fired from US Library of Congress claims he was harassed

Peter TerVeer says boss cited passages from the Bible condemning homosexuality

Peter TerVeer was promoted three times after he began working as a management analyst at the Library of Congress’s Office of the Inspector General in 2008.

Then his boss found out he was gay.

TerVeer, who was fired from his job last week, has filed a discrimination complaint which states that he was harassed and humiliated by a supervisor who repeatedly cited passages from the Bible condemning homosexuality.