Two-time cancer survivor shares her journey in new book

STILLWATER, Minn. – Inspired by the pages of her personal journal and extensive research, Barbara Tako, two-time cancer survivor shares her journey to work through her cancer experiences. Tako’s new release, Cancer Survivorship Coping Tools – We’ll get you through this:  Tools for cancer’s emotional pain from a breast cancer and melanoma survivor, focuses on…

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Antigone Rising to perform at the inaugural ‘Concert of Love and Acceptance’

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…

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Human rights groups call on White House to condemn abuses in The Gambia

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…

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HRC Global highlights a message of love and hope in honor of IDAHOT (VIDEO)

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…

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Nashville to host gay rugby world championship

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,…

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Discrimination remains in sports hindering participation and achievement by LGBT athletes

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…

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Russia ranks near last in ILGA’s annual Rainbow Map

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…

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San Diego LGBT Pride releases full artist lineup for music festival

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,…

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Watch: Premiere of Matt Gold’s new video

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…

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