Today the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, a bill that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit, passed the full Senate after last week having been voted out of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. “It is critical that the Maryland legislature gets to the unfinished business of…
LOS ANGELES — The concept for The Advocate’s April/May 2013 cover story began with a visit to San Francisco General Hospital’s Ward 86, the nation’s oldest HIV/AIDS clinic. In the early ‘80s this was ground zero in America’s battle with AIDS, and the average life expectancy of patients admitted was only 18 months. Now, with…
LOS ANGELES – MWW (www.mww.com), one of the top five independent public relations firms, has announced that it has acquired Macias Media Group LLC (MMG), a full-service marketing, public relations and corporate communications firm focused on connecting clients with the coveted LGBT consumer space. As part of this transaction, MMG Founder and President Stephen Macias…
A group of Jesuits from the New York-based magazine America: The National Catholic Review have written an editorial calling out Catholics who promote, agree with or turn a blind eye to punishing new laws being enacted throughout Africa. “Gay and lesbian people in these countries are living under a sword of Damocles, constantly afraid that…
WASHINGTON — The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit today supporting the fight to overturn gay marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma and continuing its now 13-month effort to highlight the overwhelming body of social science research that confirms “children fare just as…
SAN DIEGO – USofA pageants will present the inaugural Miss Gay Golden State USofA pageant Sun., March 16 in the Lafayette Hotel’s Mississippi Ballroom. The pageant is open to male drag queens and transsexual female impersonators 21 years of age and older, who will compete in evening gown, personal interview and talent. Miss Gay Golden…
PALM SPRINGS – More than 15,000 women from all over the world are once again expected to gather in Palm Springs to attend the biggest lesbian event of its kind in the world, Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend – the original Dinah Shore Weekend – slated for April 2 to April 6 (www.thedinah.com). Celebrating this year its…
In last nights Academy Awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, Jared Leto took home the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Rayon, a trans woman living with AIDS in 1980s Texas, in Focus Feature’s Dallas Buyers Club. While accepting the award, Leto said “This is for the…
SAN DIEGO, – EXUSMED™, a corporation offering affordable mobile health care solutions for both patients and providers announced today that Dell technology training expert Nathan Stewart has joined the corporation’s Advisory Council. Stewart has had a successful 11 year tenure with Austin-based Dell, Inc. As a technology consultant, Stewart spent the first eight years of…
Two days ago, Steve Grand — whose same-sex music video “All-American Boy” went viral last summer — launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $81K in a month to fund his first album. But as of today, fans have already pledged $118K, and that number is rising by the minute. This is truly a story of a grassroots movement in…
