WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that long-time community organizer Reverend Rodney McKenzie, Jr. has been appointed as the organization’s new Director of the Academy for Leadership and Action. Most recently, McKenzie served the organization as the Faith Work Director. He succeeds Sarah Reece, who has been tapped as the organization’s…
A new TV commercial highlights the positive impact the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) could have, including prohibiting discrimination against veterans, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. “I love this country and I love Texas. But here in Houston, veterans can be discriminated against just because they served in the military,” Noel Freeman, a retired senior…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force in partnership with the LGBT Freedom and Asylum Network (LGBT-FAN) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have introduced an essential new guide, Stronger Together: A Guide to Supporting LGBT Asylum Seekers. The new report provides crucial advice and guidance to service providers working with LGBT asylum seekers coming…
Broadway Star Andrea McArdle is set to headline the Saturday, Nov. 7 Aston-Brooks Gala, benefitting the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation. McArdle rocketed to stardom as Broadway’s original “Annie,” for which she was the youngest performer ever nominated for the Tony® Award for Best Actress in a Musical, winning both the Theatre World and Outer…
LOS ANGELES — Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students seeking financial assistance for their undergraduate or graduate school education are encouraged to apply for a Point Foundation Scholarship. Point Foundation (Point) is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit and currently provides financial assistance and programmatic support to 85 students. Students…
Big Eden, one of the most beloved gay films of all time, was re-released by Wolfe Video on VOD and Blu-Ray Oct. 13 in celebration of its 15th Anniversary. Thomas Bezucha’s classic film has been newly restored to HD with a fresh digital transfer from the original 35mm negative, and is being released on Blu-ray…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera welcomes back soprano Patricia Racette for her wildly-acclaimed “Diva on Detour” program which features the renowned singer performing cabaret and jazz standards by Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Edith Piaf, among others, Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Balboa Theatre. Racette is well known to…
#SpiritDay is coming up Oct. 15, and some of your favorite celebrities have already taken the pledge to go purple and show their support for LGBT youth! You can join them by going purple now, find out more about how to get involved at glaad.org/spiritday. Celebrities including Caitlyn Jenner, Patricia Arquette, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian,…
Yoko Ono has revealed that her late husband, Beatle John Lennon had a ‘desire’ for sex with men. Thirty-five years on from his death, the activist and singer opened up to The Daily Beast about her late husband’s sexuality. When asked, did Lennon have sex with other men Ono responded,“I think he had a desire…
Tom Bosworth, who competed for Great Britain at the World Athletics Championships and is set to feature at the Rio Olympics and is the first athlete on the team to come out as gay. Bosworth revealed the news on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show, saying, “Coming out is no surprise to my friends, family and even…
