NEW YORK, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) media advocacy organization, has released the findings of a new survey, conducted online by Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S. adults age 18+, which shows that the number of Americans who report knowing or working with someone who is transgender has doubled in…
Sam Smith has officially unveiled the new James Bond theme, reports Pink News. The star premièred ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ Friday as the lead song for upcoming film Spectre on the U.K.’s Radio One. “I love the song so much… it’s the quickest I’ve ever written a song – it took 20 minutes… and [the…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released an issue brief to help employees and employers build more inclusive workplace environments for bisexual people. “Bisexual Visibility in the Workplace” addresses the largely unacknowledged challenge of bisexual employee visibility and inclusion, and provides practical suggestions for improving the climate through actions by individual employees, employee…
GLAAD has created a video of anti-LGBT moments in Hollywood films over the last five years. “We’re still the butt of the joke,” Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO and president of GLAAD, told Variety. “We’re still infrequently seen and when we are seen, it’s in a negative light.” In the wake of the Emmy Awards, the…
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The recent nomination by President Obama of Eric K. Fanning to be U.S. Secretary of the Army is a seminal moment in American and LGBT history; if confirmed by the Senate, Fanning would be the first openly gay secretary of a military branch. Wed., Oct. 7, the National Press Club will look back at…
Honey Lee Cottrell, a visionary photographer and filmmaker who pioneered lesbian erotica in the 1980s through her contributions to the women’s erotica magazine On Our Backs, died on Monday, Sept. 21, in Santa Cruz, Calif. The cause was pancreatic cancer. She was 69 years old. Cottrell revolutionized the female nude, validated women’s right to pleasure,…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner on the evening of October 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. In addition, HRC announced that seven-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney will present HRC’s National Vanguard Award to Academy…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that multi-platinum selling Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen and multi-platinum selling Grammy award-winning act A Great Big World – joined by Hip-Hop artist Futuristic – will perform at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner on October 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. “We are excited…
SAN DIEGO, California – San Diego-based LGBT artist RD Riccoboni will host a retrospective of his LGBT-themed works entitled “RAINBOW RIVER: An LGBT Artist’s Retrospective” at his newly opened gallery in Bankers Hill this Sunday, September 27th from 2:00pm to 5:00pm in support of San Diego Pride. Known for his vibrant landscapes and city-scenes, RD…
NEW YORK– NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) today announced the winners of its Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards (EMMA). Presented in conjunction with the Annual NAMIC Conference, the awards competition recognizes outstanding marketing efforts designed to attract and retain ethnically and culturally diverse audiences and customers including African American, Asian, Hispanic, LGBT and other…
