Alex Newell has got the ‘Power’

Big Beat recording artist Alex Newell has announced the release of his much-anticipated debut EP. ‘Power’ arrives at all DSPs  Friday, February 19. ‘Power’ is preceded by the extraordinary new track, ‘This Ain’t Over,‘ which premiered Thursday Jan. 14, via SPIN.com. Watch above. Best known for his co-starring role on Fox’s hit series, Glee, Newell…

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Creating Change Conference’s State of the Movement to be delivered by many voices

CHICAGO, IL— Breaking with tradition, the State of the Movement address at the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Creating Change Conference will be delivered by a chorus of voices rather than one. In previous years, it has been the role of the Task Force’s Executive Director Rea Carey, to deliver the annual speech at the Creating…

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HRC to honor ABC’s John Quiñones; Feature HUD Secretary Julián Castro

WASHINGTON – Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation announced that Emmy Award-winning John Quiñones, anchor of ABC’s powerful “What Would You Do? newsmagazine, will be honored at HRC’s national Time to THRIVE conference in February. The HRC Foundation also announced today that featured speakers at the third annual event, scheduled for February 12-14 near…

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Anglican Communion suspends Episcopal Church over same-sex marriage

The Anglican Communion has voted to suspend the Episcopal Church over its decision to allow its clergy to perform same-sex marriages, a move not taken by the majority of churches in the Anglican Communion. The Huffington Post reported that the vote Thursday (Jan. 14) in Canterbury, England  suspended the Episcopal Church from voting and decision-making…

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U.S. Labor Secretary Perez to keynote nation’s largest LGBTQ conference in Chicago

The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez will be speaking at the annual Creating Change conference Friday, Jan. 22 at 1:30 p.m. CT. The conference, the nation’s largest gathering of LGBTQ activists and allies, will take place Jan. 20-24 at the Hilton Chicago. Close to 5,000 LGBTQ…

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Rep. Bob Dold becomes first Republican to co-sponsor the Equality Act

Rep. Bob Dold (IL-10), today became the first Republican member of Congress to co-sponsor the Equality Act – landmark federal legislation that would guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBT people from discrimination in many of the most important aspects of their lives. In statement released today Dold said, “Illinois has a long and proud history…

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Five GOP presidential candidates to speak at ‘Religious Freedom’ event this weekend

Right Wing Watch has revealed that five Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak this weekend at a “religious freedom” event hosted by a conservative pastor who has repeatedly declared that AIDS is God’s punishment for gay people’s “immoral act” and has called for a “class action lawsuit” against homosexuality. Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted…

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HRC and youth advocates across the nation host readings of ‘I Am Jazz’ today

WASHINGTON – After legal threats by an anti-LGBT hate group forced a school in Mount Horeb, WI, to cancel plans last month to support a transgender student by reading “I Am Jazz,” a book by transgender teen and HRC Youth Ambassador Jazz Jennings, more than 600 residents showed up at a public reading organized by…

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