Today, the South Dakota Senate passed legislation that attacks the rights of transgender children in public schools, and prevents them from using restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity. After repeatedly calling on lawmakers to stop the legislation, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the ACLU of South Dakota, condemned the vote and called on…
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.—A new study shows that transgender active-duty U.S. military personnel report few lifetime mental and physical health problems. These findings challenge the current policy of excluding transgender persons from enlisting in the U.S. military or discharging them based on the presumption that they are unfit to serve due to their mental or physical…
LOS ANGELES – Today, Here Media, the world’s leading LGBT media and marketing strategy firm, and video streaming platform, Vimeo partnered on a new initiative to spotlight the groundbreaking work being created by LGBT filmmakers. The partnership extends Vimeo’s commitment to diversity in the LGBT space with an investment in quality LGBT programming. The deal…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that the critically acclaimed television series “Empire” will be honored at the 2016 HRC Los Angeles Gala Dinner. HRC also announced that producer Nina Jacobson, whose work includes the blockbuster hit “The Hunger Games” and FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” will be…
In an effort to prevent a disruption to moral order, the Indonesian government has started cracking down on the use of same-sex emojis, reports Foreign Policy. Emojis, cartoon-like characters that are designed to express the range of human emotions, among other things, that indicate two genders of the same sex with a child or heart…
Last week U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) joined other members of the Congressional Black Caucus to announce their support of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee. Ms. Clinton, former secretary of state and a former U.S. senator from New York, is in a surprisingly tight race with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the nomination….
American Idol singer Rayvon Owen has come out in his new music video. At the end of the video titled “Can’t Fight It,” released on Valentine’s Day, Owen meets a mysterious man across the room – Shane Bitney Crone, reports The Advocate. Crone is known for his 2013 documentary, Bridegroom, which is about the discrimination…
New Orleans Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, had to explain to fans on social media why her recent show was cancelled at The Dollar Box Showroom in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The show, which was scheduled for Friday February 12, was cancelled after the club owner, Ben Shemper, got a call from a State Alcohol Beverage Control…
SACRAMENTO— Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) has appointed Bob Nelson of San Diego to serve on the California Film Commission, which encourages the growth of one of the state’s key economic generators. “Bob Nelson has long contributed his talents to the San Diego community, ably promoting both our region and our waterfront,” said…
Three times in the last two days, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio campaigned for president on his opposition to nationwide marriage equality and overturning the Supreme Court’s historic decision last June, reports the HRC. During the Republican debate in Greenville, South Carolina on Saturday, Rubio twice invoked his opposition to marriage equality. Near the beginning of…
