There are dozens, if not hundreds, of gay-straight alliance groups peppered throughout high schools in America. American teenagers are coming out at younger and younger ages and are increasingly being met with the love and support of their parents and their families. In other words, today’s climate for young gay, lesbian and bisexual youth, while…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today kicks off a seven-city public prayer sojourn to send a message of inclusion and acceptance to bishops meeting with Pope Francis in Rome. The effort, Pray, Listen, Discern — Raising the Voices of LGBT Catholics, begins with a vigil and praying of the rosary at St….
SAN FRANCISCO, — Gay-Straight Alliance Network and Our Family Coalition have criticized the draft History – Social Science Framework released last week by State Superintendent Tom Torlakson, saying it fails to meet the requirements of recent laws intended to provide students with an up-to-date social studies education. “As a youth who advocated for the FAIR…
ARLINGTON, Va. — Bloomberg BNA has announced the publication of a first-of-its-kind book that comprehensively addresses United States workplace law and human resource practice relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression. The book, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace, features an extensive analysis of anti-discrimination law as it pertains to lesbian,…
NEW YORK — SCRUFF (www.SCRUFF.com), one of the world’s largest gay social networking apps, have announced a new year-long partnership with the National Minority AIDS Council (www.nmac.org). SCRUFF will be donating a portion of its national ad inventory to NMAC through its newly launched Benevolads™ ad platform. Through this initiative, SCRUFF and NMAC will help…
Tonight, Oct. 3, the sidewalk from the Hilton San Diego Bayfront to the Embarcadero Marina Park South will come to life with the spirits of the dead. It’s too early for Halloween and almost a month before Dia de Los Muertos, yet attendees of the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) make the walk amid…
The National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Veterans Memorial Project is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to raising funds to construct an LGBT Veterans Memorial in our nation’s capital. According to the organization, the funds raised in support of this project will be used to build a memorial at the historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C….
WASHINGTON – On the heels of a meeting of the American Latino Scholars Expert Panel and in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced $500,000 in matching grants to help fund 13 projects across the country to increase the number of…
Following revelations yesterday by San Diego City Council District 6 candidate Carol Kim that her opponent, Chris Cate may have committed tax fraud by continuing to receive discounts on his Carlsbad home after he moved to Mira Mesa, it has been revealed that the mix-up was due to an error by the County of San…
NEW YORK— Immigration Equality, the nation’s leading organization providing direct representation and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive asylum seekers, announced today they have appointed Caroline Dessert as their new executive director. Dessert is a lifetime advocate for social justice. She is a queer Latina originally from El Centro, Calif., a community on…
