NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO – In partnership with acclaimed storytelling Web site Cowbird, Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) today announced Getting to “I Do”: Our Journeys to Marriage Equality, a project to collect and share multimedia-rich personal stories about relationships, family, marriage, advocacy, and equality as a means to educate and continue to change hearts and minds…
A report released recently by the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity attempts to show that at least one in ten gay men who seek out the sexual company of others on Craigslist do so in search of non-gay identifying men (NGI) which includes men commonly referred to as being on the ‘down-low,’ married…
After President Obama announced yesterday that Douglas M. Brooks, MSW, would lead the Office of National AIDS Policy, HIV/AIDS organizations from around the country announced their support. They echoed the President’s words when he said, “Douglas’s policy expertise combined with his extensive experience working in the community makes him uniquely suited to the task of…
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the national youth empowerment organization Gay-Straight Alliance Network launched a campaign for GSA clubs to demand their districts adopt the recommendations around restorative practices outlined in the educators’ toolkit released Thursday by prominent educator and advocate organizations. The #GSAs4Justice campaign empowers youth to push back against punitive discipline policies that create…
Get out and drink some craft beer, eat delicious pizza, and support great local music! Adams Avenue Business Association announced today that the Blind Lady Ale House is hosting an Adams Avenue Unplugged Kickstarter fundraiser all day Sunday, March 30. 20 percent of BLAH sales that day will go to funding bands through the Adams…
The legendary pop performer speaks with The Advocate about embracing her status as a gay icon without pandering to anyone. She’s sold more than 70 million albums, performed concerts in packed stadiums around the world, and won numerous awards – including being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services to…
The rights of LGBT people [are] an inseparable part of America’s promotion of human rights around the world,” Vice President Joe Biden declared to a packed audience at the Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles gala on Saturday night. In a world where homosexuality is a crime in almost 80 countries — punishable by death in…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced the appointment of Douglas M. Brooks, MSW, as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). A leading HIV/AIDS policy expert, Douglas most recently served as Senior Vice President for Community, Health, and Public Policy at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI). As the Director…
SHE4ME, the Marriage Equality PSA, has been officially selected to screen at Immaginaria A day of independent lesbian movies (Rebels, Lesbians, Eccentrics…”) at the International Women’s Film Festival in Rome, Italy May 31. The organizers of the event Screening the Girls, Lista Lesbica Italiana (LLI) and Fuori Salone delle Lesbiche/Lesbians Outhall n.4, were thrilled to…
At a time when businesses have a hard time staying afloat, it is rare for a store to last decades, but Friday, March 28, Obelisk Mercantile will be celebrating its 21st anniversary with a party from 7-11 p.m., followed by a huge sidewalk sale Saturday March 29 starting at 10 a.m. The Friday night party…
