As evidenced by the recent loss of San Diego’s Michel-Carey house, sites important to LGBTQ history are vanishing. The Palms, Circus Disco and now The Factory in West Hollywood are all threatened with new development projects. Last Friday U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Henry Gerber House in Chicago, Illinois, has…
LOS ANGELES — Point Foundation (Point) is awarding new scholarships to 36 students who have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership in their communities, despite facing obstacles such as bullying and financial hardship. Point is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students. These new scholarship recipients join 47 current undergraduate…
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission today voted unanimously to designate the Stonewall Inn at 51-53 Christopher Street in Manhattan as an individual landmark. The site was the starting point of the Stonewall Rebellion, and is one of the most important sites associated with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) history in New York City…
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines shows its continued commitment to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community through its celebration of LGBT Pride Month in June. The Company is proud to sponsor an array of Community Partner activities across the nation that engage the LBGT community. These events take place during the month of June…
SAN FRANCISCO — Esurance has released “#EqualDreams,” a new video that takes a position that all people’s dreams should be equal. The film, which was shot at a real wedding, features children and gay teens who are asked to describe, in their words, what their future wedding day would be like. Watch the video above. “We…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez will induct civil rights leader and worker rights equality pioneer Frank Kameny into the Department of Labor’s Hall of Honor Tuesday, June 23 at 3 p.m. at its national headquarters. A World War II veteran and Harvard-educated doctor of astronomy with the U.S. Army Map Service,…
Summer is here and I’ve decided I want this to be a hugely happy heck of a healthy season. So I made some cool changes to my routine on this hot summer day today. I am really now inspired and think I can do this healthy thing all throughout June, July, and August. I woke…
YouTube creator and LGBT rights activist Raymond Braun recently sat down with Daniella Carter, who was featured on Laverne Cox’s The T Word, to discuss her journey and, importantly, what it takes to be a good trans ally. Watch the video above. Braun has been a new voice in the LGBT equality conversation giving the…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — STRIP: Caricatures, Satire and The Funnies opens July 3 at The Studio Door, 3750 30th St. in San Diego. The show will present new, independent voices of the comic strip. The month-long exhibition of original art takes its inspiration from traditional strips, single gag panels and caricatures that have entertained us…
Fandor, the leading curated subscription streaming service today announced a mid-June spotlight on trans films, entitled Breaking Binary. Kicking off June 19, the films include narratives and documentaries by such esteemed filmmakers as Monika Treut, Doris Wishman, Xavier Dolan and even non-LGBTQ legend Ernst Lubitsch, films that challenge misconceptions and shine a light on the…
