Amid allegations of gross financial mismanagement and worse, the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) has announced that longtime board member, Roderick Reinhart will replace John Brown as interim executive director of the foundation effective immediately. Tuesday, Brown posted a message on Facebook confirming his departure, “Earlier this month I notified the board that I…
In 2013 the Corporate Equality Index named Wells Fargo the “Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.” The CEI gave Wells Fargo a “perfect score” on its index “for the 11th consecutive year.” This leads me to wonder if corporate corruption is included in the Corporate Equality Index. One must wonder how many LGBT crooks…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and the ACLU filed a motion yesterday to intervene on behalf of a transgender student in a lawsuit that seeks to bar trans students from using locker rooms consistent with the student’s gender identity. The transgender girl, identified as Jane Doe to protect her privacy, is…
In an unprecedented move, all 12 of the country’s longest-serving and most award-winning LGBT newspapers are each separately endorsing Democratic Hillary Clinton for president of the United States. The 12 are members of the National Gay Media Association, a trade association of the nation’s major-market legacy LGBT newspapers. NGMA members have a combined circulation in…
PHILADELPHIA — In a year in which all Cheltenham High School (CHS) students have been issued Chromebook computers to aid their learning, there will be another technology first in November – the first-ever, high school-wide kNOw Tech-A-Thon. Hundreds of CHS teens will be taking part in the kNOw Tech-A-Thon on Saturday, November 12, 2016. These…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Susan A. Davis (D-San Diego) solidified her perfect lifetime record on LGBT issues with the release of the Human Rights Campaign’s legislative scorecard for the 114th Congress. “Equality is a founding principle of America,” said Davis, a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. “I’ve been proud to work with the…
WASHINGTON – A report by Buzzfeed found that just nine minutes after declaring a disaster area in 66 counties, Gov. Pat McCrory campaigned in support of HB2 with anti-LGBTQ leaders, including one that leads an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center considers a “hate group.” At the event, McCrory played the victim by bemoaning…
Today is National Coming Out Day. The Human Rights Campaign celebrated the day by releasing a new video (above) highlighting actors, athletes, musicians, and others who are helping to advance equality by coming out and sharing their stories. HRC is also featuring guides and resources that are part of its National Coming Out Project. “Coming out…
https://youtu.be/goxbwehgX40 Veteran activist, civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis has appeared in a new commercial for Hillary Clinton backing her commitment to equality. Lewis, who as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was one of the “Big Six” leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington, played many key roles…
NEW YORK, NY — Logo today announced it will symbolically censor LGBT content on-air and online in a show of solidarity with international LGBT people who live in countries where positive LGBT media images are invisible or banned. The unprecedented ‘Day of Disruption,’ part of Logo’s international LGBT project, Global Ally, takes place on Tuesday,…
