LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Equality California (EQCA) today announced the endorsement of two LGBT candidates for re-election to the West Hollywood city council. The candidates are as follows: John Duran (West Hollywood City Council) – John Duran helped found Equality California in 1999, served on its board from 2001 to 2008, and was board president from 2004…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 season comes to a close with one of opera’s most beloved classics, Verdi’s La traviata which opens Saturday, April 22 at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Additional performances are April 25, 28, and 30. A roster of young American singers will bring Verdi’s tragic opera to life….
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Alabama House Health Committee put the discriminatory H.B. 24 bill on the fast track to a vote by the full House of Representatives. The bill, titled the “Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act,” would enshrine taxpayer-funded discrimination into Alabama law by allowing state-funded and licensed adoption and foster care agencies to…
A Tennessee Senate Commerce and Labor Committee has voted to advance SB 127 — legislation promoting taxpayer-funded discrimination against LGBTQ Tennesseans and their families. The discriminatory proposal would prohibit state agencies and municipalities from requiring businesses, organizations, contractors and grantees, to not have policies that discriminate against LGBTQ people. SB 127 states, “A government entity shall not…
NEW YORK – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Betsy DeVos’ nomination for Secretary of Education, despite hundreds of thousands of calls, emails and letters from parents, students and advocates for inclusive public education asking senators to vote no. GLSEN’s Executive Director, Dr. Eliza Byard, issued the following statement in response. “During her confirmation…
