Time to fight back and help OUT FRONT: Help protect a 40 year LGBT legacy (VIDEO)

https://youtu.be/mA0f37i55-o Help OUT FRONT protect a 40-year legacy, check out their campaign on GoFundMe DENVER, Colo. – OUT FRONT is a media company based in Denver, Colo. that has been in existence since 1976 – nearly 40 years. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) had a division called CBS Outdoor. In November of 2014, CBS spun off…

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U.S. Department of Education stands with high school student who is transgender

CHICAGO – Despite efforts by the school district to justify their behavior, the United States Department of Education Monday issued a landmark ruling recognizing that Palatine High School District 211 is discriminating against a female student on the basis of her sex. The Department issued its findings after a lengthy investigation concluding that the District…

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Statewide inclusion of LGBT Business Enterprises enacted by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker

The Commonwealth  Massachusetts, under the leadership of Gov. Charlie Baker, has become the first state in the nation to issue an executive order including certified LGBT Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs) in contracting and procurement opportunities alongside women and minority owned businesses. For LGBT citizens in Massachusetts, this policy provides fair and equal access to business contracting…

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National LGBTQ Task Force applauds President Obama’s Executive Order that will benefit formerly incarcerated LGBTQ people

WASHINGTON, DC, — President Obama plans to issue a new executive order that would help reduce employment discrimination against formerly incarcerated people applying for federal government jobs. Earlier this year, the National LGBTQ Task Force sent a letter along with a dozen organizations urging the president to eliminate the requirement from job applicants to check off a…

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Watch: Danielle LoPresti & The Masses — new video released today

Released today! Danielle LoPresti, with her real-life spouse and child, star in this progressive interpretation of Tommie Connor’s 1952 Christmas classic. Watch the video above and for more videos from Danielle LoPresti and The Masses go here. New album update from DLPM: “Two years and one grueling cancer battle later, the “House of D” album…

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Second season of the critically acclaimed LGBT series, ‘Eastsiders’, releases on DVD

NEW YORK, NY  – The second season of EastSiders, the critically-acclaimed dark comedy starring series creator Kit Williamson (Mad Men) and three time Emmy Nominee Van Hansis (As the World Turns) as a gay couple trying to stay together in the aftermath of infidelity, releases on DVD via Wolfe Video Tuesday, Nov. 3. The second…

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Houston clergy gather in support of Proposition 1

Today, faith leaders across denominations gathered outside of Grace Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas, in demonstration of the broad religious support for the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), writes Maureen McCarty on the HRC Blog. Tomorrow, Houstonians head to the ballot box to vote “yes” on Proposition 1 to defend HERO, which protects Houston residents and visitors…

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