PALM SPRINGS -- SkyWest Airlines will now offer equal travel benefits to its Delta-dedicated gay and lesbian employees with a same-sex spouse or domestic partner, reversing a policy that prompted a warning letter from Lambda Legal last October.

Lambda Legal sent a complaint letter to SkyWest and Delta Air Lines on behalf of SkyWest employee Gilbert Caldwell, explaining that the airlines' treatment of gay employees with a spouse or registered domestic partner violated the airlines' stated policies and California law.

Last Saturday the Latino Equality Alliance held a Community Forum at the Highland Park Cultural Center to talk about why it is important for all Latinos to be counted in the 2010 Census, especially including LGBT Latinos. The over 50 attendants also were given an opportunity to talk about the common misconceptions and challenges faced by LGBT Latinos.

Congressmen Jerry Nadler (D-NY-8) and Mike Honda (D-CA-15) spoke along with a member of a binational gay couple at a Q Street luncheon on LGBT immigration today in Washington, D.C. The event was moderated by Julie Kruse of Immigration Equality.

Q Street is an association of over 300 LGBT lobbyists and advocates for LGBT rights that hosts quarterly speakers’ luncheons and other events.

Last week, I was invited to speak at UCSD with the GLBT student association.  I was asked to talk about issues legally important and relevant to the GLBT community.  Preparing for that talk was more difficult than I had anticipated.  I wanted my talk to impact each student directly, and not be some amorphous discussion forgotten as soon as it was over.

Being seven years out of an undergraduate program myself, I had to think hard about what a group of GLBT students preparing to work in today's economy and legal/political landscape would benefit most from, in a 20 minute talk.