WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Writer/director, Nicole Conn known for her groundbreaking lesbian movies Claire Of The Moon (1992), Elena Undone (2010) and A Perfect Ending (2012) featuring Jessica Clark (vampire goddess “Lilith” from HBO’s True Blood), will direct a Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) public service announcement (PSA) that will be released in December. “Music and video projects like this have…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s mayoral candidates will face tough questions from local students at the Mayoral Community Forum on Education scheduled for this Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 5:30 pm at Roosevelt Middle School. A student panel will ask the candidates to respond to 10 questions that were chosen from 347 questions that were submitted…
CHICAGO — United Airlines was named one of the “Top Companies for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Equality” for 2013 by Work Life Matters magazine at an awards gala in New York City last Thursday evening. The annual award is presented to U.S. companies that lead their industries in developing programs and policies that support LGBT employees and promote…
Todd Sears, an LGBT activist who has successfully lobbied the financial sectors in New York (Wall Street) and London (the City)in advancing the equal rights struggles of our community, is now turning his attention to the ‘emerging’ markets of Asia. “There are significant issues moving talent from the U.K., from the U.S., to places like…
What happens when the publishing industry is in crisis? The first titles to be dropped are LGBT authors of color. Please support LGBT authors of color and spend a few minutes at the new San Diego Central Library. Hear a panel discussion on this subject and a reading from two brilliant Gay Latino authors, Saturday Nov….
In a new Harris Poll released today and commissioned by Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, nearly half (49 percent) of gay and lesbian adults would consider changing jobs if their employer required them to transfer to a state where same sex marriages were not recognized, compared to just 30 percent last year. The new survey also…
In an unapologetic, yet hardly surprising, interview, Brian Camenker, the president of MassResistance, a Massachusetts-based pro-family organization devoted almost exclusively to fighting abortion and LGBT rights, went on Linda Harvey’s Mission America talk radio program to declare that violence against the LGBT community, especially in Russia, is the direct result of a gay person’s behavior….
Around the world, LGBTI rights defenders are threatened, harassed and attacked as a result of their peaceful and legitimate human rights work. The situation in Honduras, one of the most violent countries in the world, has drastically deteriorated since the 2009 coup, with 101 crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity committed between 2010…
The San Diego LGBT Community Center held its 40th Anniversary Gala at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel last Saturday. Approximately 1,000 community members and supporters gathered to celebrate The Center’s ruby anniversary. The idea of The Center was born after New York’s 1969 Stonewall riots. The founders envisioned a gathering place where the community…
There has been a lot of speculation about the events surrounding the sudden departure of former Greater San Diego Business Association CEO, Tom Luhnow. Lingering questions among San Diego’s LGBT-leadership, media and business communities include: Was it a firing? Was there a specific, underlying dispute between Luhnow and board chair, Eric Brown beyond the officially…
