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Six Md. businesses get top marks for LGBT equality
One of the country’s top lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organizations has given six Maryland companies a perfect score for being the best places to work for LGBT […]
Beset with financial woes, Equality Maryland may close
The organization at the forefront of the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland said it may have to reduce operations and possibly close because of dwindling financial resources.
Mormon church backs Utah LGBT anti-discrimination bill
Utah lawmakers introduced a landmark anti-discrimination bill Wednesday that protects LGBT individuals while also carving out protections for the Boy Scouts of America and religious groups.
LGBT-owned businesses get diversity boost
As a Mexican-American woman who started her own consulting firm in Los Angeles, accountant Sonia Luna has taken advantage of programs aimed at helping minority- and women-owned businesses compete for government and corporate contracts. But increasingly, the fact that Luna also is a lesbian entrepreneur hasn't hurt either.
Maryland companies rank high in LGBT inclusion
Maryland-based companies and law firms are doing very well with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inclusion, according to a new report.
Semmes woos LGBT clients
Think of Semmes Bowen & Semmes, and you’re likely to think of business-related litigation, workers’ compensation defense or perhaps maritime law.
D.C. lawyer (chicken) dances around political debate
A Washington lawyer has come up with a way to support same-sex marriage and consume controversial Chick-fil-A chicken ...
Gay-friendly businesses lift city in ranking
Even-though same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Maryland, Baltimore has the second-highest number in the nation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender singles who want to get married and have children, […]
FreeState hopes to step up outreach, double its services to Md.’s low-income LGBT community
Lee Ann Hopkins spends each day in a tiny brick-walled office crammed with books and fliers on FreeState Legal Project, of which she is the executive director — and only […]
NAACP head to give keynote at LGBT conference
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous will deliver the keynote speech at a national conference on rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Jealous is scheduled to speak at the […]
Inequities for kids of gay parents detailed
According to her dads, life is good for Carrigan Starling-Littlefield, a spunky 5-year-old being raised by two gay men in South Carolina, which doesn’t recognize their out-of-state marriage. “We’ve found […]
Gay-rights groups see election as major setback
NEW YORK — Gay-rights activists celebrated a few bright spots on Election Day, but they also suffered some major setbacks — including losses by key supporters in Congress and the […]
