LITTLE ROCK – This week, Apple Inc., the world’s second largest information technology company, issued the following statement condemning the anti-LGBT bill in Arkansas, HB 1228 – a bill that could allow any person to undermine state laws by citing their personal religious belief as an excuse to discriminate against others: “At Apple inclusion inspires…
The first episode of WNET and PBS Digital Studios’ new web series, First Person, has gone live. In this episode, host Kristin Russo interviews artist Skylar Kergil to examine transgender visibility and transitions. The series is the first to come as a result of the previously announced strategic partnership between WNET’s Interactive Engagement Group and…
WASHINGTON – As potential Republican candidates gather this week in Washington, D.C. for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a new microsite 2016: Republican Facts that will serve as an online resource for documenting the record and rhetoric of potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates, and where they stand on…
Since George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin were the only two people present on the night in 2012 when Martin died from a gunshot fired by Zimmerman, they were the only two people to know what transpired. The only story we have is that of Zimmerman. This story may pass as a true story for some,…
Jason Burch, a former Minor League baseball player, has come out as gay. Burch played in the Minors for four different MLB franchises from 2003-2008. He played in college for Nebraska. He was gay the whole time, telling teammates when they asked. Looking back, he wishes he had come out more publicly while playing, he…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera is presenting the second ever mariachi opera, El Pasado Nunca Se Termina (The Past is Never Finished), featuring the world famous Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán and composed by the same team from 2013’s wildly popular mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the…
An unexpectedly huge hit, Coming Home, the story of a young man who comes out to his parents during the Chinese New Year holiday, has also had the unintended consequence of prompting many Chinese parents to ask if their child is, in fact, gay. BBC Trending first reported this unusual story after word leaked that…
SAN DIEGO, –Veteran Entrepreneurs Today (V.E.T.), a project under San Diego non-profit Honoring Our Troops, will launch the first think tank coaching groups for veterans who want to be entrepreneurs at an introductory meeting March 3 at 6 p.m. Few communities in the U.S. have a focus on entrepreneurial enterprise for veterans. This unique program…
Findings from two European studies on PrEP were released today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle. The PROUD study out of England assesses the effect the use of PrEP has on the frequency with which men have sex, how often they use condoms, and whether they contract other sexually-transmitted infections. The…
Michael Sam, who made history last year as the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, is moving into reality TV by joining the 20th season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, reports The Huffington Post. Other notable names to join Sam for this season of “Dancing With The Stars” include Patti…
