SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines is celebrating Pride Month with a pledge to donate funds to the It Gets Better Project, in partnership with Uber. In addition, the airline is offering flight deals and giveaways, and participating in celebration throughout its route network. “Our company is a proud supporter of LGBT equality in the workplace and our…
NEW YORK – The Trevor Project today announced that Twitter and LGBTQ youth advocate Cole Ray Davis will be honored at TrevorLIVE New York on June 13, 2016 with previously announced longtime supporters and Trevor Heroes, Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson. This semi-annual fundraising ceremony recognizes The Trevor Project’s impact in suicide prevention and crisis intervention for LGBTQ young people and raises awareness about…
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The National LGBTQ Task Force and the District of Columbia (DC) Office of Human Rights today published a first-of-its-kind resource to help eliminate workplace discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming people. The guide, titled “Valuing Transgender Applicants and Employees,” provides in-depth best practices intended to help employers across the nation create a genuinely…
CHEVY CHASE, Md. — WeddingWire, Inc., Community Marketing & Insights (CMI), GayWeddings and the Gay Wedding Institute, have released the results of the 2016 Survey of Contemporary Couples & Current Wedding Trends, the definitive overview of today’s quickly evolving wedding landscape. Conducted by the leading industry brands, the groundbreaking study sheds light on how all couples,…
Sunday, the 35th anniversary of the first HIV/AIDS report, President Obama issued a statement honoring the memory of those who lost their lives to the disease. On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on what would later be understood as the first documented cases of AIDS. The past…
NEW YORK — In its continued efforts to create awareness and impact around advertising industry diversity and inclusion, DDB Worldwide, part of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), have announced the launch of “Pride in Talent,” a social media campaign in support of LGBT Pride Month intended to underscore the agency’s overall belief in nourishing a diverse talent base. The…
An acclaimed Cuban LGBT drama is returning to San Diego! Viva will be showing at San Diego’s Digital Gym Cinema from June 10-16 Directed by Paddy Breathnatch, Viva stars Héctor Medina as Jesus, a young hairdresser working at a Havana nightclub that showcases drag performers, who dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his…
You’ve made the decision to join a health club. Where do you go? Health clubs are about as ubiquitous as Burger King or McDonalds. I think there is an obvious correlation screaming there! You need only to make a list of important health and fitness center criteria to winnow your choices. I have taken the…
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families has welcomed the news that the U.S. Department of Veterans (VA) is proposing a rule change to lift its outdated ban on gender confirmation surgery for transgender veterans. “This is incredibly welcome news…
Recently launched NBC OUT, a new vertical dedicated to coverage about and of interest to the LGBTQ community from NBCNews.com published its first ‘Out Millennial Spotlight’ featuring intersex activist and Chicago native Pidgeon Pagonis, the artist behind numerous campaigns that aim to support and raise awareness about the intersex community. At a young age, doctors…
