November 29, 2024
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Major child welfare organizations urge Georgia lawmakers to reject anti-LGBTQ amendment to adoption bill

Steve Lee, Editor010 mins

WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released an open letter from major child welfare organizations — including the Child Welfare League of America, The Donaldson Adoption Institute, FosterClub, North American Council on Adoptable Children, and Voice for Adoption — urging Georgia lawmakers to reject a discriminatory, anti-LGBTQ amendment to an adoption-related bill, HB 159, currently…

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SDHDF ‘improperly used monies from restricted funds,’ forensic financial review reveals

Steve Lee, Editor17 mins

SAN DIEGO — Friday, The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) released parts of the “forensic” financial review undertaken of the Foundation by an independent certified public accountant. The review was conducted at the behest of members of the organization’s board of directors and its Finance Committee, who were concerned about “irregularities” and possibly missing…

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National journalists associations launch LGBTQ guide for Spanish-language media

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C.,—The National LGBTQ Task Force, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) have launched a Spanish-language stylebook for journalists reporting on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. First published by NLGJA and NAHJ in 2005, “El Manual de Estilo Sobre la Comunidad Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual…

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GLAAD stands with Texas A&M Student Body President-Elect Bobby Brooks

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

NEW YORK – GLAAD today announced support for Texas A&M University student Bobby Brooks, the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected student body president for the university, following a scathing op-ed written by Secretary Rick Perry and published in the Houston Chronicle in which Perry called Brooks’ election a “mockery” and said “this quest…

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New report: HB2 will cost North Carolina more than $3.76 billion over 12 years

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

North Carolina’s deeply discriminatory HB2 will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years. That is according to a new analysis just published by the Associated Press. Over the past year, states the report, North Carolina has suffered financial hits ranging from scuttled plans for a PayPal facility that…

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New bill gives workers new protections against worksite raids

Steve Lee, Editor012 mins

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Amid escalating reports of the Trump Administration’s indiscriminate raids on immigrants’ homes and heart-wrenching stories of parents being snatched away from their children, Assemblymember David Chiu (D – San Francisco) was joined by workers from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California and the California Labor Federation to unveil legislation that…

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San Diego Opera presents Verdi’s ‘La traviata’ next month in a bold ‘Roaring Twenties’ production

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 season comes to a close with one of opera’s most beloved classics, Verdi’s La traviata which opens Saturday, April 22 at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Additional performances are April 25, 28, and 30. A roster of young American singers will bring Verdi’s tragic opera to life….

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San Diego Dining Out For Life volunteers needed!

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

The Center’s Cheli Mohamed needs your help to recruit and train hundreds of volunteers for our 11th annual Dining Out For Life (DOFL) San Diego Thursday, April 27.  DOFL volunteers play an essential role by serving as DOFL ambassadors and event volunteers. Ambassadors promote a specific participating restaurant with the goal of packing that particular…

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Patricia Arquette to be honored at the 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards in LA

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

LOS ANGELES – GLAAD have announced it will honor Academy Award-winning actress and activist Patricia Arquette at the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton April 1, 2017. Out comedian Cameron Esposito, star of Seeso’s “Take My Wife,” will host the event. Jussie Smollett will lead a special tribute to…

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Cannabis Banking Working Group to meet in Oakland after Trump administration signals marijuana crackdown

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

OAKLAND, Calif. – State Treasurer John Chiang and the Cannabis Banking Working Group will meet Monday, March 27 in Oakland City Hall to discuss solutions that provide greater access to banking to California’s future $7 billion legal cannabis industry. The conflicts between state and federal laws have forced cannabis firms to deal almost entirely in…

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