http://youtu.be/7p6LvuwI7GQ LOS ANGELES — The It Gets Better Project (IGB) was founded in October 2010 by Dan Savage and Terry Miller with a YouTube video that ignited a global movement. The video’s message was simple: life does get better for LGBT youth. Three years later, IGB has launched a new video campaign in response to Russia’s discriminatory…
Reyka Vodka Anyone who’s ever been to Iceland will tell you it’s much like visiting the moon (the landscape is so similar, in fact, that NASA once trained astronauts there), so it should come as no surprise that the island’s native vodka, Reyka, is out of this world. Handcrafted in the town of Borgarnes (known…
SAN DIEGO –Diversionary Theatre’s Production of Scrooge in Rouge opens Dec. 7. The festive and zany holiday production has officially landed back at Diversionary! Scrooge in Rouge is here to kick tradition in the Dickens with its quick-changing, cross-dressing take on the holiday classic, set in a Victorian music hall where three actors play 23 roles! San Diego…
Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday was South Africa’s first post-Apartheid president, and an outspoken advocate for LGBT equality. He appointed an openly-gay judge to South Africa’s High Court of Appeal and during his presidency, South Africa became the first nation in the world to constitutionally prohibit sexual orientation-based discrimination. Mandela will be remembered for his…
SAN DIEGO – Music is a universal language with the magical ability of bringing together people from all walks of life. This is one of the reasons why the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) was formed nearly 30 years ago—to build bridges between the gay community and San Diegans everywhere. Since then, the chorus has performed…
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a far-right organization known for its advocacy of “Stand Your Ground” laws and restrictions on voting rights, has a history of anti-gay propaganda, according to recently released documents. People for the American Way (PFAW) uncovered and released an ALEC memo from 1985, called “Homosexuals: Just Another Minority Group?” that…
Expanding their efforts to keep citizens safe on San Diego roadways, UC San Diego’s Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program announced today that they are launching a new distracted driving education project called Just Drive – Take Action Against Distraction, a one hour class free of charge offered to businesses in San…
In a stinging rebuke, officials at Morgan State University, a historically black college in Baltimore, Md., have placed its Kappa Alpha Psi chapter on probation until fall of 2015 after a student complained that he was rejected because he is gay. Brian Stewart, 20, a former White House intern, filed the complaint in late October after…
WASHINGTON, — Annise Parker, mayor of Houston and member of President Barack Obama’s Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, will speak at National Press Club luncheon Dec. 10. In a wide-ranging speech, she’ll talk about doing good in politics, making the energy capital of the U.S. clean and sustainable and fighting discrimination. Parker, a Democrat and one of the first openly…
NEW YORK, — The NFL has had more than its share of negative press this season. The league has been under fire for allegations of downplaying brain injury dangers for its players, and more recently has come under fire for at least one team allegedly tolerating bullying among its players. In addition to all this, a…
