The Initiative for Equal Rights in partnership with Asurf Films Limited has released the trailer for a short film themed around the traumatic experiences arising from socially constructed expectations imposed on persons who self identify as lesbian, gay and bisexual. The movie narrates the realities faced by LGBT persons in the Nigerian society where heteronormative…
SAN DIEGO – Dining Out for Life® San Diego is issuing a community-wide appeal for volunteers to serve as Ambassadors for the 10th annual Dining Out for Life® on Thursday, April 28, 2016. All interested volunteers are invited to attend a Dining Out for Life® Ambassador training. Dining Out For Life® Ambassadors are volunteers who…
Meet Hillary Whittington, the author of ‘Raising Ryland’ – the remarkable story of the transition of her son May 22, 2014 the San Diego LGBT community were introduced to little Ryland Whittington. The sixth annual Harvey Milk Breakfast audience hushed as Jeff and Hillary Whittington presented a video of the background and transition of their…
Georgette Gómez is one of four Latino candidates running to fill the San Diego City Council seat now occupied by Marti Emerald; but she’s the only candidate who identifies as a “queer woman of color.” District 9 encompasses the neighborhoods of Alvarado Estates, City Heights, College Area, College View Estates, El Cerrito, Kensington, Talmadge, Mount…
Editor’s Note: The original version of this editorial said Bill was reelected, the scandal actually happened during Clinton’s second term. Thanks to all our readers who noted our error. With that simple phrase Hillary Clinton can completely disarm the attacks about her husband that voters expect from Donald Trump in a general election match-up. Even stronger would be for Hillary…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a letter from leading national child welfare agencies opposing a bill in the Nebraska Unicam, LB 975, which would enshrine discrimination into Nebraska law by allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to reject prospective parents based on “the child placing agency’s sincerely held religious beliefs.” LB 975 would mean that…
Empire star Jussie Smollett sat down with HuffPost Live and discussed AIDS prevention. He explained the danger of viewing the problem as an issue from “yesteryear” and reiterated the importance of safe sex. Smollett: “That’s the problem with our generation as a whole that I want to really help change, is the idea that something…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force, the nation’s longest running national LGBTQ advocacy organization, is calling on U.S. senators to take action on the judge’s nomination immediately. “Today, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Garland is a highly qualified candidate and now the U.S. Senate…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Americans deserve a full Supreme Court bench, and President Obama’s nominee deserves a hearing. There is no doubt that Merrick Garland is a highly qualified candidate, and the Senate has a…
The 2016 Women’s Film Festival continues with the screening of Alice Walker: The Beauty in Truth Sunday, March 20 at 4:30 p.m. The Festival, put on by The Women’s Museum of California aims to educate and inspire future generations about the experiences and contributions of women through the art of film. Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth…
