LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Point Foundation today announced its 2017 scholarship recipients. The 52 scholarship recipients are the largest and most diverse group in the organization’s history. From more than 2,000 applicants, 27 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students were chosen to be Point Scholars. Point is also welcoming 25 LGBTQ students to its expanded Community…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) announced today she is honoring deported U.S. Army veteran Hector Barajas Varela of Tijuana as Assembly District 80’s Veteran of the Year. Barajas, who could not attend the annual ceremony at the State Capitol because of his deportation, is the Director and Founder of…
NEW YORK — Inspired by the defiant spirit from which NYC Pride was born, 18 diverse LGBT community organizations will march together at the front of this year’s NYC Pride March on Sunday, June 25. The allied “Resistance” was formed in response to the attacks on the LGBTQ community by the Trump Administration, a complicit…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Lambda Legal announced the hiring of Sasha Buchert, who will join the organization’s Washington, DC office as a Staff Attorney. Prior to joining Lambda, Buchert was a staff attorney and policy counsel at the Transgender Law Center. Buchert is the second hire for Lambda Legal in the nation’s capital, and will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Lambda Legal officially announced the opening of its first-ever Washington office at an annual event hosted at the Newseum, and previewed ambitious plans for its soon-to- launch $100 million campaign effort to oppose and derail escalating attempts by the Trump Administration to unravel LGBT rights. The Washington office is being led…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) blasted disturbing revelations made by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. When asked by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) about atrocities committed against gay and bisexual men in Chechnya, Sec. Tillerson admitted that he has not raised the issue at…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The San Diego Democrats for Equality (SDDE) have joined with the Log Cabin Republicans San Diego (LCRSD) to issue a joint statement condemning today’s shooting in a Virginia park. Around 7 a.m. today a gunman opened fire on a group of Republican lawmakers practicing for a congressional baseball game in Alexandria,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (“Lawyers’ Committee”), represented by Jones Day, recently requested permission from the court to file an amicus curiae, “friend of the court,” brief in the Northern District of California in the case of Shen et al. v. Albany Unified School District et al. The National Women’s Law…
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the co-chairs of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus released the following statements in remembrance of last year’s shooting at the historic Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL, in which 49 people were murdered. “Today, we remember the 49 people killed one year ago at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando,” said Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)….
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in housing. A companion bill to bipartisan legislation introduced in March by Reps. Scott Taylor (R-VA) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Fair and Equal Housing Act would provide consistent and explicit non-discrimination…
