‘Hidden Leaves:’ connecting people with each other and nature

We had the honor of attending Hidden Leaves, the Ilan-Lael 30th anniversary celebration Sept. 28 at First Unitarian Universalist Church in Hillcrest. The church is the site of founder James Hubbell’s first important volunteer-assisted major outdoor sculpture installation. Hubbell and his wife Anne founded the company in 1982. The celebration included food, wine, a silent…

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‘Privacy For All Students’ gathering signatures to repeal trans student bill

The Capitol Resource Institute’s (CRI’s) Karen England apparently is leading a coalition calling itself Privacy For All Students that’s spearheading a referendum to repeal AB 1266 (School Success and Opportunity Act). Gov. Brown signed this bill into law Aug. 12, and it will become law Jan. 1, 2014 unless enough signatures are gathered to put…

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Pacific Justice Institute not happy with certain LGBT History Month ‘icons’

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The Pacific Justice Institute is warning parents to take immediate action to prevent their children from being blindsided by explicit and highly objectionable material  during LGBT History Month, which began Oct. 1. A patchwork of schools, districts, and individual teachers across the country are expected to promote LGBT History Month to students during October.  The leading…

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GLAAD’s Dave Montez and Wade Davis among judges announced for 2014 Multicultural TV Leadership Awards

NEW YORK — Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News have announced an esteemed panel of eight individual and impartial judges for the 2014 Multicultural TV Leadership Awards, being presented Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 during the Multicultural TV Summit in New York City at the Grand Hyatt. The list of judges includes a leading religious leader from the African American community,…

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MEUSA launches National Equality Action Team

NEW YORK ― Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) is launching the National Equality Action Team (NEAT), a coalition of almost 50 local, state and national organizations and individual organizers mobilizing volunteers to win the freedom to marry in states with active marriage equality campaigns. Volunteers are able to sign up on the NEAT website to join events near…

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Academy Award nominee ‘How To Survive A Plague’ premieres Dec. 30 on PBS (VIDEO)

SAN FRANCISCO — How to Survive a Plague tells the story of two coalitions, ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), whose fearless activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving…

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Singapore’s High Court upholds ban on sex between same-gender consenting adults

Singapore High Court Justice Quentin Loh today released a judgment in the Constitutional challenge of statute 377A of the Singapore Penal Code, upholding the law which criminalizes sex between men and provides a jail term of up to two years. In a 54-page judgment, Justice Loh has “found that the statute has not infringed the…

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