WASHINGTON – No Republican state legislator who has voted for LGBT workplace non-discrimination protections has lost re-election because of that vote. Over the course of 31 different votes in 21 states over the past 30 years, 451 Republican state legislators have voted in favor of workplace non-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)…
WASHINGTON –The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, will hold its Historically Black College and University (HBCU) LGBT Leadership and Career Summit beginning this Saturday November 2 and running through Monday Nove. 4. The 2013 HBCU Summit is sponsored by PepsiCo, and is designed to foster an effective group of LGBT HBCU student leaders committed to developing…
A year before Oregonians will decide whether same-sex couples have the freedom to marry, at least 3,000 marriage supporters are gathering this weekend at house parties across the state, including Astoria, Bend, Eugene, Grants Pass, La Grande, Portland and Salem. The house parties will spark conversations about why marriage matters, and attendees will get an…
Today, Alan van Capelle, CEO of Bend the Arc Jewish Action, issued the following statement on the Senate’s consideration of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act: “Discrimination and intimidation at the workplace is the adult version of schoolyard bullying. It’s wrong, yet through years of inaction, we’ve allowed it to continue to this day. Firing someone based on their…
LOS ANGELES – Nike, the world’s largest sports company, has made an unprecedented $200,000 donation to the LGBT Sports Coalition, which aims to end anti-LGBT bias in sports. Campus Pride is one of the inaugural partners of the LGBT Sports Coalition. This is the first donation made to the Coalition, and it’s the largest donation…
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, Calvin Manson’s soulful production about the life and music of Nina Simone is a beautifully crafted piece. Four performers played Nina at different points in her life and took us from her humble beginnings to her training as a classical pianist and eventually becoming active in pursuing dreams of living…
Turn your dial to KPBS tomorrow for Morning Edition, and Mid-Day Edition to hear a special segment with Beth Accomondo on She-Rantulas From Outer Space- In 3D!” and program your DVRs to catch an in-depth exclusive on the production Friday night at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Evening Edition only with the KPBS Television channel! Buy your tickets here. AND…
I think it is possible to write a review of 12 Years a Slave and focus solely on its merits as a film, whether it will win Oscars, and how it could be already a classic. I think that would easily elide what the film and what films like it do to and do for…
http://youtu.be/et5br3riiaE New out artist Kenyth Mogan’s debut music video “Fall Apart” was released today. Written by Kenyth Mogan, Tyler Schuelke and Angelo Rosati Costa the track was produced by Tony Rodini. Describing the video Mogan told Huff Post Gay Voices Savas Abadsidis, “The video follows me and my boyfriend (played by my friend Tyler Schuelke) from…
Sometimes, you don’t know what to think. You hear both sides of a story, both conflicting. Rumors are whispered, denials issued, and you’re left to make up your own mind. Right or wrong, there are some things you’ll never know for sure. And that goes for what’s inside The Book of Matt by Stephen Jimenez….
