Groundbreaking transgender ad hits 500,000 views ahead of Republican National Convention debut

An ad depicting the challenges faced by transgender people in accessing public restrooms is generating attention across the country in advance of its television debut on FOX News Channel on the final day of the Republican National Convention next Thursday, July 21. It will also air nationwide again on MSNBC during the Democratic National Convention one week…

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HRC: ‘Trump just doubled down on his agenda of hate and discrimination by choosing Mike Pence for his ticket’

WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Friday blasted Donald Trump for doubling down on his anti-equality agenda by choosing as his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who has made virulent anti-LGBTQ activism a cornerstone of his political career. “Donald Trump just doubled down on his agenda of hate and discrimination by choosing the…

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Pro-LGBT Black Lives Chapter debuts after ‘antigay’ group shutters

As fans everywhere looked to San Diego early Tuesday evening during this city’s relished turn at hosting Major League Baseball’s annual All-Star Game, three words that have nothing to do with America’s favorite pastime, but everything to do with America in 2016 permeated the air inside and outside Petco Park. Those words, of course: “Black…

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Sugar-binding protein Galectin-9 found to be a new weapon to cure HIV

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— The ultimate impediment to a cure for HIV infection is the presence of latent, HIV-infected cells, which can reawaken and produce new virus when antiretroviral drug therapy is stopped.  These latent, HIV-infected cells are untouched by antiretroviral therapy and are unseen by the immune system.  Moving medicine closer to a cure for…

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State Education Board adopts LGBT-inclusive history-social science guidelines

SACRAMENTO –  The California State Board of Education Thursday unanimously voted to adopt a new History-Social Science Framework. The Framework sets out guidelines for K-12 schools to implement content standards for history and social science instruction. Among the many changes made to the Framework, LGBT people and their contributions to California and US history are accurately…

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