thursday, june 8 Joe DeRosa Writer, actor and standup comedian Joe DeRosa has become a favorite on the comedy circuit. His brand of comedy mixing brutal honesty and frustration at the workings of the world has won over comedy fans, radio listeners and TV audiences nationwide. The American Comedy Company, 818B Sixth Ave. in San…
WASHINGTON— The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights today sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging senators to reject President Trump’s nomination of John K. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The letter states in part, “Mr. Bush has a record of extreme partisanship and does not…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) launched Recursos en Español de HRC, to expand outreach and resources for Spanish-speakers as well as Spanish-language media. HRC’s top resources will now be available in Spanish, including guides on a range of issues — from health, education, youth and religion to family and coming out…
At least twice last year, it appears then-FBI Director James Comey bowed to pressure from Republicans in Congress to do political damage to Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. As the controversy-ridden former prosecutor, one-time corporate attorney and now unemployed bureau chief settles into his new role as erstwhile presidential spoiler, Trump Memos in hand, an…
GENEVA — In a speech Tuesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley criticized the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) threatening that the US might withdraw from the body if reforms aren’t made to “re-establish the Council’s legitimacy.” “If the Human Rights Council is going to be an organization we entrust to protect and…
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott today announced a special session at the Texas State Capitol with an agenda that includes passing a so-called anti-trans “bathroom bill” which openly targets and discriminates against transgender Texans for living their lives according to their gender identity. The so-called “bathroom bill” has already received negative attention as…
An Egyptian hospital turned off a British gay man’s life support May 30 and are refusing to send his body home, reports Gay Star News. Adrian Nicholas King, 39, had been on vacation in Cairo, Egypt when he suffered kidney failure and fell into a coma. Elaine Gilbert, King’s mother, told Gay Star News there…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. –The Senate Public Safety Committee today passed a bill authored by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Alameda District Attorney Nancy O’Malley that would help reduce the number of untested sexual assault evidence kits throughout California. AB 41 will for first time require law enforcement agencies to report to the California…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Social network company Hornet today announced a new billboard campaign aimed at fighting the divisive rhetoric spouted by anti-LGBTQ organizations across the United States. Using watchdog groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center as a roadmap, Hornet will focus on the “headquarters of hate” beginning with a mobile billboard on…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has once again refused to affirm that schools that receive funding from the federal government would be held accountable for discriminating against LGBTQ students. DeVos’s statement was an answer to Sen. Jeff Merkley’s question on the issue and came before a subcommittee within the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. Her statement immediately follows…
