San Francisco – Equality California and its Board of Directors announced today that Roland Palencia, a trailblazing LGBT activist with extensive experience in leading and managing multi-million dollar non-profit organizations, will serve as the new executive director for Equality California and Equality California Institute. Palencia will begin his tenure on July 5. “I am deeply…
A recent study reveals Americans are generally supportive of homosexuality, with an overwhelming majority of support for those aged younger than 50. Nearly 69 percent of those younger than age 30 support gay lifestyles. The findings come on behalf of the Pew Research Center, an independent, non-partisan public opinion research organization. While Americans still waver…
Don Lemon, the 45-year-old anchor for CNN’s weekend primetime news, has announced his homosexuality in conjunction with the release of his new memoir, ‘Transparent.’ As a seasoned television news journalist, Lemon knows the complexities of the TV news business better than most. He understands how significant even the minutiae of high-profile personalities can become once…
Rick Welts, president of the Phoenix Suns, has broken the silence surrounding gay players and execs within the National Basketball Association in hopes his revelation will inspire others to come out. The news comes in wake of a private meeting Welts held last week with NBA commissioner David Stern. The meeting, originally held to discuss…
After nearly four years off the radar, SNL’s superhero team ‘The Ambiguously Gay Duo’ returned to the screen last weekend, this time in live-action form. The duo, embodied by Jon Hamm of ‘Mad Men’ and SNL alum Jimmy Fallon, set out to save the world once again from the evil mastermind antics of Big Head…
R. Clarke Cooper, the executive director of the National Log Cabin Republicans, sent a letter yesterday to Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) requesting that Hunter halt plans to introduce a potentially disruptive amendment to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ The Washington Blade reports that Hunter announced his intention Monday to introduce an amendment to the 2012 fiscal…
Political icon and previous candidate for a U.S. Senate seat on behalf of New York State Caroline Kennedy has joined the national effort towards legalizing gay marriage. Supporters of same-sex marriage have begun a petition to President Obama asking for nationwide implementation of legal marriage between gay, lesbian and transgender couples. Kennedy’s was the 100,000th…
The National Institute of Health announced yesterday that current anti-retroviral medications have been shown to cut the spread of HIV infections by 96 percent. The results of the most recent HIV medication study confirm those found several years ago by the Swiss High Court and signify a potential breakthrough in handling of the deadly virus…
Toni Atkins, the Democratic State Assemblymember from San Diego and sponsor of Assembly bill 499, succeeded today in garnering enough support to approve the measure for improved access to preventive STD services throughout the state of California. While current regulations permit young people to access preventive care with the involvement of a parent, and also…
Upon hearing the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by an American bullet, receiving texts, phone calls and emails from several people, then turning on the news to see people dancing on the streets in front of the White House and remembering the tragedy of 9/11, I was left reeling with emotions. So…
