Today in Iowa candidates Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal are scheduled to address the nation’s largest “religious liberty” gathering at the Freedom 2015 National Religious Liberties Conference. Radio Host Kevin Swanson, who organized the event, has a long history of anti-LGBT rhetoric from suggesting “the nazi party had their birth in a homosexual…
SAN DIEGO – Urban Pride-San Diego, along with Common Ground Theatre (CGT), in collaboration with SDCCD Continuing Education Division, will host a special Friends of Dorothy – LGBT Night” for the production of The Wiz Dec.12 at 7 p.m. at The Educational Cultural Complex in San Diego. This iconic musical, with the book by William…
Today, Coldplay announced the global release of their seventh album, A Head Full Of Dreams, Friday, Dec. 4, via Parlophone/Atlantic Records. The first single, “Adventure Of A Lifetime,” debuted today (watch above). The track is available for purchase or streaming on Coldplay.com, where fans can also pre-order the album. Those who pre-order A Head Full…
The Gala will be held at the beautiful award winning Hilton Resort at Mission Bay. The formal dinner will feature top notch entertainment and a spectacular Silent and Live Auction. This gala will be the major event for the San Diego LGBT community. A great time is guaranteed. EVENT DETAILS AT A GLANCE: Aston-Brooks Awards…
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan is leading a national study to learn more about how transgender and gender nonconforming youth navigate the health care system for HIV prevention services and care. The U-M School of Public Health Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities study, Affirming Voices for Action, will help identify optimal HIV services to…
SAN DIEGO – It’s not quite Napa … yet … but East San Diego County has established a vibrant and growing wine industry. There are more than 50 wineries in San Diego County, with more than 40 east of Highway 15. Many of those local east county vintners will have their products highlighted at the…
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Mental Health America (MHA) is applauding Representatives Timothy Murphy (PA-18) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) for making significant and positive revisions to their mental health reform legislation, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 (H.R. 2646). The amended legislation passed late last night with a 17-13 vote in the House Energy…
After Tuesday’s vote in Houston, Texas that repealed anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, a petition has sprung up on Change.org calling for the NFL to relocate the 2017 Super Bowl from Houston. The petition, started by football fan Ben Douthett, urges the NFL to take a stand on behalf of LGBT equality and avoid scheduling…
CHICAGO – Leaders from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) state equality organizations meet next week in Chicago for a conference on how to tackle serious challenges that remain despite the Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality. The annual autumn Equality Federation Midwest/West Leadership Summit, convened by the Equality Federation and hosted by…
https://youtu.be/CnOJgDW0gPI A Kansas teacher has been asked to resign after showing his students an anti-bullying film. Tom Leahy, a social studies teacher at Conway Springs Middle School, showed his students the 2011 short movie Love is All You Need, an anti-bullying film that depicts a fictional world in which heterosexual children are bullied by homosexual…
