McKesson honored as a ‘Best Place to Work’ for second year in a row by HRC

McKesson Corporation was recognized again as one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. For the second year in a row McKesson scored 100% on the HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index, the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

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Sen. Cruz and Rep. Weber re-introduce legislation to strip federal recognition of married same-sex couples

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Rep. Randy Weber, Sr. (R-TX) have reintroduced the so-called State Marriage Defense Act which would require the federal government to recognize only marriages that are valid under the laws of the state in which a couple are domiciled.  The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have strongly condemned…

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Kansas Gov. Brownback removes non-discrimination protections for LGBT state employees

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has rescinded an executive order signed by former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius in 2007 that extended non-discrimination protections to state employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The order required agencies under the governor’s direct control to ensure they have programs to prevent harassment against gay men, lesbians, bisexuals…

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HRC and ADL condemn Urban Outfitters’ tapestry with Nazi-era anti-gay imagery

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called out retailer Urban Outfitters for selling a striped tapestry featuring a single pink triangle, an unmistakable echo of uniforms Nazis issued to suspected gay male concentration camp prisoners. “Urban Outfitters has seized yet again on imagery of the Holocaust, one of the most…

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Bear Hands to headline San Diego IndieFest in City Heights

Saturday, March 28 San Diego IndieFest will take over City Heights Urban Village. Featuring over fifty diverse artists and bands on multiple stages and areas, San Diego IndieFest will close out the night with New York rockers, Bear Hands. A four piece electro-indie rock band out of Brooklyn, Bear Hands, are coming off an explosive year…

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