When 28 distinguished individuals convened earlier this year to help shape the scientific mission at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of Vice President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, they were given five months to draft guidelines to accelerate cancer research, prevention and care. On Wednesday, the National Cancer Advisory Board approved the Blue Ribbon…
ORLANDO, Fla. – Equality Florida’s fundraising efforts for the victims’ families and survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting have raised over $8 million, the vast majority from a GoFundMe campaign that has drawn nearly 120,000 contributors from across the world; as well as pledges from corporate sponsors and grassroots fundraising efforts locally and globally. “It…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Immediately following the tragedy in Orlando, The Trevor Project saw a 70% increase in the demand for their resources and services. It is The Trevor Project’s goal to raise awareness and funds to support their life-saving resources and services for LGBTQ youth in crisis. “Right now, many LGBTQ young people are…
SACRAMENTO—Before adjourning last week, the California Legislature passed the final bill of Equality California’s 2016 legislative package, a total of eight bills and resolutions sponsored by the organization to win approval since the beginning of the 2016 legislative session. Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 26 passed August 31 with a final, unanimous vote by the Senate….
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the fifth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and prominent food writer David Hagedorn are once again bringing together the capital region’s top chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists for Chefs for Equality. The evening of food, cocktails, and music to benefit the fight for full LGBTQ equality will be held…
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Adult products company Adamandeve.com is back this month with new results from its annual sex survey. This time, the company asked over 1,000 adults if they would be open to having a relationship with someone who is bisexual, and the responses they got may surprise you. With just under half (47%) of…
LOS ANGELES — Though the conversation on inequality in Hollywood is now at peak volume, a new report reveals that little has changed on screen or behind the camera. Authored by Professor Stacy L. Smith and the Media, Diversity & Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the study is the…
PBS announced today the films coming up on the new POV series in September and October. From a chronicle of young black men going to college to an examination of the U.S.-Mexico drug war through the eyes of people on both sides of the border to the story of a Midwestern family with a transgendered father, these documentaries…
CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8 One of the two women caught on camera vandalizing Urban Mo’s in Hillcrest last month has been identified, CBS 8 in San Diego reports.The women were caught throwing stones at the bar. One of the women has been identified as 23-year-old Raquel…
Phyllis Schlafly, an anti-feminist and opponent of equality who worked to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, has died at the age of 92. Schlafly was a vocal opponent of the women’s liberation movement that took hold in the United States in the 1970s, and was a key player in the defeat of the dearly-held feminist dream of…
