BERLIN – An ad campaign developed in 2009 has come back to haunt the agency that created it. German advertising agency Scholz & Friends, designed the ad, which shows a steak branded with the words ‘Tofu ist schwules fleisch’ (Tofu is gay meat) for restaurant chain, Maredo, but it was never used in public. Der…
Reggae artist Sizzla has been banned from performing in Stockholm, Sweden after his anti-gay lyrics had sparked outrage among Swedish music-lovers. The Local reported that Sizzla, real name Sizzla Kalonji, was scheduled to perform later this month in Stockholm but public condemnation of the artist, whose lyrics have incited violence against gay people, led organizers…
Many, if not most leaders in the American labor movement started life with humble beginnings; and it was often their upbringings that motivated and propelled them to fight for the rights of the working man, woman and child. Along the way, labor’s best and brightest found themselves flanked by equally fine leaders from the LGBT-equality…
As many of you know, Chad Griffin has been selected to lead the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest advocacy group dedicated to the achievement of LGBT equality. With his appointment, Griffin instantly becomes one of the most powerful figures in the LGBT civil rights movement. Griffin is not unfamiliar with how to be an…
Just hours after former Republican candidate Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced he would be approaching the mayoral race as an Independent, all San Diego mayoral contenders met at the LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest in what became an evening of lively debate Wednesday evening. The biggest applause was met when Fletcher criticized San Diego City Councilmember…
Early this morning, Assemblymember and mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher announced he was switching teams. No, not that way. He’s leaving the Republican Party to become an independent. What does this mean for the mayor’s race? In the long run, not much. Fletcher will dominate the news cycle, and may raise his name recognition. The Republican…
This morning Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced that he has decided to leave the republican party and will become an independent. Fletcher indicated at www.nathanfletcher.com that he has struggled with the decision but came to it in an effort to do “what was right for the city.” He decided to leave partisan politics. Fletcher says in today’s…
WASHINGTON, DC – The Weinstein Company has announced that “Bully,” the award-winning documentary about the epidemic of school bullying in the United States, will open in theaters on March 30 as “unrated” after nearly 500,000 people signed an extraordinarily popular online petition at Change.org demanding that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) remove the…
Michael Kobulnicky, a former Tea Party spokesman and prominent DeMaio campaign supporter, is facing four felony charges including kidnapping for rape and rape by foreign object, charges which, if found guilty, could get him life in prison. At his bail review hearing, the woman who claimed that she was raped last month on Fiesta Island…
Pop-rock favorite Jason Mraz is stepping up for LGBT Americans in a new video launched Monday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). “I believe that people have a right to marry the person that they love,” says Mraz. He added, “I won’t give up until there is equality for all… the time is now.” His…
