thursday, oct. 12 Michelle Buteau Born in New Jersey to Caribbean parents, comedian, host, performer Michelle Buteau brings a cheeky swagger, unique perspective and big personality to stage and screen. You can catch her co-hosting on VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live with Nick Lachey weekdays at 9 a.m. The American Comedy Company, 818B Sixth Ave….
In celebration of today’s National Coming Out Day, Orange Is the New Black’s Laverne Cox and Star Trek: Discovery’s Wilson Cruz sat down for a candid conversation sharing the struggles and the joys of their coming out stories. The video is the first in a series of stories from a new partnership between Barefoot Wine…
NMAC’s second annual Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit will come to the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Dec. 4-5. The Summit brings together hundreds of HIV advocates and experts from health departments, community based organizations, industry, and health care providers around the country to learn how to best incorporate biomedical HIV prevention resources into their plans. Registration…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced a “friend of the court” brief signed by 76 major U.S. companies supporting Jameka Evans, Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, in her efforts to ask the Supreme Court of the United States to hear her case. Evans was was harassed in the workplace and fired…
Today is the 29th annual National Coming Out Day (NCOD) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is celebrating with the release of a powerful new video highlighting the inspiring coming out stories of fifteen prominent celebrities and activists — including actress Sara Ramirez, Jay-Z’s mom Gloria Carter and WNBA star Sue Bird. HRC is also…
LOS ANGELES, Calif.– The TransNation Film Festival, presented by St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, a community health center in Los Angeles that serves one of the largest populations of transgender patients in the country will run Oct. 13-15 at the Silent Movie Theater in West Hollywood (611 N. Fairfax). Hosted by Zackary Drucker…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 100 Members of Congress wrote to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis asking him to provide any “discussions or correspondence between the White House and the Pentagon” that purportedly informed President Trump’s decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military. The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal…
JACKSON, Miss. — Today, HB 1523 is set to go into effect in the state of Mississippi, granting Mississippians the ability to use so-called “religious exemptions” to legally deny LGBTQ people employment, housing, adoption rights, marriage licenses, and even services at a local business. This follows Department of Justice guidance released last Friday which is…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) today announced new funding initiatives to increase advocacy and service delivery for people living with and at-risk for HIV and hepatitis C. In the U.S., EJAF will be launching a new funding initiative to address HIV in Black gay men and transgender individuals, building on…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — SAGE, the nation’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT elders, has announced its 22nd Annual SAGE Awards & Gala will take place Monday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m., at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Honorees this year include: Citi, which will receive the Corporate…
