The Florida House of Representatives voted Wednesday to remove a statutory adoption ban on lesbian and gay parents that was enacted in 1977 but declared unconstitutional by a state appeals court in 2010. Since then, state officials have declined to enforce the ban, but it has remained in Florida Statutes. The move came as part…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) today announced that U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) will be the featured speaker at the 2015 Los Angeles Gala Dinner this Saturday, March 14. “Senator Franken is an unapologetic supporter of fairness and equality,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “A leader in the successful effort to repeal ‘Don’t…
The American Conference on Diversity will recognize Barbra “Babs” Casbar Siperstein with the 2015 Advocacy Humanitarian Award during a Statewide Fundraising Gala in West Orange, N.J., April 2. Ms. Siperstein is a member of the Executive committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Deputy Vice Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, and Political…
The Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPDN) has released its latest Diversity Jobs Report (DJR) and Diversity Jobs Index (DJI), which analyzes the employment situation for women, minorities, veterans, the disabled and LGBT professionals for the month prior. In honor or Women’s History Month, the new DJR honors women who, throughout their careers, put millions…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera has announced the appointment of David Bennett as the company’s new general director. Bennett is the former executive director of Gotham Chamber Opera, a New York City based opera company which has made its mark in the international arts community by presenting fully staged productions, from the Baroque era…
SAN DIEGO — A 30-year-old gay man pleaded no contest Monday to a misdemeanor charge of spreading HIV to a former boyfriend. Thomas Miguel Guerra, of San Diego, faces a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, said his attorney, James Fitzpatrick. San Diego Superior Court Judge Kathleen Lewis set sentencing…
It is amusing to see the political chattering classes talk about the issue concerning Hillary Clinton’s email and where it was stored. While the requirement is that all government emails on any personal account are supposed to be uploaded to a government server for backup, history, and transparency because the majority of the emails will…
FORT LAUDERDALE – A founding group of more than 20 publishers serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community unveiled the National Equality Publishers Association (NEPA), a new organization leveraging a unique and direct relationship with the LGBT consumer. NEPA will provide advertisers with a new vehicle to reach the LGBT consumer through media products…
Banana – Banana – Logo TV Logo TV have just released the U.S. trailer for the highly anticipated Cucumber and Banana drama series. The two interlinked dramas from Russell T Davies (Doctor Who and Queer as Folk) are slated to premiere on Logo TV Monday, April 13 at 10 p.m. ET. The two interwoven drama series…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is sounding the alarm on a bill under consideration in Indianapolis. Senate Bill 101, now before a committee in the state House of Representatives, is part of a wave of anti-LGBT legislation emerging across the country that threatens to undermine all existing state civil rights law, unleash…
