LOS ANGELES – The Williams Institute, in partnership with Credit Suisse, has released a new, interactive resource exploring the amount of money state economies have to gain by allowing same-sex couples to marry. Based on a series of state-level studies authored by Williams Distinguished Scholar, M.V. Lee Badgett, and other Williams Institute scholars, the resource…
WASHINGTON — There are nearly 700,000 people who identify as transgender in the U.S., according to The Williams Institute at UCLA, yet there has not been a handy, accessible tool for the millions of other Americans, all current or prospective trans allies, to know how to engage respectfully with trans people—until now. PFLAG National—the nation’s largest…
Join host Nicole Murray Ramirez, Thursday, Dec. 11 at Bourbon Street, 4612 Park Blvd. in San Diego for Bingo! The evening will benefit the Imperial Court de San Diego’s annual Christmas Toy Drive and is from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. It’s $5 to play or a donation of an unwrapped new toy. Come join the…
The nominees for the NAACP Image Awards were announced this morning and include nods for several LGBT artists and inclusive series and films, reports GLAAD. The Image Awards celebrate outstanding achievements by people of color in arts as well as those who work to promote social justice through their creative efforts, this year’s show will…
SAN DIEGO – Classic cocktail parties will have a new sparkle this season, when one of San Diego’s most beloved neighborhoods serves up a festive way to enjoy the holiday season. Thursday, Dec. 11 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., take in the holiday decorations and crisp air, while you embark on a self-guided walking…
LOS ANGELES – Last night at the Hollywood Palladium, The Trevor Project celebrated 16 years of its life-saving, life-affirming work, which provide crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) teens and young adults. The high-profile annual event, TrevorLIVE Los Angeles, was presented by Wells Fargo and hosted by…
They gather around the shiny black Steinway like boy scouts approaching a campfire, playfully bumping elbows and trying to make each other laugh with funny faces and inside jokes. But with the first strike of the piano key, a visual transformation takes place. Shoulders go back, diaphragms rise up and eyes lock front and forward….
SEATTLE – Two Utah women were the fourth LGBTQ couple to be married through Visit Seattle’s Marry Me in Seattle campaign last night. Some 20 friends and family were on hand to witness Jamie Anneal Palmer and Jennifer Lee Robinson tie the knot at 1927 Events. The couple was chosen randomly from hundreds of entrants…
LOS ANGELES – Pop sensation Meghan Trainor is confirmed to headline the 25th anniversary of the Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, April 1-5, 2015 in Palm Springs, Calif. The 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Nantucket will grace the main stage of the Palm Springs Convention Center during the Dinah’s “Black Party” Saturday, April 4, 2015. Club Skirts…
Last week, Matthew Barela and his friends got together to shoot their own version of a Beyoncé video — Boyoncé, reports the Huffington Post. “We drove upstate with a car full of boys and a dog,” Barela told The Huffington Post in an email. “I’ve been doing short fun vids of my friends for Instagram,…
