Duran Duran set to release new album (VIDEO)

Multi-platinum superstars Duran Duran will release their 14th studio album, Paper Gods, Sept. 11 via Warner Bros. Records. A Deluxe version of Paper Gods is currently available for pre-order at all participating retailers. Singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor recorded Paper Gods in London with producers Nile…

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Q Camp invites incoming UC San Diego students to discover campus’ LGBT community

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center at the University of California, San Diego will host Q Camp on September 23, a day-long program for incoming LGBT freshman, transfer and graduate students as well as returning students who are newly out. The goal is to introduce students to LGBT life on campus as well…

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David Chiu and coalition to all on Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the Equal Protection for All Families Act

Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) will join a coalition of LGBT and family advocates to urge Gov. Brown to sign Assembly Bill 960, the Equal Protection for All Families Act. The Assembly passed the bill on Monday, and it now heads to the governor’s desk. AB 960 would update current assisted reproduction laws in three…

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Campus Pride releases Top 25 list of the ‘Best of the Best’ LGBTQ-friendly campuses across the nation

Campus Pride announced today the 2015 Campus Pride Top 25 LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges & Universities. For seven years, the listing has highlighted the most LGBTQ-inclusive colleges and universities when it comes to policy, program and practice in higher education. Locally, San Diego State University was included in the Top 25. This is the first year Campus…

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Jerusalem Gay Pride attacker charged with murder

Today, Jerusalem’s District Court indicted Yishai Schlissel for murder for last month’s deadly attack during Jerusalem Pride, along with multiple attempted murder charges for those he wounded. Last month, Schlissel went on a stabbing rampage at Jerusalem Pride killing Shira Banki and wounding five others. Last Thursday, Schlissel was deemed fit to stand trial following…

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GOP candidates duck on the Equality Act (VIDEO)

HBO’s Last Week Tonight reported last night that the entire field of Republican candidates for president refused to answer a simple yes or no question about whether they would support the Equality Act. The segment also noted that Gov. Bobby Jindal and Gov. John Kasich both weakened non-discrimination protections for LGBT people during their tenure. Meanwhile, Hillary…

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Man found with Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter Chelsea charged

The man found with Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter Chelsea has been charged with  endangerment of a child and public communication of obscenity. Steven Sheerer, 25,  was taken from his Village Drive home in Barnegat, New Jersey,  Friday and charged, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced. Chelsea O’Donnell went missing on Aug. 11 and was found by police on Tuesday….

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Man who went on stabbing rampage at Jerusalem Pride deemed fit to stand trial

Yishai Schlissel, the man who went on a stabbing rampage at Jerusalem Pride killing Shira Banki and wounding many others has been deemed fit to strand trial. The decision was made after Schlissel was examined by a court-appointed psychiatrist during a 48-hour detention at a psychiatric hospital. A previous psychiatric evaluation was inconclusive, reports The…

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