Veterans: Thank you for your service
Today, Veterans Day, let us honor all our military veterans. Thank you for your service.
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HRC releases Corporate Equality Index with record 609 companies earning perfect scores
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A record number of the nation’s major companies and law firms are advancing vital policies and practices to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workers around the world, according to the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) released today by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the…
California State Board of Education approves LGBTQ inclusive textbooks
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Yesterday, the California State Board of Education adopted ten LGBTQ-inclusive history and social studies textbooks for K-8 classrooms and rejected two which failed to include LGBTQ people. The state’s subject matter frameworks require LGBTQ inclusion following the 2011 passage of the FAIR Education Act, authored by Senator Mark Leno. The FAIR Education…
Cannabis business groups raise over $50,000 for California’s fire relief efforts this week
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the nation’s largest trade association representing legal marijuana businesses, and its California affiliate, California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA) hosted a fundraiser on the evening of Monday, Nov. 6 in support of the Redwood Credit Union’s Fire Relief Fund. Held at the Hyatt Vineyard Creek in…
State of California asks to intervene as plaintiff in Equality California’s transgender military ban lawsuit, Stockman v. Trump
LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the State of California in Stockman v. Trump, Equality California’s federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s transgender military ban. The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)—the organizations that secured a nationwide preliminary injunction against…
Federal court hears arguments in ACLU challenge to Trump’s ban on military service by transgender people
BALTIMORE — The American Civil Liberties Union was in federal court today for a hearing in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s ban on military service by transgender individuals. The court heard arguments on the ACLU’s motion for a preliminary injunction that would immediately halt all aspects of the ban. “Today was another step on…
GLAAD release TV diversity report
NEW YORK – GLAAD today released its annual Where We Are on TV report. Where We Are on TV analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks and assesses the number of LGBTQ characters on cable networks and original streaming series on the services Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix for the 2017-2018…
Numb
I was talking to my brother the other day about the recent mass shooting outside of Sutherland Springs, Texas and we were discussing how America has become numb to gun related mass killings. Instead of being horrified, we now ask, “How many people died”? Isn’t that a tragic commentary on American society? I am sure…
Historic Election Night victories make 2017 the year of the trans candidate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Transgender candidates across the nation won historic races Tuesday night – including Danica Roem, who will become the first openly trans person to win and serve in a state legislature. Four trans candidates won their state and local elections, with one more possible as results trickle in, almost doubling the number of…
Athletic stars call on UN states to protect sexual orientation in Olympic truce
Today, 17 professional athletes came out against attempts by Egypt and Russia to thwart non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation in the United Nations Olympic Truce Resolution. The letter, endorsed by respected athletes such as Billie Jean King, Greg Louganis and Martina Navratilova, is part of the #OlympicSpirit campaign spearheaded by OutRight Action International and…