The LGBT Academy of Recording Arts’ (LARA) 9th OUTmusic Awards were scheduled for production January 19, 2015, but the ceremony was postponed due to the fact that OUTmusic Inc., the 501c3 non-profit organization was the victim of a substantial financial fraud crime. Jan. 1, 2016, Diedra Meredith, CEO of OUTmusic Inc. posted an update addressing…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – GLAAD, today unveiled its second annual Accelerating Acceptance report, a survey conducted on GLAAD’s behalf by Harris Poll, which reveals a startling level of complacency and ambivalence among Americans on LGBT issues. The survey – fielded online from October 5-7, 2015 among 2,032 adults ages 18 and older – also shows…
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) today became the first Senate Republican to co-sponsor the Equality Act – landmark federal legislation that guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBT people from discrimination in many of the most important aspects of their lives. “Discrimination on the basis of being gay is against the law in Illinois and should…
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP), strongly condemned legislation gaining traction in Tennessee that attempts to defy the Supreme Court of the United States on marriage equality. Being pushed by Rep. Mark Pody (R-46), the so-called Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act attempts to eliminate marriage equality in the state…
WASHINGTON — Implications of the California drought, anti-poverty best practices for San Diego, President Obama’s executive action on curbing gun violence and the conflict between religious freedoms and LGBT rights are chief among local legal issues that will be explored at the 2016 American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting Feb. 3-8 in San Diego. Local…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, (HRC) today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community leaders from across the nation, unanimously voted to endorse Secretary Clinton — an endorsement she will accept next Sunday, January 24 at an event in Des Moines, Iowa with HRC President…
Glenn Frey, one of the founding members of the Eagles and the band’s guitarist has died at the age of 67. News of Frey’s death was confirmed on the band’s Web site with this statement: It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of husband, best friend, father, comrade, and Eagles…
Today, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed an executive order that will prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity for state employees, as well state contractors and subcontractors. In a press conference earlier today Gov. Bullock celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by noting that it is time to “recommit to King’s…
According to the RBC News Agency, the Russian Duma’s Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building has rejected a bill which would have made coming out to young people and same-sex couples kissing in public punishable with jail sentences. The bill, introduced by Ivan Nikitchuk, a Communist party MP, would have punished people with a 5,000 ruble…
Following a six month review the Pentagon has affirmed it will make a determination on the transgender military ban this spring reports The Washington Blade. In response to a Washington Blade inquiry this week for an update on the review Pentagon spokesperson Matthew Allen told The Blade that Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will make a…
