Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus Draws Heavy Hitters ...

At the recent GLBT Democratic Caucus held in Hollywood, FL this last weekend, many politicians - gay and straight - made their case for the gay vote in upcoming elections. Among those who spoke were U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie ... [Now we get to] say to candidates who are supportive but who are maybe not gay or lesbian themselves that we will support you but we're going to hold you accountable if you don't walk the walk as well as talk the talk." ...

GLBT News Headlines (T5T-6)

12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Point Foundation (Point), the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, toda merit, today announced ac ...

Travel: Going where the girls are

Sept 7-12 Women Fest Key West, FL Presented by Key West Business Guild of GLBT+Allied Chamber of Commerce. Includes performances by Emily Saliers, Suzanne Westenhoefer, a street fair, golf tournament and 13th annual Beach Blanket Butch and ... There are three gay B&Bs and many LGBT friendly hotels. Oct 8-17 Women's Week Provincetown, MA. Presented by Women Innkeepers of Provincetown and their Chamber of Commerce. This is one of the premiere women's festivals with a long ...

Mississippi schools: No proms, no yearbook pics for lesbians | Raw ...

Just weeks after an Oxford-area high school made national news by canceling its prom rather than allowing a lesbian student to attend with a same-sex date, a Jackson-area lesbian high school senior who had been fighting for the right to appear in her .... I just wish half of the people here wailing about evil Republicans would apply the same standards to Obama and the Democrats on gay rights issues. Obama has screwed over the GLBT community on his DADT for the military, ...

Expedia & IGLTA Launch LGBT Travel Site | SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Expedia.com is the world's leading online travel agency. recently, they announced that they have added a travel site catering to the LGBT community. They have partnered with Fort Lauderdale-based International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), ... It was based on research illustrating the difficulty in finding LGBT- welcoming hotels, and our solution was vetted by a group of LGBT professionals at expedia® and a roundtable of gay travel community members. ...