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April 2015

CalSTRS board updates Corporate Governance Principles on Corporate Board Diversity to include sexual orientation and gender identity

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California State Teachers’ Retirement System’s (CalSTRS) Investment Committee has updated their Corporate Governance Principles to expand the definition of board diversity to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The CalSTRS Corporate Governance Principles outline the basis for how the fund implements governance initiatives with its portfolio companies. Today’s action aligns…

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San Diego LGBT musician creating video for LGBT rights beyond marriage equality

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

SAN DIEGO, – Rob Lord, San Diego-based, LGBT singer-songwriter, is producing a music video whose aim is to bring all types of LGBT citizens and their allies together. The goal is to raise awareness about LGBT rights beyond the Marriage Equality movement.  Music for the video is from a song he wrote titled “Together Now.”…

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‘Spring to the Past:’ a Centennial celebration in Balboa Park, April 11

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

The Balboa Park Heritage Association and its community sponsor  the Women’s Museum of California present Spring to the Past, the first Balboa Park Centennial event for 2015, celebrating the Panama California Exposition of 1915. Turn the clock back to the 1915 Exposition with hundreds of period costumes, Penny Farthing riders of period velocipedes and bicycles,…

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Mental Health America of San Diego County to provide trainings at no cost

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

In March, first lady Michelle Obama yesterday called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health by breaking through the silence and stigma surrounding these conditions. Obama gave a ringing endorsement to Mental Health First Aid as a key tool in this fight, noting that “it really gives you the skills you need…

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North Dakota paper calls out anti-LGBT lawmakers on front page

Steve Lee, Editor12 mins

The cover of Thursday’s Forum of Fargo-Moorhead made a bold statement for LGBT equality, featuring the photos of North Dakota House Representatives who voted against non-discrimination protections, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. According to the Forum, this was the third time in six years the House failed to pass a measure that would prohibit bias in…

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Delta assumes tax burden for employees in same-sex relationships

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has announced updates to its health benefits policy to assist employees in same-sex relationships. Effective immediately, employees who cover same sex domestic partners under Delta’s healthcare plans will no longer be responsible for any federal or state income or payroll tax burden associated with this coverage. Instead, Delta will…

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