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…
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…
WASHINGTON –– Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a video celebrating the eleventh-annual International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT). This year’s IDAHOT theme is “youth,” celebrating LGBT youth and their contributions to their communities. In the video, HRC’s youth ambassadors…
The Nashville Grizzlies rugby team (http://www.grizzliesrugby.org) will host the Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament, also known as the Bingham Cup, the world championship of gay and inclusive rugby teams, in May 2016. The biennial tournament is the largest men’s rugby union tournament on the international rugby calendar outside of the World Cup. In May 2016,…
One in four gay men said they had received verbal threats of harm or had been bullied while participating in sports and around 80 percent of people said they had witnessed such discrimination, according to a survey of 9,500 respondents. The findings were contained in ‘Out on the Fields’, released this week, which officials said…
May 10, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe) released its 2015 Rainbow Map, an annual review of the human rights situation of LGBT people in Europe and brand new Rainbow Europe web module. Launched in Montenegro, at the 2015 European International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) Forum, the Rainbow…
Pride Music Festival today unveiled the full artist lineup for its five electronic and live stages settled amid the palms of San Diego’s Balboa Park this July 18-19. The list includes current dance, pop, hip-hop, Latin and other acts including Emma Hewitt, Late Night Alumni, Mary Lambert, Ruby Rose, Pierce Fulton, Taryn Manning, Big Freedia,…
Openly gay Indiana artist Matt Gold, premieres his latest new video “Low” today. Chart-topping and acclaimed singer-songwriter Gold has garnered an engaged international fan base for his boldly emotive adult contemporary music. For Gold and his fans, the haunting and vulnerable quality of his songs have been symbiotically cathartic, helping both parties to grow through…
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a Democrat from Orange County, today formally declared her candidacy to replace U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer. Launching her campaign at a train station in her hometown of Santa Ana Sanchez said, “There are two kinds of candidates. Those who want to be something and those who want to do something. I am…
Yesterday, by a vote of 36 to 6, the Nevada Assembly passed a sweeping anti-bullying initiative seeking to ensure the safety and well being of the state’s youth. The Human Rights Campaign praised the passage of the bill that includes protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill now heads to the desk…
