ARC Entertainment will be releasing Contest on DVD Dec. 17. Contest premiered on Cartoon Network Oct. 6 in conjunction with National Bullying Prevention Month in order to inspire an open discussion between kids, parents and educators about the issue of bullying. Cartoon Network’s Stop Bullying: Speak Up initiative continues to shed a light on this…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) called on Speaker John Boehner to quickly bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which recently passed the Senate in a bipartisan fashion, to the floor of the U.S. House for an up or down vote. The legislation would bar discrimination against LGBT Americans in the workplace. Casey,…
SAN FRANCISCO – Tuesday, Nov. 19 the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee will host a community forum regarding military recruiter participation in the annual Pride Celebration. The forum will take place at the Metropolitan Community Church, at 150 Eureka Street in San Francisco. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the forum will begin at 7 p.m. The…
CHICAGO — Greeting card company Hallmark’s recent snafu replacing the word ‘gay’ with the word ‘fun’ on a holiday sweater ornament has prompted Chicago-based Rocco Shirts to produce three holiday sweatshirts, featuring the traditional ‘gay’ apparel as well as sweatshirts with ‘straight’ and ‘bi’. The original Christmas Carol of course featured the words “Don we now our gay…
Media Matters for America latest post reveals Fox News attempting to paint Gov. Chris Christie as a moderate on social issues, falsely claiming that he had refused to veto legislation that would have legalized same-sex marriage in New Jersey. On the Nov. 10 edition of Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Fox News reporter Carl Cameron discussed Gov. Christie’s political reputation among…
LOS ANGELES – Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Outfest – the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBT stories on the screen – has been included in this year’s Out100 – Out Magazine’s 19th annual top 100 list of the most compelling and influential LGBT personalities in the world. “I am extremely proud and flattered to…
SACRAMENTO – Following conservative groups obtaining the necessary number of signatures to place a referendum on the 2014 ballot for Assembly Bill 1266, which will allow transgender students in public schools to have access to sports teams and school facilities such as restrooms with respect to their gender identity, California State Assembly Speaker John A….
NEW YORK – According to this special study, LGBT investors reported feeling more optimistic than other investors about the country’s economic outlook and their own personal finances following the U.S. Supreme court ruling overthrowing the federal Defense of Marriage Law (DOMA). This optimistic outlook is visible in both LGBT investors’ long-term perspective (67 percent v….
Alan van Capelle was honored today by the Jewish Daily Forward as one of the “Forward 50,” – the newspaper’s annual much-watched list of notable and newsworthy American Jews – in acknowledgment of his career-long activism for social justice and his rising profile in national progressive politics. As the CEO of Bend the Arc: A…
For the last two years, thousands of people from every corner of America have sent photos and shared their lives as part of The Advocate’s annual “Day in LGBT America” special report. According to The Advocate the response was terrific, and they plan to put together a big LGBT photo album again for 2013. From The Advocate:…
