NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today called attention to new USDA religious exemptions policy statement that furthers the Trump Administration work to further undermine LGBTQ non-discrimination protections. The new statement appeared on the USDA website yesterday and states that the USDA supports the discussion, display, and distribution of religious…
LOS ANGELES –The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed a response today in the Equality California case Stockman v. Trump challenging Trump’s transgender military ban in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Today’s court filing is the first in Stockman since Judge Kollar-Kotelly’s ruling last week in NCLR…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Since her 40s, Lilly Lidot has received yearly mammograms. Her sister did not get regular checkups, so when her cancer was diagnosed it had already spread to her brain. Lilly’s sister died in 2010. When Lidot, now 62, received an invitation from UC San Diego Health to participate in the Women…
LOS ANGELES – World of Wonder, the creators of Emmy award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race and Out of Iraq, Million Dollar Listing franchise, and HBO’s Mapplethorpe, today announced its new subscription streaming service, WOW Presents Plus. The ad-free service is available at wow-presents.com and on iOS, Apple TV, Roku, and Android for $3.99 per month or…
SAN DIEGO, Calif — Join The San Diego LGBT Center for The Benjamin F. Dillingham, III & Bridget Wilson LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor 2017 Induction Ceremony Thursday, Nov. 9 from 6-8 p.m. The evening will include a brief program with celebration of military colors, the national anthem, announcement of inductees, and remarks from honorees…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sunday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas where at least 27 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured. HRC President Chad Griffin released the following statement. “Our hearts go out to those impacted by this senseless tragedy today in Sutherland Springs,…
Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winning artist and activist Cyndi Lauper Friday released the poignant music video for “Not My Father’s Son,” the heartbreaking and inspiring song from her smash hit, Tony Award winning musical, Kinky Boots. Lauper re-imagined the song, producing and arranging a new, acoustic version of the track, which features original cast…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announced Friday that the San Diego City Attorney’s Office has adopted an office-wide Sustainability Policy to reduce its carbon footprint and lower operational costs. The Sustainability Policy (attached) contains voluntary guidelines to reduce paper use, eliminate disposals, reuse equipment and supplies, minimize energy use, purchase sustainable…
London-based queer singer-songwriter K Anderson has revealed his new single,“Cluttered”. Sounding like Michael Stipe fronting Toni Basil’s ‘Mickey’, the song details the murky area between a casual fling and something more substantial. Speaking of the track, Anderson explained: “Things can get complicated when a one-night-stand becomes a two-night-stand, which becomes a three-night-stand, and then a fifteen-night-stand. I wanted to create a song that…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following President Trump’s meeting with Republican senators to discuss the future of immigrant youth who have been thrust into legal limbo, civil rights leaders from across the country have united to call on President Trump and policymakers on both sides of the aisle to adopt inclusive immigration policies instead of racially divisive…
