WASHINGTON, D.C.–The recent nomination by President Obama of Eric K. Fanning to be U.S. Secretary of the Army is a seminal moment in American and LGBT history; if confirmed by the Senate, Fanning would be the first openly gay secretary of a military branch. Wed., Oct. 7, the National Press Club will look back at…
Honey Lee Cottrell, a visionary photographer and filmmaker who pioneered lesbian erotica in the 1980s through her contributions to the women’s erotica magazine On Our Backs, died on Monday, Sept. 21, in Santa Cruz, Calif. The cause was pancreatic cancer. She was 69 years old. Cottrell revolutionized the female nude, validated women’s right to pleasure,…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner on the evening of October 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. In addition, HRC announced that seven-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney will present HRC’s National Vanguard Award to Academy…
The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund announced today that it has endorsed Chris Ward as a candidate for San Diego City Council. “We all know that District 3 has had a strong history of leadership on the San Diego City Council, and since Christine Kehoe’s historical election in 1993, the district has had strong LGBT leadership,”…
