Hawaii Senate Passes Civil Union Bill 18-7

Hawaii
Good news from Hawaii!
The Honolulu Advertiser reports:
“The Senate voted 18 to 7 to pass a civil-unions bill. The bill now moves to the House for consideration with a veto-proof majority. The bill would give same-sex and heterosexual couples the ability to enter into civil unions and receive the same state rights as marriage.
The Senate [...]

High blood pressure linked to dementia

bloodpressure
From MSNBC
If the cardiologist’s warnings do not scare you, consider this: Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia.
In a flurry of new research, scientists scanned people’s brains to show hypertension fuels a kind of scarring linked to later development of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Those scars can start [...]

HRC finds 2009 a banner year in LGBT legislation

Banner Year For LGBT Rights
By Ruth Schneider, 365gay.com
2009 racked up more legislative gains across the nation in the gay rights arena than 2007 and 2008 combined,
the Human Rights Campaign reported Tuesday.
HRC’s report “Equality from State to State in 2009” also looks ahead to this year.
For 2010, marriage equality and recognition of same-sex couples is [...]

HRC Lists Best Places to Work

HRC Best Places to Work
Posted on Advocate.com
Boeing, AT&T, and Harrah’s are three of the 305 companies on the Human Rights Campaign’s annual list of the best places to work for LGBT people.
The list, which was released on Monday, contains only businesses that scored 100% in the HRC’s 2010 Corporate Equality Index,
which is released each fall.
“These [...]

Kurt Gets a BF, Harris to Guest on Glee

Michael Ausiello
Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello has the scoop on what’s coming next on Glee, including a boyfriend for Kurt and guest turns by Neil Patrick Harris and Jennifer Lopez.
Ausiello learned of the reported guest turn by Harris from the actor at this weekend’s Golden Globes. The out actor is reportedly set to appear in an [...]

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