Pink Triangle Press, operator of gay adult dating site Squirt.org is launching its social media campaign just in time for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The campaign portrays images of Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in explicit gay sexual acts with quotes from Putin himself. The goal of the campaign is to protest against Russia’s anti-gay…
NEW YORK, — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) announced an educational grant to The American Fertility Association (AFA), for the purpose of increasing awareness of family-building options for HIV-positive men and women. This work was initiated in 2012 with the assistance of Growing Generations and International Fertility Law Group. In an effort to increase awareness…
The openly gay organizer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bayard Rustin may be the next openly gay American to have a United States postage stamp issued in his honor. The official launch of the Bayard Rustin USA/National Stamp Campaign will be announced at the 2014…
Claiming defamation, “false light” (a legal term, referring to unwanted, malicious publicity) and intentional infliction of emotional distress, former District 4 City Council candidate, Dwayne Crenshaw is suing his one-time rival, Councilwoman Myrtle Cole, who defeated Crenshaw by about 1,000 votes (or 10 percentage points) during last year’s hotly contested election. “We have sadly come…
One of our community’s most artistic treasures for many decades has been Gary Holt. His recent resignation as director of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus has saddened many and resulted in numerous rumors. The popular Holt joined the Chorus as a singer in 1986, and just a year later he became its director and…
WASHINGTON – Just 50 days from the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), announces its first contribution to the Russia Freedom Fund (www.russiafreedomfund.org) in the amount of $100,000. The announcement is featured in a video holiday card to the Russian LGBT community, compiling support and solidarity for their cause across…
PORTLAND, Ore—On the one-year anniversary of the day same-sex couples could first receive marriage licenses in Washington state, Oregon United for Marriage is announcing that the campaign has collected more than 116,284 signatures, the minimum needed to put the Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection Initiative on the November ballot. The campaign, which began collecting…
http://youtu.be/7p6LvuwI7GQ LOS ANGELES — The It Gets Better Project (IGB) was founded in October 2010 by Dan Savage and Terry Miller with a YouTube video that ignited a global movement. The video’s message was simple: life does get better for LGBT youth. Three years later, IGB has launched a new video campaign in response to Russia’s discriminatory…
PHOENIX AND TUCSON, Ariz. – In an effort to remove discrimination from Arizona’s Constitution and win the freedom to marry for all couples in the state, Equality Arizona, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, the Human Rights Campaign and Freedom to Marry have launched a campaign called Why Marriage Matters Arizona. Why Marriage Matters…
San Diego LGBTQ rights organization Canvass for a Cause (CFAC) was part of the public lobby in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown signing Assembly Bill 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act, into law. The bill allows transgender students at public elementary and secondary schools to use the restroom and locker room, as well as play…
