WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) staff member Raffi Freedman-Gurspan has been appointed as an outreach and recruitment director for Presidential Personnel in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. Freedman-Gurspan is the first openly transgender official in history to serve in the White House. She previously served as NCTE’s Policy Advisor…
A Massachusetts man has claimed he was sexually assaulted by his transgender Airbnb host during a trip to Madrid, Spain. Jacob Lopez, 19, reportedly began messaging his mother July 4 and asking her for help. The Daily Mail reported that Lopez stated his host, who was born a male but lives as a female, had locked…
U.S. District Judge David Bunning temporarily stayed his order requiring Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as she appeals his decision to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Last week Judge Bunning had ordered to issue licenses to two gay couples without…
NEW YORK– June 18, was a day of celebration for Tameeka Roberts. With the assistance of her attorneys, Alex Umansky and Jessenia Maldonado of Phillips & Associates, Roberts obtained a jury verdict of $100,000 for being discriminated against and by her supervisor, Donald Woodard, due to her sexual orientation while employed at United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS). The jury…
SACRAMENTO – A bill by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to protect grocery workers from being fired because of changes in store ownership was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown today in the wake of the news that several Haggen stores will soon undergo another change of ownership since being acquired in…
The Tyler Clementi Foundation, has launched a new anti-bullying project called Day One. #Day1 is a national anti-bullying campaign that is free, simple and effective. The campaign empowers teachers, managers, coaches and other leaders to prevent bullying before it begins by promoting a no-nonsense message on Day 1 of orientation. #Day1 consists of a Declaration…
The introduction of a new prescription smoking-cessation aid, varenicline, in 2006 has had no significant impact on the rate at which Americans age 18 and older successfully quit smoking, according to a study led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The findings, published online Aug. 17 in Tobacco Control, suggest…
SAN DIEGO – Scripps Health will collaborate with Ed Randall’s Fans for the Cure (ERFFTC) to provide free prostate cancer screenings to fans at the San Diego Padres game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park Sept. 3. The screenings will be open to all male ticket holders at the game who are 50…
San Diego American Flag Football League is hosting Gay Bowl XV October 9 – 11. Gay Bowl XV, the annual flag football championship tournament of the National Gay Flag Football League, will be the largest Gay Bowl ever held, with over 50 teams participating in three divisions: Open ‘A’, Open ‘B’ and a Women’s division. Help…
For the first time ever an active player affiliated with a Major League organization has come out publicly as gay. David Denson, a first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers’ rookie affiliate in Helena, Montana, made baseball history this weekend by revealing that he is gay, reported CNN. Denson, 20, publicly disclosed the news in a…
