CHICAGO – This Day in June written by Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D., illustrated by Kristyna Litten and published by Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association, is the 2015 recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. The award was announced today by…
Now that President Obama has enacted new guidelines to help protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees working for private businesses holding government contracts valued at $10,000 or more as of April 15, many others have begun to expand their own policies without waiting for an act of Congress. Reporting for BusinessInsurance.com, Matt Dunning also…
Today, the president released a budget that provides a clear plan to bring middle-class economics into the 21st Century and lays out a blueprint for success in our new economy, including continued support for LGBT Americans. According to The White House the president’s budget will reverse harmful sequestration cuts and instead make the critical investments…
http://youtu.be/Y6XGYifGseg Hallmark is featuring a same-sex couple as part of its new “Put Your Heart To Paper‘ campaign for Valentine’s Day. The series puts the spotlight on a several real-life couples, including Eugenia and Corinna, who have been together for two years. The clip sees the couple reminiscing about how they first met and discussing…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in partnership with Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC), has released an issue brief detailing the violence facing transgender people, and solutions that can be pursued by policymakers and public and private sector leaders to address the national crisis. “The level of violence targeting transgender people, particularly…
Here’s another video for Super Bowl Sunday: Funny or Die’s Bryan Safi decided to give his dream of being the first gay sportscaster another try with a report right from the game … but did he get tickets? Watch above!
http://youtu.be/gsEXn5Hft4A It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Coca Cola wants to spread positivity and acceptance with their new ad starring Michael Sam. In the video description, Coca-Cola explains, “Michael Sam has experienced firsthand how the Internet has grown increasingly negative. Watch as he channels this negativity into positivity and provides great advice for how to #MakeItHappy. “…
ExxonMobil has re-written its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy to finally include protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity after years of resisting full workplace equality. “Does this new policy mean that equality has come to Exxon at last? Well, sort of,” said Deena Fidas, director of HRC’s Workplace Equality Program and co-author of…
The Fox TV station in Houston has repeatedly mischaracterized the city’s recently passed non-discrimination law in its reporting about a legal challenge against the measure, falsely stating that it would allow men to enter women’s restrooms, reports Media Matters for America. In May, the city of Houston approved the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which prohibits discrimination on…
http://youtu.be/iKU0DwR1H7M Back in the 1970s, another ‘Golden Age’ of television, the three major networks – ABC, NBC and CBS – routinely depicted characters of color, feminists, gays and other non-white-heterosexual men. But that diversity came at a price. Blacks were usually seen as drug dealers or poverty-stricken while Latinos were low-riding thugs or the hired…
