Today, Nov. 20, communities across the country and around the world will mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day is an opportunity to remember those who have lost their lives to violence and injustice because of their gender identity or gender expression. The Obama Administration remains committed to preventing violence against all people, including all members…
Iconic New York City venue Roseland Ballroom is closing its doors for good in 2014, and Lady Gaga will help shut down her hometown venue with a real New York theatrical affair! Gaga will play the final shows ever at the Roseland in a very intimate residency March 28, 30, 31 and April 2, it was announced…
WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) continues to struggle financially as its losses at the U.S. Supreme Court and in states across the country pile up. According to the organization’s latest financial documents, NOM ended the year in the red with roughly a $2 million dollar deficit. Just three donors accounted for roughly two…
WASHINGTON — San Diego has received a perfect score (100 points) in the latest report by the Human Rights Foundation, the 2013 Municipal Equality Index (MEI). The report reveals that from coast to coast, America’s cities are demonstrating a commitment to treating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people with dignity and respect by passing laws and…
WASHINGTON — Television star, actress and activist Laverne Cox will be the keynote plenary speaker at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s 26th Annual National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change , in Houston, Texas, Jan. 29–Feb. 2, 2014, 8 p.m. Cox plays Sophia Burset, a transgender woman, in the hit Netflix series, Orange is the New Black. “As…
LOS ANGELES — Emmy Award® nominated actor, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, husband, Justin Mikita and their non-profit advocacy organization, Tie The Knot, have announced their fourth collection of bow ties. Personally designed by Ferguson and Mikita, the brand new bow ties will be available at the store and online. All proceeds from the sale of the bow ties will be…
With more than three months to go before the start of the 22nd Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, and with criticism of Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws intensifying, the online activist organization FCKH8.com plans to mail 10,000 copies of Misha & His Moms Go to the Olympics coloring books. The group, which sells T-shirts and hoodies…
For same-sex couples, the decision to marry is not as simple as saying, “I do.” Complex issues due to recent court and legislative actions, which affect couples in some states differently than those in other states, have created a complex web of legal and tax issues for same-sex couples. Whether to Wed: A Legal And…
DETROIT – A murder victim found discarded in a trash receptacle off Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Nov. 8 has not yet been identified, but is believed to be a member of the transgender community. Equality Michigan, a statewide anti-violence and advocacy organization, supports victims of anti-transgender crime and tracks violence against transgender people throughout Michigan. The…
NEW YORK, — Six hundred panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, will be on display at The City College of New York, Dec. 2-6. This exhibit of sections of the 54-ton, handmade tapestry stands as a striking memorial to the lives of countless individuals lost to AIDS….
