LGBT Community Survey

Submitted by ONE Community on May 15, 2013 - 12:00am
LGBT Community Survey

We would like to invite you to take a new survey about your opinions and preferences, from an LGBT perspective. 

There's power in our Pride! Participating in this study helps open minds and doors around the world, and influences positive changes for our community. Previous surveys have yielded 45,000 respondents from 148 countries! You may have seen CMI research quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, etc. 

Click here to start the survey. Read more »

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ONE Community Multicultural Networking Forum

LGBT buying power is estimated at $790 billion dollars this year.  Join ONE Community as we celebrate diversity at the Multicultural Networking Forum.  The ONE Community Multicultural Networking Forum is dedicated to bringing LGBT and allied businesses professionals together to celebrate diversity, build new business networking opportunities and create stronger business and personal relationships.

Pre-sale tickets are just $10.00 and $15.00 the day of the event.

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Change Agent Introductions during First Monday at Hotel Palomar

Location

Hotel Palomar
2 E Jefferson St
Phoenix, AZ 85004
See map: Google Maps

The CHANGE AGENT Program was designed to give you—our present and future business leaders—the tools you need to spread the word about UNITY Pledge.  The time commitment is minimal.  Our four-week program involves three after-work meetings, which all double as an opportunity for you to meet like-minded individuals and share your business, i.e., network!  The three meetings for our next CHANGE AGENT Program will be held on the following dates:

Introductions (Hotel Palomar—Downtown Phoenix)

June 3, 2013, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

“Field Assignments” (Tiffany & Bosco, P.A.—Biltmore Area)

June 17, 2013, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Read more »

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Peace Corps says same-sex couples can apply to serve together

Submitted by ONE Community on May 22, 2013 - 6:00am
Peace Corps says same-sex couples can apply to serve together

(Reuters) - The Peace Corps said on Tuesday it will start accepting applications next month from same-sex couples who want to volunteer together as part of the overseas service program.

But not all of the 76 countries that host the program established by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1961 will be open as assignments for those couples, an agency spokeswoman said.

"The Peace Corps is only going to consider placement for same-sex couples in countries where homosexual acts are not criminalized," spokeswoman Shira Kramer said.

"We're obviously aiming to foster the most productive and safe environments for same-sex couples," she added. Read more »

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Bisbee approves civil unions, again

Submitted by ONE Community on May 22, 2013 - 12:24am
Bisbee approves civil unions, again

BISBEE — New language for a proposed civil union ordinance didn’t change the outcome of a vote by Bisbee City Council members Tuesday night.

The council voted 5-2 to pass a revised version of an ordinance originally adopted April 23. After Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne warned that his office would file a lawsuit to prevent Bisbee from enacting the ordinance, city attorney John MacKinnon revised the local legislation.

Tuesday night a crowd number about 85 people showed up at the council chambers to again take up debate on civil unions. Read more »

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Obama delivers LGBT-inclusive commencement address at all-male college

Submitted by ONE Community on May 21, 2013 - 11:30pm
Obama delivers LGBT-inclusive commencement address at all-male college

ATLANTA — President Barack Obamaon Sunday delivered an LGBT-inclusive commencement address at Morehouse College, a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta.

Obama challenged graduates to “transform the way we think about manhood,” and encouraged them to take responsibility for their families and their communities.

"Keep setting an example for what it means to be a man. Be the best husband to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your partner. Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important. [...] Read more »

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Gay Marriage Amendment Withdrawn From Immigration Bill Debate

Submitted by ONE Community on May 21, 2013 - 8:50pm
Gay Marriage Amendment Withdrawn From Immigration Bill Debate

The Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill survived perhaps its toughest challenge late in the day, as the Senate Judiciary Committee refused to approve an amendment that would have allowed gays and lesbians to sponsor their partners for immigration in the same way married heterosexual couples would be able to do under the proposed legislation.

The amendment by Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., was introduced and then withdrawn after he saw that his amendment could potentially kill the bill.

Republican members of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” that co-wrote the immigration bill said they could not countenance the amendment and would walk away from the entire legislation if passed. Read more »

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Presbyterian Church Of Scotland OK's Gay Ministers

Submitted by ONE Community on May 21, 2013 - 3:15pm
Presbyterian Church Of Scotland OK's Gay Ministers

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly on Monday (May 20) passed a historic vote to allow actively gay men and lesbians to become ordained ministers.

After more than six hours of debate, more than 700 commissioners attending the Presbyterian church’s 2013 General Assembly in Edinburgh voted in favor of gay ministers, but in a mind toward compromise agreed to allow parishes that disagree to opt out of the new rules.

The decision will now need to be endorsed by the church’s 48 regional presbyteries and, if it survives the regional ratification, will become official at next year’s General Assembly. Read more »

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