The first large-scale survey of LGBT people following the election of Donald Trump reveals a growing climate of fear about what a Trump presidency will mean for the 6% of all adults in the US who from part of the LGBT communities. In a survey conducted by the global LGBT consulting body Out Now – http://OutNow.LGBT – Mike Pence,…
WASHINGTON – GLSEN’s Director of Public Policy, Nathan Smith, thanked the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for its leadership and work to protect and ensure the success of all students, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students (LGBTQ), upon Thursday’s release of OCR’s Fiscal Year 2016 Report to the…
The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, warned Thursday that e-cigarettes are dangerous, especially for kids. In a new report Dr. Murthy states, “Adolescent years are times of important brain development. Brain development begins during the growth of the fetus in the womb and continues through childhood and to about age 25. Nicotine exposure during…
Thursday, the U.S House of Representatives and U.S. Senate passed the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The final version of the legislation did not include a House-passed provision that would have dramatically expanded religious discrimination with taxpayer funds and undermined President Obama’s executive order prohibiting LGBTQ discrimination in federal contracting. The provision —…
SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the National Center for Transgender Equality released the findings of the U.S. Transgender Survey, the largest survey of transgender people in the United States. Conducted in 2015, the anonymous, online survey examines the experiences of 27,715 adults from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as three U.S….
Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. If you want to hold a big party in a big public park, say a festival celebrating gender and sexual diversity like the one held for more than 40 years in San Diego’s historic…
The shooting of former football player Joe McKnight in New Orleans last week during a “road rage incident” highlights the new racist defense strategy: Black Panic. A white person, or police officer, has an interaction with a black man and instantly they fear for their lives. McKnight was shot to death in an altercation with…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego LGBT Pride announced today that due to the success of this year’s Pride event, they are able to donate $80,000 of their proceeds back to 40 LGBT-serving organizations through their annual Pride Community Grant Program. Each year Pride works to return profits from the annual LGBT Pride weekend to the…
Time has named President-elect Donald Trump its 2016 Person of the Year. Time’s managing editor, Nancy Gibbs revealed the choice on the Today Show, Wednesday. “I don’t think that we have ever seen one person operating in such an unconventional way have an impact on events of the year quite like this,” said Gibbs. Explaining the choice on…
SAN DIEGO – St. Paul’s Cathedral will host Lighting the Way, a remembrance of the Sandy Hook victims Wednesday, Dec. 14, 4:30 – 8:00 p.m. The public is welcome to attend this program that will focus on the many victims of gun violence and a challenge to respond and commit to ending gun violence in…
