Jill Soloway, creator of Amazon’s award-winning series ‘Transparent’ to be honored at Banff World Media Festival

TORONTO — Creator and writer of Amazon’s multi-Golden Globe award-winning series Transparent Jill Soloway and  Amazon Studios, are both set to be honored at the upcoming Banff World Media Festival. Soloway will be presented with BANFF’s Showrunner of the Year Award for her accomplishments on her award winning series Transparent. Soloway will receive the Award…

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Two-time cancer survivor shares her journey in new book

STILLWATER, Minn. – Inspired by the pages of her personal journal and extensive research, Barbara Tako, two-time cancer survivor shares her journey to work through her cancer experiences. Tako’s new release, Cancer Survivorship Coping Tools – We’ll get you through this:  Tools for cancer’s emotional pain from a breast cancer and melanoma survivor, focuses on…

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Antigone Rising to perform at the inaugural ‘Concert of Love and Acceptance’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –  June 12, Antigone Rising along with other artists and celebrities from across the country will come together to support LGBT acceptance at the inaugural Concert for Love and Acceptance, presented by Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning artist Ty Herndon and GLAAD, at City Winery in Nashville, Tenn. The first-of-its-kind country music event, which will…

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Human rights groups call on White House to condemn abuses in The Gambia

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has joined the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center) to urge the Obama Administration to take additional action against Gambian leaders as the regime continues to persecute LGBT citizens, calling on the White House to condemn the horrific human rights abuses taking place…

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