Janssen Therapeutics has launched phase II of their Your Story, Your HIV Wisdom campaign. The campaign provides space to share and showcase the wisdom of people living with or affected by HIV. Through Your Story, Your HIV Wisdom, Janssen aims to support the HIV community and empower people living with and affected by HIV to…
The Indiana Family Institute and the American Family Association of Indiana yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging the measure that was passed and signed into law early this year limiting the damage of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The group claim the “fix” violates their “religious liberty,” and are challenging not only the state’s law,…
A leading Caribbean LGBT and HIV advocate in Jamaica has filed a claim challenging the constitutionality of the country’s sodomy laws. Lecturer and HIV policy analyst, Maurice Tomlinson has called the longstanding laws a “gross violation of my human rights” and those of all LGBT people in Jamaica. Tomlinson is challenging the constitutionality of the…
Lawmakers on Guernsey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel and one of the Channel Islands, yesterday voted 37-7 in favor of introducing marriage equality. Guernsey politicians rejected two alternatives to same-sex marriage: the introduction of civil partnerships or a Union Civile, a single legal form of civil partnerships available to all couples, reports Gay…
The second season of Amazon’s multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning original series Transparent is now available for Prime members in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Austria to stream or download via the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices and mobile devices, or online at amazon.com/transparent. Season two of Transparent, which just received multiple SAG and Golden…
https://youtu.be/mA0f37i55-o DENVER, Colo. What would you do if a giant corporation stole your identity? OUT FRONT is a media company based in Denver, Colo. that has been in existence since 1976 – nearly 40 years. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) had a division called CBS Outdoor. In November of 2014, CBS spun off their ‘outdoor’ advertising…
https://youtu.be/ajh4EXiZTaY TORONTO, Ontario – In the year of one of the most historically significant US decisions in LGBT history, federal marriage equality, lesbians are free to get hitched. But what about all the single ladies? Through the lens of several smart, diverse lesbians, the official release of the award-nominated documentary, Lesbian Diaries, offers an honest, fresh look at…
When someone experiences a major stroke, almost two million nerve cells in the brain die each minute, emphasizing the need for rapid treatment. Stroke patients who receive life-saving interventions more quickly have a higher chance of recovery. A recent data analysis showed the Comprehensive Stroke Center at UC San Diego Medical Center exceeded national average…
The San Diego City Council voted 9-0 Tuesday to approve a $7 million loan in order to start construction of an LGBT affirming senior apartment building in North Park. “I’m delighted to move approval,” said Third District Councilmember Todd Gloria, smiling. “It’s ground breaking.” Numerous councilmembers competed to second Gloria’s motion, and Council President Sherri…
Music icon Cyndi Lauper adds to her vast history of memorable holiday classics with her new cover of “Hard Candy Christmas.” Famously recorded by Dolly Parton and written by Carol Hall, the song originated in the play and film The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. This adds to Lauper’s veritable canon of Christmas songs which…
