WASHINGTON — Thursday, Dead & Company announced that it will donate $100,000 to the organizations for on-the-ground efforts to repeal the state’s discriminatory, anti-LGBT law known as HB2. Dead & Company is a band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann, along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff…
NEW YORK — Sports Illustrated (SI) have announced a multi-platform, 40th anniversary retrospective of Caitlyn Jenner’s 1976 Gold Medal-winning decathlon performance at the Montreal Olympic Games. It begins with an SI Films premiere Monday, June 6 on SI.com, and continues with a long-form digital package and magazine cover story to be released on June 8….
Ticket sales for the 9th annual Pink Lake International LGBT Festival, which will again be held on Lake Wörthersee in Austria, have set a new record. After only three weeks, half of the available combo tickets for the festival have been sold. The festival runs from Aug. 25-28. “We are very proud that the festival…
SAN DIEGO – Sunday, May 22, the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) and the San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) presented the benefit concert “UPRISING: Songs of Change” at the historic Balboa Theatre in Downtown San Diego. The 80-voice chorus serenaded more than 1,000 attendees with songs about empowerment and hope, and were accompanied by…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Assembly has approved a bill that would require the adoption of comprehensive suicide prevention plans by local California school districts with students attending grades 7-12. Assembly Bill (AB) 2246 was authored by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach) and sponsored by Equality California and The Trevor Project. “AB 2246 will protect…
https://youtu.be/b73AQuQGOcs NEW YORK — Love Has No Labels, the Ad Council’s iconic campaign promoting diversity and inclusion, is extending its message through new brand partners and activations throughout the month of June, including a presence at the New York City Pride Parade and Pride Festival on June 26, to celebrate LGBT Pride Month. The Ad Council…
SACRAMENTO – A bill by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to eliminate discriminatory practices in California’s workers’ compensation system that penalize women was approved on a bipartisan 56-16 vote by the California Assembly Wednesday. Assembly Bill 1643 makes the impairment rating for injuries resulting from work-related breast cancer equivalent to the rating for prostate cancer. The bill also…
Dubbed The Gilmore Boys, the hilarious new web series The You And The Me was created by popular HuffPo scribe/author Greg Archer (Grace Revealed, Shut Up, Skinny Bitches!) and actor/filmmaker Jeff Dinnel (Explode For Me). No topic is left unturned. Smart and wry, with witty banter and insights, the web series explores the different perspectives from which…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Returning to the Tony Awards stage for the first time since 1970, legendary EGOT and show business icon Barbra Streisand will present at the 2016 Tony Awards. The telecast will broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, on the CBS television network, Sunday, June 12, 8:00 – 11:00…
SACRAMENTO – California’s state senate Tuesday approved SB 1333 which would ban smoking or disposal of tobacco products at a state owned or operated beach or park. “We have an obligation to value and preserve our environmental treasures,” said Sen. Marty Block, the measure’s author. “SB 1333 will help to keep our state parks and…
