NEWARK, N.J. — PSEG has partnered with The Tyler Clementi Center at Rutgers University to expand its LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Initiative to the city of Camden. The goal of the program is to help create more inclusive school communities for the LGBTQ student population and their allies. Through an initial $10,000 grant from the PSEG Foundation,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, has joined more than 50 House colleagues in urging Defense Secretary Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dunford to reject Trump’s ban on transgender servicemembers. “We reject the premise that the presence of transgender troops interferes with the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced Thursday that the Public Policy Committee of HRC’s Board of Directors has voted to endorse Cathy Woolard for mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, in the non-partisan election this November 2017. “Cathy Woolard’s life-long record fighting for LGBTQ equality makes her the clear choice for fair-minded Atlantans this November,” said HRC…
NEW YORK – GLAAD today announced the launch of its Campus Ambassador Program for the 2017-2018 academic year. GLAAD’s Campus Ambassador Program engages young LGBTQ advocates that contribute to GLAAD’s mission of amplifying and celebrating a wide range of voices from the LGBTQ community by producing dynamic, educational media content relevant to the lived experiences…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) Thursday said she will propose legislation to further crack down on employers and their lawyers who refer federal immigration agents to workers who assert their rights at the workplace, such as filing a complaint with the state’s Labor Commissioner. The Sacramento Bee reported…
A gay man who angrily drove into a parking enforcement official in La Jolla after he got a parking ticket was sentenced July 28 to 90 days in a work furlough center for felony assault. Peter Alex Dreier, 42, of Hillcrest, apologized to the victim repeatedly for the April 19 incident when Dreier drove into…
A man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy and strangled him 30 years ago was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Russell Taylor, now 56, said nothing before San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Smyth sentenced him for the April 28, 1987, murder of Dewan Emerson, whose body was found…
A judge has committed Jon David Guerrero to a state psychiatric facility after he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial in four murders of three homeless men including one man who attended Metropolitan Community Church and one woman. San Diego Superior Court Judge Margo Woods read the psychiatric report on Guerrero, 40, and committed…
NEW YORK – GLAAD today expressed outrage over President Trump’s continued silence on the attacks against LGBTQ men in Chechnya even as new reports indicate that members of the Chechen LGBTQ community could face terrorism charges if these men attempt to escape the country and attacks on them based on their perceived sexual orientation. In…
AUSTIN, Texas – Today anti-LGBTQ groups including the Texas Pastors Council Action, Texas Values, Vision America Action and Texas Right to Life rallied in support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s anti-trans “special discrimination session.” The session includes Abbott’s call to pass anti-transgender legislation including Senate Bill 3, a bill which would bar transgender and gender non-conforming Texans from access to…
