WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute (Victory) released a new research brief titled More Than Represent: LGBT Elected Officials Drive Equality in the States that shows the relationship between the number of openly LGBT public officials a state has and its level of LGBT equality. There is clear evidence…
ATLANTA—Transgender university and college students are at a significantly higher risk for suicide attempts when their campus experience includes being denied access to bathrooms and gender-appropriate campus housing, a Georgia State University study finds. “An alarmingly high proportion of the transgender individuals participating in this study – 46.5 percent – had a history of attempted…
WASHINGTON, DC – LGBTQ Americans have much to celebrate in growing public acceptance and legal victories in recent years, but many worry these gains might be lost in the face of a conservative backlash. This insight on the “tempered optimism” of LGBTQ Americans emerged from a crowdsourcing campaign designed to understand the hopes, fears and…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Relationships bring with them lots of issues: Who will do the laundry? The cooking? Pay the bills? But gay and bisexual men also wrestle with how to handle HIV status and testing. A new University of Michigan study trial is believed to be the first of its kind to use telemedicine…
SAN DIEGO – Returning favorites, important debuts by exciting American artists, bold new productions, and staged works that explore the relevance of opera in the 21st century are all part of San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 Season. The Company will continue to present three mainstage operas at the San Diego Civic Theatre, but this season has…
Three-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter Gwen Stefani will return to the road this summer as she launches her “This Is What the Truth Feels Like” 2016 tour July 12 in Boston, Massachusetts. Gwen’s highly anticipated tour will bring high-energy performances to dozens of cities throughout North America including Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Tampa and Vancouver this Summer…
The Quebec-based artistic entertainment company, Cirque du Soleil has announced it will not be performing in North Carolina. The company has canceled their scheduled performances of OVO in Greensboro (April 20-24) and their scheduled performances in Charlotte (July 6-10) and their scheduled performances of TORUK – Avatar in Raleigh (June 22-26). In a statement the…
San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF), one of the largest LGBT foundations in the United States, and the San Diego Women’s Chorus will present “UPRISING: Songs of Change” Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Balboa Theatre. The concert will feature the 85-voice San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) and welcome special guest, Grammy…
I know a little frog that used to live an average life at the bottom of an average well. He doesn’t live there anymore. Here is the story of Blake the frog and his journey for more than average. Blake lived a relatively happy life at the bottom of his little well. He had what…
Where do little kids get their urgent need to know my gender? Is it intrinsic, some part of survival of the species? Parents should at least teach them that their question is rude. But no, the parents are as unsettled by what they perceive to be gender non-conformance as their children. That leads to bullying,…
