WASHINGTON – Today, in light of a national outcry about a deeply transphobic column published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on June 4th, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Director of Research and Public Education Jay Brown, himself a former Pittsburgh resident of 6 years and a transgender man, wrote to the paper’s executive editor David Shribman…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Despite various discriminatory anti-LGBT bills being considered and debated over the past few months, the Alabama Legislature concluded this year’s legislative session on Thursday without a single piece of anti-LGBT of legislation becoming law. In addition, a handful of pro-equality bills that would have added explicit new protections for LGBT Alabamians were…
While Fox News pundit, Arkansas ex-governor and two-time presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee continues to score cheap political points with a base accustomed to his pithy, but frequently cruel, commentary on many social issues of the day, the uncomfortable reality it that many of those views represent a sizable share of the American population. And a…
Chris Ward has kicked off his campaign for San Diego City Council to represent the Third District, announcing a number of significant endorsements one year from the election. “For years, I have been working to improve our community – by walking our streets, talking with neighbors, and collaborating with our leaders,” said Ward. “As a…
Tuesday, June 9, Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will introduce a motion that calls for “a robust, comprehensive program to deliver Pre‑Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) throughout the County,”reports Frontiersmedia.com. The motion states, “For over three decades, Los Angeles County has experienced the second largest HIV epidemic in the United States. At its peak, there were…
