The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival celebrates ten years; opens with Armistead Maupin documentary

  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival (Cinema Diverse), which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, will open with The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin – the new documentary about the beloved writer of the Tales of the City novels, which were set in San Francisco, beginning in…

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New study reveals unjust criminalization of children with mental illness

BOSTON, Mass. – A new white paper released today by the Ruderman Family Foundation has revealed the daunting extent in which children with mental illnesses have their civil rights systematically violated, resulting in over half of all inmates in the U.S. having a mental illness. The white paper argues that this widespread discrimination starts early,…

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RNC names Kayleigh McEnany as new national spokesperson

NEW YORK – GLAAD today released the following background information on Kayleigh McEnany after the Republican National Committee (RNC) named her as their new national spokesperson. McEnany, who served as a surrogate on the Trump Campaign, appeared in a widely discredited video over the weekend on last month’s jobs report. Also, she has previously dismissed…

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National Conference of State Legislatures urges de-scheduling marijuana

BOSTON, Mass. — The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) approved a resolution Monday urging that the Controlled Substances Act should be amended to remove marijuana from scheduling in order to give federally approved banks the ability to work with marijuana businesses. This would also allow states to determine their own marijuana policies without the…

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