With the nation still reeling from the deaths of two black men – Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by a police officer in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Wednesday and Alton Sterling who was killed by police in Baton Rouge, La. on Tuesday – a gunman killed five police officers in an “ambush-style” attack during…
WASHINGTON – Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released guidance on assisting LGBTQ refugees ahead of a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing next week on global human rights, the first ever to include a witness focused exclusively on the human rights of LGBTQ people. While LGBTQ people around the world have long faced…
LOS ANGELES — The rights of transgender Americans have never been so hotly debated. Whether in the military, in schools, in athletics or in the workplace, ending transgender discrimination has become one of the civil rights causes of this decade. And with a new estimate out last week that there are 1.4 million transgender Americans…
Ready for Pride? The San Diego LGBT Weekly 2016 Pride Guide is available now. The only printed guide available for this year’s Pride, the LGBT Weekly Pride Guide is your indispensable reference for all things Pride. The Pride Guide lists community events, speakers, club events and nightlife. Complete Music Festival listings are included together with…
