Laurel Holloman joins Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend’s ‘L Word’ celebration

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend has just announced the addition of Laurel Holloman to its celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the L Word’s TV premiere. Holloman, better known as Tina Kennard, will be joining her former co-stars Kate Moennig (Shane McCutcheon) and Leisha Hailey (Alice Pieszecki) for an exclusive cast…

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‘National Review’ goes all in for anti-gay discrimination

Media Matters for America’s latest piece reveals how National Review has established itself as a staunch proponent of allowing business owners refuse service to gay and lesbian customers. It’s a position that unfortunately aligns with National Review‘s record of attacking defending discrimination against marginalized groups, including its shameful opposition to the Civil Rights Movement in the…

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Oregon Republican conference endorses marriage equality

SEASIDE, Ore. – The government can’t tell you who to love, and it shouldn’t tell you who to marry.  That is the message Freedom Oregon leaders took to participants at the 50th Annual Dorchester Conference in Seaside last weekend.  It resulted in the first-ever endorsement of marriage equality at a Republican-dominated gathering of Oregon political…

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The Professional Diversity Network releases March 2014 Diversity Jobs Report

CHICAGO — To complement data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly Employment Situation report, Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (Nasdaq:IPDN) has released its latest Diversity Jobs Report.  The report includes a Diversity Jobs Index (DJI), which analyzes the monthly employment condition for women, veterans, disabled persons, Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans…

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Juror discrimination case will not be appealed

In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a pharmaceutical contract dispute, Abbott Laboratories v. SmithKline Beecham, that it violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection to exclude someone from jury service because of his or her sexual orientation.  In doing so, the court also concluded that discrimination based on…

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HRC Foundation releases comprehensive state-by-state legislative report

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, has released a comprehensive state-by-state report detailing LGBT-related legislation in 2013, a year marked by huge victories for the LGBT community from statehouses across the nation to the United States Supreme Court.  The…

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Dr. Robert Grant joins San Francisco AIDS Foundation as chief medical officer

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco AIDS Foundation has appointed Robert Grant, MD, MPH, as chief medical officer, with special focus on advancing the foundation’s work to combat HIV/AIDS by creating the first-ever dedicated home for health and wellness for gay and bisexual men in San Francisco. Dr. Grant brings more than 26 years of experience in…

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