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…
WARNING: Frequent consumption of succulent smoked meats may lead to addiction and constant craving. The Whole Hog is a small barbecue joint practically in the middle of a busy intersection. Step through the door of the innocuous barn-red building and you’ll see clean white walls and wainscoting. Dark wood accents and trim. Four tables and…
San Diego is mourning the loss of Kurt Cunningham, one of the region’s most dedicated advocates for those struggling with depression and other mental health issues. A self-described survivor of suicide, Cunningham died by suicide last Saturday. Cunningham’s decades-long career helping others – especially the most vulnerable populations within the LGBT community will reverberate for…
Writing these articles well in advance of the publication dates, I invariably learn of some worthy senior LGBT news too late to make it a topic. I do have two topics this time, however. First, it is flu shot time. Don’t bother telling me, like the anti-polio vaccine people, you’ve never had the flu and…
Many of us in the LGBT community are blessed to have “two” families, one we were born into, and the one we have chosen. For those of us who have been rejected by many in our blood family, our chosen LGBT family has taken a most important position and meaning in our lives. Like many…
dvd of the week The sequel to Magic Mike, the movie about the surprisingly smart male stripper with a heart of gold, is as star and writer Channing Tatum promised, more what people expected from the original film. It’s not remotely dark, and there’s a lot more dancing, and that dancing is all about hot…
