SAN DIEGO, California — San Diego native Ebony Burnett Mullins has been named the producer of the 2017 Nicky Awards. She is a past co-chair of San Diego LGBT Pride and is a professional event planner and is involved in many non-profit charity causes. This year’s Nicky Awards is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 3. The 2017…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — YWCA of San Diego County will present the 10th annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” fundraising walk Saturday, Oct. 14. Men, alongside women and children, are invited to walk a mile in heels through downtown San Diego County to increase awareness of domestic violence in the community and help end…
NMAC’s bi-annual HIV/STD Action Day Sept. 6 will bring together nearly 300 advocates and activists from around the nation to ask Congress to stop proposed deep federal budget cuts for HIV services. Action Day will take place the day before the opening of the U.S. Conference on AIDS in DC. “Scheduled a day before the 2017…
Sunday night, Pink gave an inspiring speech about her daughter and self-acceptance while accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award during the MTV Video Music Awards. The star recalled a conversation she had with her daughter Willow, age 6, after her daughter said to her, “Mama … I’m the ugliest girl I know. I look…
Greece’s only LGBTQI helpline has re-opened after being closed for nearly a year. Gay Star News reports that 11528-By Your Side is a critical and unique helpline for Greece’s LGBTQI people with people from all over the country accessing its service. ‘Transphobia and homophobia of Greek society isn’t to be underestimated,’ 11528-By Your Side’s project…
NEW YORK N.Y. — Planned Parenthood has announced a multi-phase pilot program to build and expand its comprehensive HIV prevention and education efforts. Gilead Sciences, Inc, a research-based biopharmaceutical company, awarded the $900,000 grant to support and expand efforts of HIV prevention and education, including the integration of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness, at Planned Parenthood affiliate…
Australia is gearing up for a postal survey on same-sex marriage, which could pave the way for marriage equality in the country. Gay Star News reported that a record number of Australians have signed up to vote in the upcoming plebiscite on same-sex marriage. The Australian electoral commission revealed today that 90,000 new voters had…
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras recently hosted the Diversity in the Arts and Culture Festival in Tegucigalpa’s Parque Central Amphitheater. The festival aimed to showcase talent from the country’s LGBTI community, and to encourage the public to safeguard LGBTI rights. “I am extremely grateful for the artists and organizers who made this event a success,” said President…
Iconic black civil and gay rights leader Bayard Rustin died in 1987 on this date. Rustin served as co-organizer of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington in which his friend, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. At the time this March on Washington was the biggest…
With the White House announcing new rules for implementing President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition on Change.org to allow transgender people into the U.S. military. The petition, started by Kaitlin Jozokos, has nearly 230,000 signatures and and momentum continues to build. The petition states:…
