Today, NMAC Launches “Save Our Services,” an innovative campaign created to empower Americans across the country in fighting the proposed federal budget cuts that would cause severe harm to vital HIV treatment and prevention services. SOS will enlist the advocacy of community volunteers to contact their representatives in Congress both in their home offices during…
Gay Of Thrones S7 E1 Recap: Dragonweave from Gay of Thrones Returning for an all new season, Jonathan Van Ness is back to recap everyone’s favorite fantasy series “Game of Thrones” with his own LGBT perspective. The newest episode of Gay Of Thrones proves Jonathan loves three things – Top knots with intention, Ouai wave spray…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The GLBT Historical Society has launched a new oral history project under the guidance of historian Joey Plaster to chronicle, preserve and share the history of ACT UP/San Francisco and other AIDS direct-action groups in the city from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The San Francisco ACT UP Oral History Project…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) led 96 Members of Congress in introducing bicameral legislation requiring federal surveys to include data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity. While some federal data on LGBT communities is currently collected, there is no centralized requirement prioritizing the collection of LGBT…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State lawmakers have approved a 10-year extension for California’s cap-and-trade program. Cap and trade requires companies to buy permits to release greenhouse gas emissions. The legislation approved Monday, AB 398, will continue the program until 2030. “Republicans and Democrats set aside their differences, came together and took courageous action,” Gov. Jerry Brown…
SAN DIEGO, Calif., — Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) will welcome United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera back to his hometown of Barrio Logan as the honored speaker for the Spirit of the Barrio luncheon. Herrera will share stories about his childhood, the influences of his migrant farmworker parents and how his…
NEW YORK – GLAAD today called out Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for making misleading statements this afternoon that the Texas economy has not and would not be impacted if anti-transgender legislation is passed during a “special discrimination session” that’s expected to begin tomorrow. Patrick made the remarks during a policy orientation event hosted by…
ATLANTA, Ga.—As the Trump administration continues to wreak havoc on our nation, America’s leading annual progressive conference, Netroots Nation, will kick off early next month. The event will take place August 10-13, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Confirmed speakers include former Vice President Al Gore, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Rep. Mark Pocan…
San Diego LGBT community member and activist, Big Mike wrote this Letter to the Editor in response to criticism about Nicole Murray Ramirez’s recent commentaries on San Diego Pride: There is a saying, “You can truly tell our gay pioneers by the arrows in their backs.” Well, Nicole Murray Ramirez has been subjected to those…
NEW YORK – GLAAD today released a list of 25 ways President Donald Trump and his administration have attacked the LGBTQ community since taking office Jan. 20. The list stems from GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project, which tracks the Administration’s anti-LGBTQ movements and calls on media to expose them. From erasing any mention of the LGBTQ…
