What does it mean to be transgender in America today? The San Diego Press Club recently hosted a panel of six transgender activists to discuss the topic at Urban Mo’s Bar and Grill in Hillcrest. The event was part of the larger series LGBT In The News, started in 2013 by noted southern California journalist…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus denounced the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearing today on H.R. 2802, which would give a government ‘license to discriminate’ to businesses and non-profits to discriminate against LGBT people. The Committee is holding the hearing one-month to the day after the mass murder of 49 LGBT people…
For the second year in a row and in a show of solidarity with the LGBT community St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral will light the entire cathedral and courtyard in the rainbow colors for the beginning of Pride week tonight! The event is an interfaith service that will combine civic, religious and LGBT community leaders in…
MIAMI, Fla. – World OutGames Miami, the 10-day event that will bring to life 34 sports and more than 450 events across the areas of Sport, Culture and Human Rights, has launched advanced registration. Thousands of athletes, participants, spectators and thought leaders from around the globe will converge on Miami for World OutGames IV to…
SAN DIEGO – When one lane on the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge closes, another one opens—for cyclists. On Sunday, August 28, bike lovers of all levels are encouraged to grab their bikes, helmets and friends to join more than 3,500 people for San Diego’s 9th annual Bike the Bay. Participants in this casual 25-mile ride…
https://youtu.be/dVgYBg1qUfI LOS ANGELES – Writer/director/producer Marina Rice Bader is set to world premiere her new feature film, Ava’s Impossible Things, at this year’s Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival. The film will screen at the DGA 1 Saturday, July 16 at 4 p.m. with Marina and cast in attendance. Tickets on Sale now at https://secure.outfest.org/tixSYS/2016/filmguide/ In keeping…
Activist and volunteer Zachary Mallory, 19, is the recipient of the 2016 Spirit of Matthew Award, an annual tribute given by the Matthew Shepard Foundation. The award highlights a young person who is advancing the work of the Foundation by promoting diversity, acceptance, and understanding through their words and actions. The award will be given…
SAN DIEGO – This past week, 55 members of the San Diego Women’s Chorus participated in the 2016 GALA (Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses) Festival in Denver, Colorado, performing five times in just four days, including a 30-minute set of their own to a packed audience in the Ellie Caukins Opera House and at…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friday, 68 major companies joined the Human Rights Campaign’s amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to block some of the most egregious and discriminatory components of North Carolina’s HB2 law. HRC is continuing to gather corporate support for the amicus brief, which will be re-filed at several…
So here I am, trying on men’s dress pants for the Golden Crown Literary Society Awards ceremony, and I keep thinking of the photos of our people in Orlando. They dressed up too in their best freedom clothes, also anticipating an evening of togetherness. I’m grateful to be alive and able to gather with other…
