U.S. political leaders have long opposed walls. Twenty-five years ago when President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law he said, “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.” At his 1987 address at the Brandenburg Gate, former President Ronald Reagan answered the delayed call of Eastern Europeans suffering…
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has given the donation of a pharmaceutical CEO who controversially raised the price of an AIDS medication to a Washington, D.C.-based clinic that specializes in the treatment of HIV patients and the LGBT community, reports The Advocate. Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, had donated $2,700 to the Sanders…
One reason I’ve been writing all these years has to do with helping us feel good about ourselves. I’d like to think the cultural work that’s proliferated from the latter half of the twentieth century through today has contributed to building our strength so we could accomplish all we have. If the pendulum of history…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addressed her evolution on marriage equality Friday during a town hall at Keene State College in New Hampshire, reports The Washington Blade. Clinton was responding to a member of the audience who identified himself as bisexual student and asked her to compare her change in position to others who remained…
Facebook reports that 800,000 people have come out as gay this year on the social media site. In addition, not only has the total number of Americans who have come out on Facebook risen dramatically, but so has the number coming out each day. As the chart below demonstrates, the number of people on Facebook…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that long-time community organizer Reverend Rodney McKenzie, Jr. has been appointed as the organization’s new Director of the Academy for Leadership and Action. Most recently, McKenzie served the organization as the Faith Work Director. He succeeds Sarah Reece, who has been tapped as the organization’s…
A new TV commercial highlights the positive impact the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) could have, including prohibiting discrimination against veterans, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. “I love this country and I love Texas. But here in Houston, veterans can be discriminated against just because they served in the military,” Noel Freeman, a retired senior…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force in partnership with the LGBT Freedom and Asylum Network (LGBT-FAN) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have introduced an essential new guide, Stronger Together: A Guide to Supporting LGBT Asylum Seekers. The new report provides crucial advice and guidance to service providers working with LGBT asylum seekers coming…
October is LGBT History Month and Equality Forum, an LGBT civil rights organization, is celebrating by highlighting 31 icons that have made a difference in the lives of the LGBT community. Each day during the month a new icon will be featured in the spotlight, ranging from rock star Mick Jagger to transgender actress Laverne…
A remarkable multisensory experience that blends dance, storytelling and multimedia Healing Wars, a new performance piece being offered at the La Jolla Playhouse, through their Without Walls program is a powerful show the combines dance, music, acting and multimedia, and unfolds through the specter of past and present wars. Creator Liz Lerman has been inspired…
