WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is rejecting Donald Trump’s call for “more police” in black neighborhoods as being “out of touch with reality and the reality of black lives.” Tuesday in West Bend, Wis. Trump called for more police in America’s inner cities, arguing that Democratic policies have failed minority communities and…
GENEVA — A 5-member UN human rights committee announced that a Thai law professor is its choice to be the UN’s first monitor against anti-gay violence, yet an Egyptian diplomat on the panel is boycotting the mandate. In a report circulated by the president of the UN human rights council (UNHRC), its Consultative Group—comprised of…
At a ceremony in San Francisco Tuesday, the U.S. Navy made history by naming a new Military Sealift Command ship after Harvey Milk, the former Navy diver and pioneer in the LGBTQ civil rights movement who was assassinated in 1978. In another historic first, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus selected transgender Navy veteran Paula…
The University of California San Diego has been named the 14th best university in the world for the fourth year in a row by the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Nationally, UC San Diego was named the country’s 12th best university. “UC San Diego’s culture of innovation, collaboration and risk-taking has once again…
https://youtu.be/DdqbYjivr1o To an outsider, Tracey Norman had it all. She was a sought after model who graced the pages of top fashion magazines and had her face on a box of Clairol hair color. Inside, she was harboring a secret: she was transgender. When her secret was revealed, her modeling career came to an abrupt…
LOS ANGELES– Equality California (EQCA) announced today that it has endorsed Proposition 63, the “Safety for All” ballot initiative backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. Following the shootings in June at an Orlando LGBT nightclub, a spike in homicides of LGBT people and an ongoing worldwide epidemic of murders of transgender women, Equality California has made…
Celebrate the ratification of the 19th amendment! The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified Aug. 26, 1920. In honor of this major milestone in women’s history join the Women’s Museum of California for the 11th annual Suffrage Parade and Rally through Balboa Park, Aug. 24. The Suffrage Rally starts at 5 p.m. at…
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The C.A.R.E. (Comprehensive AIDS Resource and Education) Program at Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center has been awarded a $90,000 grant to fund a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Center of Excellence. Tuesday, Aug. 2, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved funding for the Los Angeles County Department of Public…
Don’t miss the second annual Center Casino Night, Saturday, Aug. 27, 7 p.m. This is a fun-filled evening of mock gaming with food, drink (including the oh-so-popular bourbon bar), music and truly fabulous prizes! If you were there last year, you know this is a do-not-miss event. If you missed it – time to find…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) today released the following statement in response to media reports that Donald Trump will require immigrants to pass an “ideological test” that would include interviews about their feelings about LGBTQ equality. “What’s craziest about this ignorant, incomprehensible plan is that Donald Trump and Mike Pence would fail…
