Leave it to the Family Research Council (FRC), one of America’s most ravenously anti-gay organizations, to draw conclusions about same-sex households where none exist. In a report published by Harvard, which examines upward mobility among children raised in single-family households versus dual-family households, a team of social scientists have concluded that “children growing up in…
In honor of Team USA’s participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics (February 7-23) and Paralympics (March 7-16) in Sochi, Russia, the U.S. Department of State has produced a one-minute video highlighting the diversity of the U.S. athletes competing in the Games as well as everyday Americans. The video focuses on the theme We Are All…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toGl-vQ4CgA&list=UU2pjyw8GOjRHQeGC3OrfbRA&feature=share LOS ANGELES — Highly talented and classically trained, Anthony Starble puts himself out there with a raw lyrical ballad. Proving his ability to take a stand and showing his determination, “Oh Father” is the first single off his debut EP We Need to Be Loved. In addition to the powerful single, Starble is showing fans his deeper…
The San Diego HIV Health Services Planning Council is responsible for planning services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in San Diego County and for allocating funding for these services under the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (RWTEA). The San Diego County HIV Prevention Group guides the planning process for the…
LOS ANGELES — GLAAD have announced the nominees for its 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented nationally by Ketel One Vodka, Wells Fargo, and Hilton Worldwide. By recognizing and honoring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD’s work to…
Alexander Suturin, chief editor of Khabarovsk newspaper, Molodoi Dalnevostochnik,was fined yesTerday under the new Russian “Anti-gay Propaganda” laws for for printing an interview with a gay teacher who said ‘being gay is normal’. Molodoi Dalnevostochnik, the oldest publication in the region, came under fire because it bears a label warning people only above the age of 16 to visit its Web site,…
WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), an organization that claims to be focused solely on marriage, is increasingly embracing dangerous and extremist anti-LGBT viewpoints following years of electoral and legislative losses. While NOM has long tried to portray itself as a mainstream organization – even at times supporting civil unions – its most recent activities…
http://youtu.be/1AjHeuw5IKs Out on Feb. 25, Teaching the Cat to Sit is a memoir by Michelle Theall about growing up gay and Catholic in Texas. In 2010, Michelle Theall and her partner were living in Boulder, Colo. and had their adopted son enrolled at a Catholic school. When the school announced that all children of gay…
AMSTERDAM –Russia’s adoption of an “Anti-Gay Propaganda Law” caused enormous outrage in the LGBT-community and the rest of the world. PlanetRomeo, one of the oldest and largest gay dating and social networking platforms in the world, surveyed 1,526 Russian users on how these laws influence them in their daily life, if they face any form of…
SAN DIEGO — A new CEO has been selected to serve the Greater San Diego Business Association, the LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Barbra Blake will take over February 3, 2014 to lead the organization into its 35th anniversary year. Most recently, Blake was the Director of Marketing and Communications for the Rady School of Management…
