Focus Features’ highly-anticipated film, Loving which stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga is already generating awards season buzz. The film will be in theaters this November. From acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Edgerton and Negga), who married and then spent the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jason Goldman, White House Chief Digital Officer, issued the following White House blog post announcing South By South Lawn. On Monday, October 3, we’re celebrating the spirit of innovation with the first-ever White House South by South Lawn. Earlier this year, President Obama traveled to South by Southwest in Austin for a…
San Diego State University is among the best universities in the nation for supporting LGBT students. The Campus Pride Index recently ranked SDSU on its 2016 “Best of the Best” Top 30 list of LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities. SDSU has been included in this ranking for the past seven years in the company of institutions like…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday Victory Institute and partner organizations convened Colombia’s major political parties to discuss implementation of LGBTI inclusion clauses in the historic peace agreement between the government and FARC guerilla movement. Advocates shared the continued challenges to LGBTI political participation in the country, and provided party representatives with detailed recommendations for ensuring the…
SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature Wednesday passed a bipartisan resolution by California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley) calling for an end to federal blood donation policies that discriminate against men who have sex with men (MSM). Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 26 calls upon…
As a progressive Christian, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to a loving God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! Recently, we held a memorial service in honor of those homeless people brutally murdered on the…
One box, two boxes, three boxes, four. I’ve been moving. In December 2011, when I last moved from my then apartment of seven years, it wasn’t for happy reasons. I’d been cyberharassed and cyberstalked as a blogger at Pam’s House Blend. I’d written about a gender affirmation surgery I had in 2011, and those I’d…
Our mortgage man-in-the-know Matt Young, loan officer with MDC Financial Service Group, was kind enough to answer some pertinent questions about the current state of the mortgage market. We covered a bunch in our first article, but Matt’s answers were so comprehensive, we couldn’t cover them all in one incarnation. Here’s the second part of…
As a physician with a political column, there is one topic I haven’t been able to escape of late: The EpiPen. [OK, two questions. No, I don’t think you can diagnose Sec. Clinton with a seizure from a campaign video.] Epinephrine, the medication in the EpiPen, has been saving the lives of patients with severe…
Ira Sachs, the director of the acclaimed gay films Keep the Lights On and Love is Strange, is a subtle filmmaker. There’s nothing flashy in his shots or his dialogue, and he doesn’t push his actors to histrionics; his movies are naturalistic portrayals of real people struggling with family duty, class, aging and love. With…
