WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 100 chief human resource officers today urged members of Congress and the Trump administration to consider in future policymaking the vital role foreign-born workers play in the U.S. economy. The letter from HR Policy Association noted the enactment of a statutory authorization of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A convicted rapist who sexually assaulted a woman in Balboa Park was sentenced Friday to 55 years to life in prison. The victim told San Diego Superior Court Judge Louis Hanoian how the May 5, 2016 attack continues to affect her with panic attacks, insomnia and depression. Ismael Hernandez Jr., 28,…
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Pulse Nightclub Memorial site will soon undergo temporary design improvements to create a more inviting and comfortable venue to reflect and remember the tragedy that occurred there on Sunday, June 12, 2016. After a detailed presentation about the design plans from club owner and onePULSE Foundation Executive Director Barbara Poma, Orlando’s…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – LGBTQ Georgia State Representatives Park Cannon and Sam Park, along with local HIV advocate Amazin LêThị, today joined GLAAD to condemn the spread of misinformation and stigma that continues to surround the topic of HIV and AIDS, including within the halls of the Georgia Statehouse. Last week, Georgia State Rep. Betty…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new Gallup poll released Wednesday shows support for making marijuana legal in the U.S. has reached a record level of 64 percent, up from 60 percent last year and 50 percent in 2011. This year’s national survey shows the greatest approval for ending marijuana prohibition in the history of the study, and the…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — California State University, Los Angeles honored a civil rights legend and an education champion, and celebrated two outstanding student-athletes during the 20th Billie Jean King & Friends Gala. Legendary labor union trailblazer Dolores Huerta was awarded the California State University, Los Angeles Presidential Medallion and STEM education leader Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ph.D.,…
LOS ANGELES, Calif.– Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to dismiss and a motion opposing emergency relief in Stockman v. Trump, the transgender military ban suit filed on behalf of Equality California (EQCA) members and seven individual plaintiffs being harmed by the ban. EQCA along with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal…
ANAHEIM Calif. — In what can be described as a “primary before the primary,” 350 stewards, local leaders of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, voted Sunday to endorse and direct the politically active union’s energies and resources to back the campaign of Gavin Newsom in the 2018 California governor’s race. The NUHW leaders voted…
Many people in the United States still report feeling harassed, bullied or discriminated against based on their race, gender, disability, age, religion or sexual orientation. This is particularly true for LGBTQ youth. According to GLSEN, 57.6 percent of LGBTQ students report feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and 85.2 percent experience verbal…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Last week, Georgia State Representative Betty Price, who is married to the former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, asked the head of the Georgia Department of Public Health’s HIV epidemiology section what officials are “legally able to do” to limit the spread of HIV throughout the state. She went on…
