Watch: SDMT’s ‘Ragtime’ rehearsal room interviews

San Diego Musical Theatre takes us ‘behind the curtain’ for some rehearsal room interviews with the cast of Ragtime. Watch as the cast speak passionately about the production and the relevance this story has for today. Ragtime is a sweeping musical portrait of early 20th century America telling the story of three families in the…

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New report connects religious exemptions from LGBT equality to historic efforts to deny civil rights

ATLANTA – Today, The Leadership Conference Education Fund will release its report, Striking a Balance: Advancing Civil and Human Rights While Preserving Religious Liberty, documenting how the religious arguments commonly used today against LGBT equality have been used to oppose the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and equality, racial integration, inter-racial marriage, immigration, the Americans…

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Defense Department proposes rule change to provide medical benefits for transgender troops and military dependents

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has proposed a new rule change that will lift the “regulatory prohibition that categorically excludes all treatment of gender dysphoria,” thereby extending crucially needed medical care to transgender service members, veterans, and military family members covered under Tricare. The proposed change would not include surgical care which remains prohibited…

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