This Sunday, the SC Featured segment on ESPN’s SportsCenter will profile 9/11 hero Mark Bingham. Bingham was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, Sept. 11 2001 and one of the heroes who stopped the plane from reaching its intended target, the U.S. Capitol building. Bingham was one of 33 passengers and seven crew members…
A New England LGBT Newspaper and Media Outlet has been the target of a hate crime. A newspaper box belonging to The Rainbow Times was blown up by a group of people around 1.20 a.m. Tuesday. Seven people were captured on surveillance video placing an unknown device inside the newspaper box , reports CBS Boston….
NEW YORK, NY – Logo today announced that its brand new reality dating competition series, Finding Prince Charming, will premiere Thursday, Sept. 8 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with a special 90-minute episode immediately following an all-new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and will simulcast on VH1. The first of its kind journey to…
A new national poll shows Americans are strongly rejecting laws like North Carolina’s HB2, which targeted transgender people and wrote discrimination into state law. The national survey released by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute found that only 35 percent support such laws, while 64 percent of Americans oppose them. What’s more, only 30 percent…
https://youtu.be/FH6WoBAuPV4 For the past five years carsharing company car2go has been involved with San Diego Pride. In 2016 car2go decided to do something a bit different and turn one of their signature cars into a “confessional.” The idea was to give Pride attendees a chance to reflect on what Pride means to them and what…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—The California State Assembly Wednesday passed the Student Voting Act on concurrence, sending the bill to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown. AB 2455, authored by Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), will increase voter registration and civic engagement among California students by creating an online link between class enrollment…
thursday, aug. 25 Michael Yo Michael Yo is a stand-up comedian, coming up under the wings of Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Lately as a recurring comedy panelist. He is headlining the national Hot Mess Comedy tour between his Hollywood reporting. Yo brings his comedy to two top podcast, The Yo & Jo Show and The…
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations implementing President Obama’s executive order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. Among its provisions, the regulations will help to ensure companies contracting with the federal government comply with non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. “Federal contracts should deliver value for taxpayers in a way…
Monday night The Penthouse Residences at 1 Hotel & Homes South Beach, alongside Sony Music Latin, proudly hosted a private listening party for the debut album of Univision’s “La Banda” winners, CNCO with Ricky Martin. “La Banda” was produced by Simon Cowell, Ricky Martin, and Saban entertainment and judges included Latin American singers, Ricky Martin,…
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and Whitman-Walker Health, a community health center with special expertise in LGBTQ and HIV-related care, released Safer Sex for Trans Bodies, a comprehensive sexual health guide for transgender and gender expansive people and their partners. The guide fills a significant gap in inclusive, publicly-available sexual health…
