NEW YORK — A coalition of organizations, including GLAAD and Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), have launced a new PSA and social media campaign starring Alan Cumming to raise awareness about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) blood donor deferral policy for men who have sex with men. Created by Saatchi & Saatchi NY…
A Michigan pediatrician refused to work with the baby of a same-sex couple, citing her anti-gay religious beliefs. It’s another case that highlights the potential dangers of conservative media’s campaign to champion “religious freedom” in the face of anti-gay discrimination, reports Carlos Maza at Media Matters for America. In October of 2014, Krista and Jami Contreras…
NEW YORK, N.Y., – amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has announced that it has created a $100 million investment strategy in support of its Countdown to a Cure for AIDS initiative, launched last year with the aim of developing the scientific basis of a cure by 2020. The establishment of the amfAR Institute for…
Fox News uncritically reported a bogus story about the alleged bullying of anti-gay students in a California high school, according to the school’s superintendent. It’s the second time the network has been duped by the lies of one of California’s most notorious anti-LGBT hate groups, reports Media Matters of America. In a February 9 opinion piece for…
WASHINGTON –– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced its newly formed partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Global Equality Fund. Established in 2011 by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the fund brings together governments, corporations, foundations, and civil society organizations to work towards a world where LGBT people can live free of…
PFLAG San Diego County has teamed up with their members, non-profit supporters of LGBT youth and individual sponsors to offer scholarships to San Diego County residents. This is the 17th year! The purpose of these scholarships is to recognize outstanding LGBT seniors in high school, undergraduate and graduate students; to encourage them to continue post-secondary…
As fans clearly don’t want to let go of the hugely popular crime fighting lesbian couple in America’s oldest party town, tello films, Nancylee Myatt and the cast of Nikki & Nora have launched a fundraising campaign to bring Season 2 to computer screens around the world. Fans can give their pledge at: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nikki-nora-season-2/x/2497042#pledges The campaign will…
The country’s first openly bisexual governor took office today. Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Balmer administered the oath of office to Kate Brown during a ceremony that took place on the floor of the state House of Representatives, reports the Washington Blade. Brown, who had been Oregon’s secretary of state, officially took office at…
Get More: RuPaul’s Drag Race Full Episodes, RuPaul, Logo TV RuPaul’s Drag Race, returns to LOGO for its seventh season March 2. Last month, LOGO announced the 14 queens competing for the $100,000 cash prize and coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” States LOGO on its Web site, “RuPaul’s Drag Race returns with a…
SAN DIEGO — The painter accused of shooting KFMB-TV Channel 8 Sports Director Kyle Kraska pleaded not guilty Tuesday to premeditated attempted murder in what the prosecutor described as “an ambush.” Mike Montana, 54, of El Cajon, made his first court appearance since the Feb. 10 shooting of Kraska, who was shot six times in…
