We now know the winners of the Iowa caucuses; Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton. A self-proclaimed conservative outsider and the ultimate progressive insider. So America has a choice, the LGBT community does not. While the primaries are just beginning, I believe Iowa has actually chosen one eventual nominee and one that will flame out. Sure…
thursday, feb. 4 Judith Barry: Voice Off An artist and writer who trained in architecture, Judith Barry creates experiential video works in which the viewer plays an integral role. These innovative installations often explore the relationship between physical space and psychological space – and how these spaces shape us as subjects. Voice Off (1998-99) is…
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral Presents The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the cathedral chancel, 2728 6th Ave. in San Diego. With over 50 actors in the cast the presentation is based on interviews with the people of Laramie, Wyo. 10 years after the brutal murder of gay University…
Today, South Dakota lawmakers moved forward with two more pieces of discriminatory legislation targeting LGBT South Dakotans – HB 1112 and HB 1107. Both passed through the House State Affairs committee today by a vote of 10 to 3. HB 1112 could ban transgender students from participating in athletic activities consistent with their gender identity and HB…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative (HFC), a grant program of San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF), held a luncheon Friday, Jan. 29 in the Deborah Hoffman Community Room at The San Diego Foundation in Liberty Station where representatives from 11 local nonprofits and the community at large assembled to celebrate the…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in partnership with the Equality Federation, today released its second annual national report assessing the status of state legislation affecting LGBT equality across America, including in California. The State Equality Index (SEI) reveals that, even with historic progress on marriage equality, there are extraordinary state-to-state disparities in LGBT…
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.—The widespread discrimination and mistreatment transgender individuals face in the healthcare system could be alleviated with specialized provider training to increase knowledge about transgender health and needs, and to promote positive attitudes. The evaluation of a pilot training program implemented in an urban clinic shows the potential to change attitudes and improve competency,…
LONG BEACH, Calif.—APLA Health & Wellness have announced the opening of their Long Beach Health Center, located at 1043 Elm Ave. on the St. Mary Medical Center campus. The new health center currently provides services for free or on a low-cost, sliding-fee scale, including: Primary medical care Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) counseling and management HIV testing…
Today, The Huffington Post announced the relaunch of HuffPost Gay Voices as HuffPost Queer Voices. Gay Voices originally launched in 2011, but as Noah Michelson, editorial director of Queer Voices states, “A lot has changed since then from marriage equality sweeping the nation and parts of the world to Laverne Cox gracing the cover of Time…
Today the House Oversight Committee released a series of astonishing internal documents revealing the greed behind former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli’s decision to increase by 5,000 percent the cost of the life-saving drug Daraprim. Daraprim is a crucial treatment for many pregnant women and people living with HIV. Last fall, then-Turing CEO Martin Shkreli…
