The frozen food company Findus has created what TIME reports to be the first gay-friendly ad in Italy. The ad, which does not show faces, features a mother and her son, Luca, who are discussing the microwaved pasta cooked by Gianni, Luca’s roommate and boyfriend. “Mom, there is another small surprise … Gianni isn’t just…
SAN DIEGO – Join in the fun Thursday, June 19 to kick off this year’s 25th annual AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, a program of the San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center). Some of San Diego’s hottest food trucks will gather at The Center, 3909 Centre St., and will donate a portion of their…
New Rochelle, NY—Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than 60% of HIV infections in the U.S. and 78% of new infections in men. Antiretroviral therapy can control HIV infection and suppress viral load, but mental health and substance abuse problems common among MSM can interfere with medication adherence. How conditions such…
CHICAGO, Ill – Chicago is the home to a new web series, Dudes which premiered on Friday, April 11, 2014. Created and written by Andrew Pemberton-Fowler, Dudes is a wry, comedic story centered around three gay friends who are all on the wrong side of thirty – and they know it. This smart, witty, and slightly…
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder harshly condemned a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) policy that prohibits gays and lesbians from serving as Scout Leaders. While the group’s National Council recently voted to end a longstanding ban on gay youth in Scouting, it left in place a policy that bars gay and lesbian adults,…
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, at a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, Liberty University Dean and Professor of Law Mathew Staver submitted prepared testimony which included a profoundly inaccurate anti-LGBT rant. The hearing had been convened at the behest of the subcommittee’s chairman, Rep. Trent Franks, on the subject of…
Organizers announced the second annual Guerrilla Pride will take place June 14 from 2-10 p.m. The event weaves queer-themed workshops, a community meal, live music and a radical art show into a fun and educational event for Southern California’s queer community. The event will take place at the Canvass for a Cause headquarters at 2139 First Ave. in…
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler Group LLC celebrated its longstanding support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees, communities and issues by sponsoring the annual Motor City Pride festival. Motor City Pride is a volunteer-driven event celebrating the lives of Michigan’s LGBT citizens, and is the largest LGBT gathering in Michigan. The event was held this year…
BANGKOK — A new online data tool for policy makers and program managers involved in AIDS response will now provide easy and real time access to strategic information on HIV in Thailand, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The Disease Control Department of the Ministry of Public Health, on behalf of the Thailand’s National Aids Committee, in partnership with…
New market research data to be released this week at the 4th International LGBT Business Expo in Mexico will show that Mexico’s 5.2 million lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people earned USD$74.4billion during the past year. The findings are part of LGBT2020 – the largest global research initiative into LGBT people – and are…
