SAN FRANCISCO – A Wider Bridge, the LGBTQ advocacy group building connections between the Israeli and North American LGBTQ communities, announced the U.S. tour of c.a.t.a.m.o.n., the innovative dance group that is part of a new and pluralistic cultural revival in Jerusalem. “Something profound is happening in Jerusalem, and c.a.t.a.m.o.n. is a key part of…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the True Colors Fund, co-founded by Cyndi Lauper, and Time Out Youth Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, released an innovative guide for LGBTQ youth facing the daunting prospect of living on their own after leaving unsupportive or abusive homes, or aging out of…
Anti-transgender flyers being circulated in a Dothan, Ala., neighborhood appear to have been distributed by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as a recruiting tool. The Dothan Police Department notified the FBI, as the flyer’s message could promote hate crimes against the transgender community. “What you’re dealing with is potentially implications of…
Major League Baseball (MLB) is to investigate the Padres over the National Anthem debacle surrounding the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus at last Saturdays ‘Out at the Park ‘ event. According to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune the MLB’s investigations department will begin to gather information to determine why the chorus was unable…
SACRAMENTO – In celebration of National 529 Day, ScholarShare, California’s 529 college savings plan, will offer a one-day only “You Start It, We Match It” promotion to help families jump-start their college savings efforts. Families who open a new ScholarShare 529 college savings account on Wednesday, May 25 will receive a matching deposit of $50 from…
CHICAGO — In a year when Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) communities are facing divisive “religious freedom” and “bathroom privacy” legislation, libraries are working against legislating discrimination by fostering acceptance through the power of books. The American Library Association (ALA), and hundreds of libraries will celebrate June 2016 as GLBT Book Month™, a nationwide…
The San Diego Padres have fired the contractor who was at the center of the National Anthem blunder Saturday at Petco Park when The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus were supposed to sing. They also said that they had taken disciplinary action against the employee who was responsible for the incident. The Sunday night statement…
https://youtu.be/mvSFul9Dksc SAN DIEGO — Last night’s annual ‘Out at the Park’ event turned into ‘Nightmare at Petco Park’ as the San Diego Gay Man’s Chorus took to the field to sing the National Anthem. Instead of their voices, fans of the Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers heard a recorded voice of a woman singing the…
A Wider Bridge, the LGBTQ advocacy group building connections between the Israeli and North American LGBTQ communities, recently published the story of Romy Abergel, an Israeli transgender teenager who, against all odds, will compete in this year’s Beauty Pageant of the South. In the article, “I’d Rather Live One Day as A Girl – And…
How do gay writers celebrate the end of a book, a poem, a story? I don’t know about Sarah Orne Jewett, Langston Hughes, Willa Cather or Allen Ginsberg, but after that brief moment of relief, before the serious editorial worrying begins, after my sweetheart takes me for a long walk on the beach and a…
