NEW YORK, N.Y. – ADCOLOR announced today 2015 Honorees and Nominees for the 9th Annual ADCOLOR Awards. The 9th Annual ADCOLOR Awards on Saturday, September 19, 2015, highlight and honor the achievements of African-American, American Indian/Native American, Asian Pacific-American, Hispanic/Latino, LGBT professionals and diversity and inclusion champions in creative industries. The 9th Annual ADCOLOR Industry…
NEW YORK — The chore wars aren’t new, but when hit prime-time TV shows present diverse families battling over cleaning up after meals, we know things are changing. But changing how much and in what ways? A new Families and Work Institute study titled Modern Families: Same- and Different-Sex Couples Negotiating at Home set out…
With just over three months to go before the five-year anniversary of ex-Rutgers student Tyler Clementi’s death by suicide, parents Joseph and Jane Clementi spoke to CBS Sunday Morning’s Erin Moriarty about the emotional chasm that continues to engulf them both as well as their latest initiative from the Tyler Clementi Foundation: “Day One.” According…
Continuing an annual tradition, the AntiViral Research Center (AVRC) at University of California, San Diego is offering 250 free weekend passes to the 2015 San Diego LGBT Pride Festival for persons who undergo free, confidential HIV testing. The program is part of an on-going study to detect early and acute HIV infections in the community….
SAN DIEGO, Calif., – The Scripps Mercy O’Toole Breast Care Center has opened on the campus of Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego. The center is a $5.3 million facility where patients can receive comprehensive breast health services in a convenient and comforting environment. Located on the second floor of the Scripps Medical Building at 550…
In a move to address rumors of closure the chair of Stepping Stone San Diego today released an open letter reassuring LGBTQ San Diegans that the operation will not be shutting down. In the letter Chair Tom Reise writes, “Each of us on the Board of Directors and on staff considers Stepping Stone to be…
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., — A new CDC study that combines three years of data to produce nationally representative estimates characterizing HIV-infected adults receiving care in the U.S. shows that those who identify as transgender women are significantly less likely to adhere to anti-HIV medication regimens and to achieve viral suppression. In addition, they have higher…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in collaboration with Whitman-Walker Heath (WWH), released an updated guide to practicing safer sex that includes essential tips to minimize the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The guide, “Safer Sex,” an updated version of the first edition released six years ago, is…
A new children’s book by Craig Pomranz, Made by Raffi, has been released and is gaining a lot of attention. Inspired by a true-life incident, Made By Raffi is the story of a little boy who likes to knit and sew — at first he is teased for his hobby, but in the end he becomes…
The Culture Wars are really over. Most Americans believe gay people should marry, abortion should be legal, contraception readily available. So, what is a lost culture warrior to do? Americans also believe in religious freedom. So, the answer is to recast yourself as defending religious freedom. After all, you can’t trump a civil or privacy right with a political…
