The members of the Cleveland City Council have unanimously approved anti-discrimination legislation protecting the right of transgender people to use restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity. While city law prohibited anti-transgender discrimination in employment and public accommodations, due to exemptions in the 2009 legislation, transgender people have continued to face legal discrimination…
Check out the latest video from Funny or Die where Cameron Esposito speaks with those most affected by the controversy surrounding the new Ghostbusters movie: female ghosts.
With Donald Trump about to double down on his anti-LGBTQ agenda with the possibility of his appointing notoriously anti-LGBTQ Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, HRC Tuesday released a memo revisiting Gov. Pence’s disastrous record. Gov. Pence became a national disgrace in 2015, for his “license to discriminate” bill that would have allowed…
LA JOLLA, Calif. — La Jolla Symphony and Chorus (LJS&C) offers a season of choral masterworks providing an attractive musical outlet for experienced singers. The Chorus will hold open auditions on August 27 and September 24 at UC San Diego. Choral repertoire for the 2016-2017 season includes Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky and Requiem…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Equality Forum announced today that former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, the first openly LGBT mayor of a major American city, will serve as the keynote speaker for the Barbara Gittings’ Residence Historic Marker Dedication ceremony slated for Tuesday, July 26 from 11:00 am – 11:30 am (ET) at 21st and Locust…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the one-month anniversary of the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and just days after the horrific tragedy in Dallas, Tuesday people who lost loved ones in Orlando, gun owners, LGBTQ advocates, and gun violence prevention activists joined together to deliver 1,201,758 signatures to members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus,…
