BALTIMORE – NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous has announced plans to transition out of his role as president and CEO Dec. 31. Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors, accepted his formal letter of notice this week. “We thank President Jealous for his time leading the Association,” stated Brock. “Under…
ATLANTA — A new report just released offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the inequities facing transgender workers in the American workforce — from finding and keeping good jobs, to having equal access to job-related benefits, to obtaining adequate health insurance coverage. A Broken Bargain for Transgender Workers is a companion to the recently released…
The San Diego Ambassadors of the Trevor Project will be holding their annual PEP Rally fundraiser Sept. 19 at Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave. in San Diego. The evening begins with a silent auction and cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. followed by a three course dinner at 7 p.m. At 8 p.m. the show begins with…
NEW YORK – Today TheFabFemme.com offers an exclusive remix of Wilson Knight’s single, “Stable Ground.” Sampling Diana Ross and The Supremes, Wilson teamed up with out rappers LastO, DDM, FLYKINGi and Solomon to create a hard hitting hip-hop remix sure to entice both pop and urban music lovers. As an ode to the early 2000s Jennifer Lopez/Mariah Carey remix, Wilson came up with the idea…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council — the umbrella group representing 135 area labor unions and more than 200,000 working families — has endorsed San Diego Councilmember David Alvarez for mayor of San Diego. The endorsement is significant: Both because a large number of Labor Council members vote in San…
LOS ANGELES — Students making great strides to become the leaders of tomorrow were celebrated by stars of today and celebrity legends at the Voices On Point concert and dinner benefiting Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit. Performing at the Sept. 7 event at…
