WASHINGTON – As Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson pitches Silicon Valley on investment opportunities in his state, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President and Arkansas native Chad Griffin announced that the organization will run a full-page ad in the San Jose Mercury News, the largest paper in Silicon Valley and the high-tech industry’s paper of record. The…
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host the 2nd Annual Research to Practice Conference. This year’s conference will focus on LGBT Suicide Risk and Prevention. The day-long conference, to be held Saturday, March 28 at San Francisco State University, will bring leading researchers from…
Today, California Attorney General Kamala Harris is seeking to stop an unconstitutional proposed ballot initiative that would seek to criminalize same-sex relationships and potentially threaten those convicted with death. This afternoon, Harris announced that she was seeking judicial authorization to not issue a title and summary for the so-called “Sodomite Suppression Act,” which would prevent the horrific…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego International Airport has unveiled Balboa Park & the City: Celebrating San Diego’s Panama-California Exposition; the largest and most ambitious year-long exhibition offered by the airport’s Art Program. Intended to support and enhance the City of San Diego’s year-long Balboa Park Centennial celebration, the airport-wide exhibition includes original artwork and historic…
SAN FRANCISCO — Cal Humanities has announced that three award-winning films from the California Documentary Project will be presented on Virgin America airlines from April through June 2015 as part of the SkyFest independent film showcase: The Case Against 8, Regarding Susan Sontag, and The Last Season. An epic story about the landmark battle for…
Australian singer-songwriter and LGBT advocate Betty Who whose song “Somebody Loves You” backed the viral Home Depot same-sex marriage proposal video of Spencer and Dustin is coming to San Diego, April 11. Betty Who will be appearing at House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Ave. in San Diego at 7: 30 p.m. Shortly after the video…
The Human Rights Campaign, the Harvey Milk Foundation and GLIFAA hosted a historic panel discussion featuring all of the openly LGBT American ambassadors, Tuesday at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The panel included U.S. Ambassador to Australia John Berry, U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James ‘Wally’ Brewster, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, U.S….
An attempt by Russia to deny benefits to same-sex partners of United Nations (UN) staff has been pushed back in an overwhelming vote affirming the right of the UN to set its own internal policies, writes Jean Freedberg on the HRC Blog. Last June, LGBT advocates hailed the policy announcement by Secretary General Ban ki-Moon…
MONTGOMERY— Today, lawmakers in Alabama introduced two bills, S.B. 261 and H.B. 296, which empower adoption agencies to discriminate against eligible parents and guardians—legislation which, if passed, will deny countless children from accessing loving, caring homes. Though written in the guise of allowing private agencies to cite religious reasons for turning down applications, the bills have a host of…
ATLANTA, Ga. – Gayborhood, a division of Carma Productions, announced today that the company will launch a new fundraising initiative called Gayborhood Gives Back. The Atlanta-based company will kick off their campaign with an event on April 2nd in their home city benefitting the Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide…
