Fathead, a company famous for its life-like wall murals, plans to sue Rossia, the Russian state-run TV network, over the apparent doctoring of one of their commercials that, according to Mary Chastain over on Breitbart.com, “[manipulates] a commercial to use as evidence against the “erosion of morals” in the West with “sex education and tolerant…
LOS ANGELES – Last night at the Hollywood Palladium, The Trevor Project celebrated 16 years of its life-saving, life-affirming work, which provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) teens and young adults. The high-profile annual event, TrevorLIVE Los Angeles, was presented by Wells Fargo and hosted by…
Dec. 1, NBC reported that Sherri Lightner was running for San Diego City Council president against Todd Gloria. Lightner would get the votes needed to become the first woman council president from four Republican council members. City Beat and LGBT Weekly reacted strongly with articles I found, in turn patronizing, entitled and strategically misguided. Dave…
In one of his last actions as Attorney General, Eric Holder will announce new limits to racial profiling at the Department of Justice. Holder has reputedly been working on the new limits since 2009 but the recent spate of issues concerning Africa American males seems to have moved the item to the top of Holder’s…
San Diego LGBT Weekly made clear the opinion of the majority of the LGBT community in our Open Letter to City Council, regarding Todd Gloria that appeared on December 4th. There is now a petition to show support for Todd Gloria to remain as president of San Diego City Council. Signing the petition takes less than…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the nomination of Ashton Carter as Secretary of Defense in light of the challenges that remain for full LGBT equality in the U.S. military. “We look forward to working closely with Ashton Carter on the important challenges to equality that remain for LGBT service members,”…
LOS ANGELES —The Los Angeles Police Department has announced they are investigating the murder of Deshawnda Sanchez, who was shot and killed in South Los Angeles earlier this week. “The National LGBTQ Task Force is outraged by the murder of Deshawnda Sanchez and the ongoing homicides targeting transgender women of color taking place throughout the…
NEW YORK — The Daily Beast, in collaboration with nine leading international human rights organizations, will host an unprecedented gathering of leading LGBT activists from around the world. The event, entitled “Quorum: Global LGBT Voices,” will take place at the New York Public Library on Wednesday, December 10, designated Human Rights Day by the United Nations….
They gather around the shiny black Steinway like boy scouts approaching a campfire, playfully bumping elbows and trying to make each other laugh with funny faces and inside jokes. But with the first strike of the piano key, a visual transformation takes place. Shoulders go back, diaphragms rise up and eyes lock front and forward….
SEATTLE – Two Utah women were the fourth LGBTQ couple to be married through Visit Seattle’s Marry Me in Seattle campaign last night. Some 20 friends and family were on hand to witness Jamie Anneal Palmer and Jennifer Lee Robinson tie the knot at 1927 Events. The couple was chosen randomly from hundreds of entrants…
