Whichever GOP candidate emerges as the winner of tonight’s Iowa caucuses, they spell danger for LGBT equality. In the final days of the race for Iowa, each of the GOP frontrunners — Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio — have launched fresh attacks on LGBT people in a last-ditch effort to score conservative cred…
San Diego Musical Theatre takes us ‘behind the curtain’ for some rehearsal room interviews with the cast of Ragtime. Watch as the cast speak passionately about the production and the relevance this story has for today. Ragtime is a sweeping musical portrait of early 20th century America telling the story of three families in the…
In a bid to woo the evangelical vote Ted Cruz wheeled out Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Sunday, to warm up the crowd ahead of his address. CNN Wire reported that Robertson made a forceful case to voters that the Texas senator could restore the U.S. to biblical principles and called gay marriage “evil” and “wicked.”…
ATLANTA – Today, The Leadership Conference Education Fund will release its report, Striking a Balance: Advancing Civil and Human Rights While Preserving Religious Liberty, documenting how the religious arguments commonly used today against LGBT equality have been used to oppose the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and equality, racial integration, inter-racial marriage, immigration, the Americans…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has proposed a new rule change that will lift the “regulatory prohibition that categorically excludes all treatment of gender dysphoria,” thereby extending crucially needed medical care to transgender service members, veterans, and military family members covered under Tricare. The proposed change would not include surgical care which remains prohibited…
Free HIV testing is now available at The Center at the following times. Monday–Friday: 9am-9pm (last test at 8pm) Saturday: 10am-2pm (last test at 1pm) Friday Only Early Test: 12 noon-4pm (last test at 3pm) Couples Testing: 4pm-9pm (last test at 8pm) Both anonymous and confidential testing are available. With an anonymous test, medical staff…
INDIANAPOLIS – As Indiana’s GOP-led Senate Rules Committee once again moved to advance anti-LGBT legislation this week, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) is at the heart of the Hoosier State bringing its message of hope and inclusiveness to LGBTQ youth. Through its “It Gets Better” tour, GMCLA, in collaboration with the It…
SAN FRANCISCO – Equality California announced Friday that it is sponsoring legislation, authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), that would establish the nation’s most progressive restroom access law. AB 1732, the Equal Restroom Access Act, would require single-occupancy restrooms in California businesses, government buildings, and public spaces to be identified as “all gender.” “Restrooms…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — ShortsHD™, the only Short Film Channel (www.shorts.tv), working with Magnolia Pictures, opened “THE OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2016” on over 400 screens across the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America Friday. “THE OSCAR® NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2016” will showcase the Live Action, Animation and Documentary short film nominees compilation as…
