The General Laws Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates have advanced HB 2025, a piece of legislation that seeks to give taxpayer-funded agencies and service providers a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people under the guise of religion. The anti-LGBTQ proposal is being pushed by Delegate Nicholas Freitas and will now move to the…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The LGBT community’s annual salute to Black History Month will take place on Friday, Feb. 10 with the fourth annual San Diego Bayard Rustin Honors, sponsored by The LGBT Community Center, The Imperial Court de San Diego and the San Diego GLBT Historic Task Force. Bayard Rustin was a mentor and…
SAN DIEGO, Calif.– The talented women of the San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) are at it again! Join them Saturday, Feb. 4 for SDWC’s second annual love-themed cabaret fundraiser, Sugar & Spice, at The Irenic in North Park. Sugar & Spice will feature solo, duet and small ensemble singing acts as well as dance, spoken…
You still have time. That’s the message Covered California officials are broadcasting across the state, encouraging residents to apply for health insurance before open enrollment ends Jan. 31. “We’re still open for business, and we want every eligible Californian to enjoy the protection and security that comes with having health insurance for themselves and their…
thursday, jan. 26 Jon Dore Jon Dore is one the fastest up and rising comedians in the nation. He has his own TV show on the IFC channel called The Jon Dore Show as well as a hit show now airing on ABC How to Live with your Parents. This is a show that you…
SACRAMENTO—With help from Equality California and the Transgender Law Center, Senators Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) today announced the introduction of legislation, SB 179 – The Gender Recognition Act of 2017, that will enable more transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to obtain state-issued identity documents that accurately reflect their gender….
As news broke today of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto cancelling his Jan. 31 meeting with President Donald Trump over his border wall actions, advocacy groups and lawmakers lined up to condemn Trump’s immigration stance. Lambda Legal CEO Rachel B. Tiven released he following statement calling Trump’s actions “un-American:” “Donald Trump’s latest executive orders are…
LGBT people in America face discrimination in their daily lives. A majority of states allow discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. While there are more states every day that strive to pass laws to protect their citizens from discrimination, many legislatures sponsor bills that invoke religion, pre-empt local protections, and target transgender people to…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders calling for the building of a $14 billion wall at the United States and Mexico border. The executive orders also increase the policing, detention, and criminalization of undocumented immigrants, and strip federal funding from local governments that are welcoming to undocumented immigrants. Trump is scheduled to meet…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Unified School District has announced it will update design standards to include more gender-neutral, single-user restrooms in future facilities. Single-user, unisex restrooms in existing facilities will be converted with gender-neutral signage, in alignment with Assembly Bill 1732. Estimated completion for upgrades to current facilities is March 2017. Single-user restrooms in…
