With a background in the East End cabaret scene, singer/songwriter and self-confessed “drag queen,” Paloma Faith has plenty of gay pride. From her dragtastic video for the 2009 single “Stone Cold Sober” to her love of the bears, even referring to herself as “Goldilocks,” there’s no denying. Faith has been an outspoken activist for…
SAN FRANCISCO, — Gay-Straight Alliance Network and Our Family Coalition have criticized the draft History – Social Science Framework released last week by State Superintendent Tom Torlakson, saying it fails to meet the requirements of recent laws intended to provide students with an up-to-date social studies education. “As a youth who advocated for the FAIR…
Oscar-nominated director, Lee Daniels, sports icon Billie Jean King and Academy-award winning actress Olympia Dukakis, among others, will headline the 16th Annual Workplace Summit taking place in San Francisco Nov. 3 – 6. 3,000+ participants are expected to attend, representing both small and large businesses (including Fortune 500 companies), government agencies, LGBT leaders and many…
ARLINGTON, Va. — Bloomberg BNA has announced the publication of a first-of-its-kind book that comprehensively addresses United States workplace law and human resource practice relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression. The book, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace, features an extensive analysis of anti-discrimination law as it pertains to lesbian,…
USAToday.com announced this week that Louisiana State University has piloted a new course of studies this fall offering, for the first time, a minor in LGBT studies. The program, established by School of Social Work associate professor Elaine M. Maccio, hopes to fill in the gaps left behind by more traditional heteronormative studies while keeping…
NEW YORK — SCRUFF (www.SCRUFF.com), one of the world’s largest gay social networking apps, have announced a new year-long partnership with the National Minority AIDS Council (www.nmac.org). SCRUFF will be donating a portion of its national ad inventory to NMAC through its newly launched Benevolads™ ad platform. Through this initiative, SCRUFF and NMAC will help…
Tonight, Oct. 3, the sidewalk from the Hilton San Diego Bayfront to the Embarcadero Marina Park South will come to life with the spirits of the dead. It’s too early for Halloween and almost a month before Dia de Los Muertos, yet attendees of the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) make the walk amid…
