NEW YORK — The Board of Directors of the National LGBT Museum has voted to base the museum in New York City and has elected longtime LGBT activist Kevin Jennings as its co-chair. Founded in 2008 by Board Co-Chair Tim Gold, the National LGBT Museum engaged in an extensive visioning process (details of which…
Last week, I ranked the Supreme Court Justices by their likelihood of supporting marriage equality. In light of Tuesday’s oral arguments, I want to update some of those predictions. Justice Thomas, to the surprise of no one, said nothing. Still a “No” vote on marriage equality. Justice Scalia seemed convinced that a Federal right to…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation announced that 17 national religious leaders, from California to the nation’s capital, added their names to a historic statement calling for an end to “religious refusal” bills that allow discrimination against LGBT people. “Today, leaders from different faith traditions – and from across the country –…
While watching Bruce Jenner being interviewed by Dianne Sawyer, several ideas crossed my mind. First, in the TV situation comedy land of the 1950s and 1960s, audiences were assured “Father Knew Best.” That was the name of the show starring the amiable Robert Young, a Hollywood leading man in the 1930s and 1940s, who was…
Los Angeles – Oprah Winfrey speaks with New York Times bestselling author, MSNBC host and transgender advocate Janet Mock about her powerful spiritual journey, the importance of speaking your truth and becoming the person you know you were always meant to be in the season finale of Super Soul Sunday this Sunday, May 3 at…
The struggles normally associated with making an independent documentary are largely associated with costs; the cost of paying for equipment and rentals, the cost of paying the actors and crew and keeping them fed, the costs associated with marketing and promoting the film. But for openly gay Muslim, Parvez Sharma, the costs associated with making…
LOS ANGELES — Point Foundation today announced May 13 as the date for the second annual educate2impact day in support of equitable access to education and to encourage students to complete their high school and college education. The hashtag #educate2impact can be used across social media platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr, to join…
A Republican North Dakota legislator, Randy Boehning, was caught with his pants down on Grindr, the male hook-up site. Boehning’s handle was Top Man! when he had an encounter with Dustin Smith. Smith, an out gay man, identified Boehning when his picture appeared in a story about North Dakota legislators who voted against LGBT equality…
SACRAMENTO—Victims of domestic violence would be able to have their wireless providers transfer their account from their abusers under a bill by Speaker Toni G. Atkins. AB 1407, which authorizes a court to direct a wireless provider to transfer services to a requesting party in domestic violence cases, passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee today unanimously…
Award-winning producer Rolla Selback has announced the launch of a new Kickstarter campaign to help fund her newest collaborative effort, “Last Black Man in San Francisco.” The self-described feature-length narrative film, featuring Jimmie Fails and Prentice Sanders and directed by Jimmie’s real-life boyhood friend Joe Talbot, is the story of one third-generation San Franciscan’s dreams…
