March 1, 2025
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Bill O’Reilly invites hate group representative to attack SPLC after Ben Carson added to ‘Extremist Files’

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly criticized the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for adding former Fox contributor Ben Carson to the group’s “extremist files” for his anti-LGBT comments. To defend Carson, O’Reilly invited a senior fellow from the Family Research Council (FRC), a group also listed on the SPLC’s “extremist files” for their anti-LGBT rhetoric, to denounce the SPLC, reports Media Matters for…

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McKesson honored as a ‘Best Place to Work’ for second year in a row by HRC

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

McKesson Corporation was recognized again as one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. For the second year in a row McKesson scored 100% on the HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index, the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

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Sen. Cruz and Rep. Weber re-introduce legislation to strip federal recognition of married same-sex couples

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Rep. Randy Weber, Sr. (R-TX) have reintroduced the so-called State Marriage Defense Act which would require the federal government to recognize only marriages that are valid under the laws of the state in which a couple are domiciled.  The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have strongly condemned…

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Kansas Gov. Brownback removes non-discrimination protections for LGBT state employees

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has rescinded an executive order signed by former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius in 2007 that extended non-discrimination protections to state employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The order required agencies under the governor’s direct control to ensure they have programs to prevent harassment against gay men, lesbians, bisexuals…

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HRC and ADL condemn Urban Outfitters’ tapestry with Nazi-era anti-gay imagery

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called out retailer Urban Outfitters for selling a striped tapestry featuring a single pink triangle, an unmistakable echo of uniforms Nazis issued to suspected gay male concentration camp prisoners. “Urban Outfitters has seized yet again on imagery of the Holocaust, one of the most…

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Bear Hands to headline San Diego IndieFest in City Heights

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Saturday, March 28 San Diego IndieFest will take over City Heights Urban Village. Featuring over fifty diverse artists and bands on multiple stages and areas, San Diego IndieFest will close out the night with New York rockers, Bear Hands. A four piece electro-indie rock band out of Brooklyn, Bear Hands, are coming off an explosive year…

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MUSIC: Ricky Martin releases new album and announces world tour dates

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

Today, the multiple GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY®-winning artist Ricky Martin releases his studio album A Quien Quiera Escuchar (To Whoever Wants to Listen), around the world on Sony Music Latin. “A Quien Quiera Escuchar is a very romantic, honest and transparent record,” Ricky Martin observes. “The songs are filled with cultural influences, and they reveal…

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Human Rights Campaign calls on Americans to sign the ‘People’s Brief’ (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign launched an unprecedented “People’s Brief” to the U.S. Supreme Court. Roberta Kaplan, the leading civil rights litigator who won a landmark Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor striking down Section 3 of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, is the author and lead counsel on the brief. The…

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‘Where the Bears Are’ to raise money for Season 4 on Kickstarter

Steve Lee, Editor01 mins

LOS ANGELES — It’s The Golden Girls meets Murder, She Wrote with big, gay, hairy men! (aka “Bears”). The award-winning web series is raising funds for a Season 4 through Kickstarter! The campaign will run from Monday Feb. 16 to Thursday Mar. 19! Last season the Bears raised 150K and they hope to do it again! Season 4 promises…

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