Of the 5,750 incoming freshmen, 24 percent come from historically underrepresented groups; majority of new students are from California. The University of California San Diego welcomed its most diverse incoming class of freshmen and transfer students today, on Sept. 22 with additional resources that support diversity, inclusivity and student success. The new initiatives include identity-themed…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus today applauded Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro for the new rule protecting transgender people seeking access to emergency shelters. “On behalf of the LGBT Equality Caucus, I thank Secretary Castro and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for this groundbreaking rule,” said…
NEW YORK – GLAAD today announced its participation in the third annual Bisexual Awareness Week (#BiWeek) in partnership with BiNet USA; America’s oldest advocacy organization for bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer-identified, and unlabeled people. #BiWeek takes place from September 19th to 26nd with the 23rd as the official “Celebrate Bisexuality Day.” In 2014, GLAAD co-founded and…
NEW YORK – Wednesday, Nov. 2, the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) will host its 15th annual An Enduring Vision gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. This year’s honorees are United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and philanthropists Frank Giustra and Steve Tisch. Emmy award-winning producer Andy Cohen will host the event. “We…
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced today that it will be moving championship games out of North Carolina due to the state’s anti-LGBTQ HB2 law. The ACC announced: “As members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the ACC Council of Presidents reaffirmed our collective commitment to uphold the values of equality, diversity, inclusion and non-discrimination. Every…
LAGOS, Nigeria – The South African Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, has announced today that U.S. pastor Steven Anderson will be denied entry into South Africa. The decision comes as a result of a campaign launched by global LGBT organization All Out, in partnership with Gay SA Radio. Steven Anderson gained notoriety after celebrating…
SAN DIEGO-CARLSBAD-SAN MARCOS, MSA employers expect to hire at a hopeful pace during Quarter 4 2016, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Among employers surveyed, 27 percent plan to hire more employees from October through December. This number is offset by the 12 percent that plan to reduce payrolls, while 58 percent of employers expect to…
SAN DIEGO – California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) has been named to Politico magazine’s annual list of 50 “thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming politics” in 2016, released today. Declaring “Lorena Gonzalez might be the nation’s most ambitious progressive scientist,” Politico highlighted Gonzalez at #35 on this year’s list, citing her work on California’s New Motor…
WASHINGTON D.C. — Earlier this week, Koch-funded LIBRE Initiative launched English and Spanish language TV ads to help boost Sen. Marco Rubio’s re-election bid in Florida. The ads tout Rubio as someone who ‘stands up for “hardworking Floridians.’ The LIBRE Initiative is a 501(c)4 non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization and aording to its Web site its…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force is describing the murder of Daren Seals, a civil rights activist who rose to prominence in the protests in Ferguson, Missouri against the police killing of Michael Brown as “horrifying and disturbing.” Seals’ body was found in a burning vehicle, having been shot. “We are deeply saddened…
