As confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch get underway, Equality California has sent a letter to members of the United States Senate urging them to oppose his confirmation. In the letter, Equality California refutes Trump Administration claims that Gorsuch is a moderate in tune with mainstream American views. In fact, Gorsuch’s legal…
AUSTIN, Texas — Today, the Texas Senate advanced SB 6 — titled the “Privacy Protection Act” — a bill expressly intended to discriminate against and block facility access for transgender Texans. The full Senate voted to advance the legislation by a vote of 21-10. The bill would overturn non-discrimination ordinances currently providing critical protections in…
TORONTO – Pink Triangle Press has acquired GuySpy, an online social network for gay men, in a deal announced today. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition brings together under one company, GuySpy and the leading gay hookup website, Squirt.org, allowing gay men to sign up for free, browse from millions of profiles…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Join San Diego Pride as they team up with the Padres for the best OUT at the Park yet, as the Padres take on the Miami Marlins at 7:10 pm Friday, April 21 at Petco Park. San Diego Pride’s event at Petco Park has been a community favorite for LGBT families…
Thursday, March 23 at 10 on the Park at Time Warner Center in midtown Manhattan, some of the most forward thinking business leaders, athletes, social activists and others will converge for the second annual “Pride and Prejudice: The Business Case for LGBT Diversity and Inclusion.” The all-day event, which is being hosted by The Economist,…
When We Rise, the recent mini-series covering the LGBT civil rights movement should have been entitled The Cleve Jones Story but then even fewer people would have watched. Jones has been a figure in several events during the struggle for LGBT rights, but as with any autobiographical work, the author has an inability to really…
LONDON — This March 2017, BFI Flare, London, one of the world’s oldest LGBTQ film festivals will have a special focus on South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival KASHISH. Festival Director Sridhar Rangayan will be at BFI Flare to talk about contemporary Indian LGBTQ films. “It is an absolute honor that BFI Flare, one of…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Out & Equal Workplace Advocates Founder and CEO, Selisse Berry, announced Wednesday that she will be stepping down as CEO and moving into an advisory role in August 2017. Berry started Out & Equal in 1996, after her own experience with workplace discrimination, at a time when few LGBT people were out…
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The Senate Governance and Finance Committee Wednesday voted 5-2 to pass SB 2 – the Building Homes and Jobs Act – legislation authored by Senator Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) that will create a permanent source of funding for affordable housing. The bill was previously endorsed by the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee and…
Monday, 13 March, the United States Department of State announced that its official delegation to the 61st annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) includes representatives of two organizations known to oppose the UN human rights system, LGBTIQ rights, and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights: the Center for Family and…
