Mazzoni Center receives $1.5 million in state funding for new building through RACP program

PHILADELPHIA — Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia’s home for LGBTQ health and well-being, has received an award of $1.5 million through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP).  The funds will support the purchase and renovation of a Center City building at Broad and Bainbridge Streets, where the agency will relocate and consolidate its core…

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San Diego Log Cabin Republicans to the LGBT community: ‘Stop acting as we accuse others of being’

Following the barring of transgender San Diego Police Officer Christine Garcia from attending the recent Transgender Day of Remembrance event at The Center because she was in uniform, the president of The Log Cabin Republicans of San Diego, Gina Roberts has issued a statement describing the LGBT community as exclusionary, and that the community should,…

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NASTAD launches accredited education program to elevate the standard of care for black gay men

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors), has announced the launch of a new online training platform, HisHealth.org, to help doctors, nurses, and medical professionals unlearn racial biases that create barriers to good care and elevate the quality of healthcare for black gay men and black men who have sex…

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Columbia Business School celebrates diversity with annual ‘LGBT Ally Week’

NEW YORK— To celebrate all the “allies” who support the LGBT community, Columbia Business School held its annual Ally Week Nov. 14–18. Ally Week provided an opportunity for all students to appreciate the richness and benefits of being such a diverse community, and to share what everyone has in common rather than focus on what…

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Jill Stein raises money for recounts in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has raised over $3,500,000 for election recounts in three key states that cost Hillary Clinton the presidency: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. According to Stein’s Web site the recount costs for Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have been met and the focus is now on raising the needed funds for Michigan’s recount….

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Trump selects anti-LGBTQ mega-donor for secretary of education

After recently meeting with anti-LGBTQ mogul Jerry Falwell Jr. about education issues, Donald Trump has chosen Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. DeVos and her family foundations have donated millions of dollars to extreme, anti-LGBTQ organizations. Some have promoted dangerous, unscientific “conversion therapies” to convert LGBTQ youth and all of them have fought against basic nondiscrimination…

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Trump settles class action suit for $25 million

A 75-year-old man who took expensive real estate courses from the defunct Trump University was thrilled Friday upon learning that President-elect Donald Trump agreed to a $25 million settlement in a class action that will repay losses to him and about 7,000 other former students. “Incredible! I’m thrilled!” said Sonny Low to KFMB-TV (Channel 8)…

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Small business owners to President-elect Trump: ‘Repeal and replace Obamacare, with what?’

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The health care industry, our nation’s largest private sector industry and employer, makes up more than 17 percent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The US health care industry has grown accustomed to the post-Affordable Care Act (ACA) business climate and faces uncertainty heading into a Trump Administration–one that has vowed to…

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