DETROIT – A murder victim found discarded in a trash receptacle off Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Nov. 8 has not yet been identified, but is believed to be a member of the transgender community. Equality Michigan, a statewide anti-violence and advocacy organization, supports victims of anti-transgender crime and tracks violence against transgender people throughout Michigan. The…
NEW YORK, — Six hundred panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, will be on display at The City College of New York, Dec. 2-6. This exhibit of sections of the 54-ton, handmade tapestry stands as a striking memorial to the lives of countless individuals lost to AIDS….
In yet another outburst from television and film star Alec Baldwin, a member of the paparazzi who got too close to Baldwin’s family was chased away by the star, but not before being called a “a c–ksucking f-g.” The melee, which was caught on tape by celebrity gossip site, TMZ.com, shows the clearly angered star…
Yesterday the United States Senate unanimously confirmed HRC board member James “Wally” Brewster, Jr. to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. When nominated for the ambassadorship, Wally Brewster served as Senior Executive for SB&K Global, a global consumer dynamics strategy consulting firm, where he worked with clients on global expansion and growth. Through his professional…
WASHINGTON – Buzzfeed reports that House Speaker John Boehner today secured meeting space for the top American supporters of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws. The news comes after Sen. Mark Kirk withdrew their original meeting space with a spokesperson saying, “Senator Kirk will not host groups that advance a hateful agenda.” The World Congress of Families –…
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner has again offered a false and factually inaccurate explanation for why he won’t support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – which passed the Senate one week ago with bipartisan support from 10 Republicans. Boehner re-iterated his opposition to the legislation that would simply protect hardworking lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
SEATTLE, — Mayor Keith McGlashan of Shoreline, Wash. was today elected 2014 president of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Local Officials (GLBTLO) constituency group during the group’s business meeting at the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Congress of Cities & Exposition in Seattle, Wash. Other officers serving on the GLBTLO Board of Directors include: 1st Vice President: LaWanna Mayfield, councilmember, Charlotte…
http://youtu.be/XLUQP-dkH3E When anchors at Detroit’s NBC affiliate, WDIV, cut to a live scene of a fire Wednesday morning they got a hotter reception than they expected. Reporter Lauren Podell didn’t realize she had a hot mic or that the anchors were cutting to her live … watch!
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The Dinah Comedy Night brings together three of the most acclaimed female stand up comics, Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 8 p.m. at The Palm Springs Convention Center, in what is poised to be an unforgettable evening of hilarious stand-up comedy. Fortune Feimster, who landed her writer/performer spot with Chelsea Lately six…
Media Matters for America’s latest post reveals Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly continued a pattern of transphobic commentary when he said that bringing a 12-year old boy to Hooters was comparable to allowing transgender students to use appropriate locker rooms or restrooms — a right that O’Reilly believes will be exploited by mischievous adolescents who want to spy on…
