WASHINGTON – LGBT History Month provides role models, teaches history, builds community and celebrates our community’s important national and international contributions. As the nation honors LGBT heroes during each day of October for LGBT History Month former Speaker of the House, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi pledged her support of both the month-long event and the push…
NEW YORK – The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) honored the best in LGBT-inclusive advertising, marketing and public relations at the 2011 GLAAD Amplifier Awards Oct. 4. The awards, held at The Altman Building in New York City, were an official event of Advertising Week and were presented by Omnicom Group, and presented…
See this week’s print edition of San Diego LGBT Weekly for in-depth coverage – out Thursday. Equality California Executive Director Roland Palencia’s resignation, which was announced earlier today, comes in the wake of the organization’s decision to stand down from its mission to repeal Proposition 8 – and, according to insiders staffing cuts will…
CALIFORNIA – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has released the 16th annual Where We Are On TV report; a comprehensive review of scripted LGBT primetime characters in the 2011-2012 television season. After a significant increase last year, the number of regular lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on broadcast networks experienced…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Census Bureau has released new statistics on same-sex married couple and unmarried partner households. According to revised estimates from the 2010 census, there were 131,729 same-sex married couple households and 514,735 same-sex unmarried partner households in the United States. The results of the 2010 census revised estimates are closer to the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded nearly $9 million to projects in seven cities and states that will offer permanent and transitional housing and support services to more than 200 households with families and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Provided through HUD’s Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has re-launched its online presence with a new Web site, hrc.org, offering visitors a more personalized interaction with HRC than ever before. The new experience will allow users to more easily search for HRC content, such as coming out resources, the Buyer’s Guide and state-specific information for LGBT…
ARKANSAS – Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, has added gender identity and expression to its employment non-discrimination policy. The company’s nondiscrimination policy already included sexual orientation. Phillip Keene, a company spokesperson, confirmed the change was made several weeks ago adding, “We’ve had a strong anti-discrimination policy for a long time.” Wal-Mart scored relatively poorly…
NEW YORK – Police have opened a criminal investigation in the suicide death of Buffalo, N.Y., 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who was bullied online with gay slurs for more than a year, reported ABC News. A student at Williamsville North High School, Jamey had been tormented for the past 12 months by cyberbullies who made disparaging…
CALIFORNIA – With the close of the 2011 Legislative session Equality California (EQCA) reached a new milestone – passage of its most ambitious legislative program since the organization was founded in 1998. EQCA successfully sponsored 12 bills, many initiated under the leadership of former EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors, on issues ranging from domestic partnership…
