SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In response to recent troubling news headlines, The Studio Door art gallery in San Diego announces an LGBTQ positive visual arts exhibition that reminds the community of their inner strength and resilience. A national call for artists has been released for the June 2017 exhibition called Proud, which encourages LGBTQ artists…
https://youtu.be/xGlftOeZDko DELHI, India – The gay dating app Scruff has released vibrant new video footage of Dance for Pride: Breaking the Stereotypes which took place last Saturday and won the hearts of thousands in Delhi. LGBTQ volunteers came together at Hauz Khas Village to dance to the indigenous beats of Dhol – and the atmosphere was…
PORTLAND, Ore – Former FBI agent turned surf guitarists / singer/songwriter, Susan Surftone is releasing her brand new EP “Making Waves Again” April 18. “Making Waves Again in a way created itself,” says Surftone. “I worked on the tracks two at a time with Brent Rogers at Rex Studios in Portland. Brian Foxworth played drums and…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced that Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer-songwriter, arranger, producer and musician, Barry Manilow, will be named the BMI Icon at the 65th annual BMI Pop Awards. Manilow, a pop music legend who recently came out as gay, will receive this honor in recognition of his prodigious musical legacy and an unparalleled…
The stars will be out in Washington, D.C. later this month when TBS’s late-night hit Full Frontal with Samantha Bee presents the first annual “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.” Samantha Bee, who has been hailed by The New Yorker as “America’s new Comedian-in-Chief,” will host the evening’s festivities from D.C.’s largest concert hall, DAR Constitution…
MIAMI, Fla. – World OutGames Miami 2017, a 10-day global event that will bring to life three significant pillars of Sports, Culture and Human Rights, will present Pulse Points, an artistic response to the Orlando massacre at Pulse Nightclub from 6 pm to 10 pm on June 1, 2017 at the New World Center, 500…
With Tax Day fast approaching and Republicans planning the first major overhaul of the U.S. tax code in three decades, the personal-finance Web site WalletHub today released its 2017 Tax Burden by State report. One simple ratio known as the “tax burden” helps cut through the complex tax system. Not to be confused with tax…
April 27, Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit, will be celebrating and helping support the next generation of LGBTQ leaders. The Valedictorian Society event in Los Angeles is an opportunity to meet Point Scholars and Alumni and hear their extraordinary stories while…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – GLAAD has unveiled its third annual Accelerating Acceptance report, a survey conducted on GLAAD’s behalf by Harris Poll, which shows that young people are significantly more likely to openly identify as LGBTQ than generations before them. The survey – fielded online November 2-4, 2016 among 2,037 U.S. adults ages 18 and…
SAN DIEGO — From film screenings and folk art, to a forum on animal rights, UC San Diego’s 2017 César E. Chávez Celebration promises to uphold a vibrant tradition of activism, cultural heritage and social justice. The annual campus celebration, which takes place from March to May, commemorates the life and legacy of American farm…
