Free event for the LGBT community to be held Tuesday, Nov. 22 from 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET), hosted by Kristen Darcy. NEW YORK — National nonprofit, Path2Parenthood (P2P) and fertility expert and life coach, Kristen Darcy, have teamed up to bring urgently needed information on post-election legal safeguards for gay parents and hopeful…
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is still refusing to admit defeat in the state’s gubernatorial race despite vote tallies showing that Roy Cooper has increased his winning margin to nearly 6,600 votes. McCrory, ousted by voters in large part because of the discriminatory HB2 legislation he signed into law, has a history of attempting to…
SAN DIEGO — With San Diego Hunger Coalition’s new Rx for CalFresh report, healthcare professionals in San Diego County and beyond are better equipped to identify patients struggling with hunger and connect them with the food assistance they need. One in six people in San Diego County has limited or uncertain access to enough nutrition….
Jesus Castro’s Covered California health plan premiums for 2017 are not going up — they are actually going down by about $250 each month. And he couldn’t be happier. Castro, who is a partner in a safety consulting business and lives in Martinez with his wife, says that he currently pays around $780 a month…
Jared Milrad and Nathan Johnson, the history making same-sex couple featured in Hillary Clinton’s viral presidential campaign commercials (“Getting Started,” “Equal”) with 10 million+ views worldwide – will discuss their widely anticipated new book, “So, You Want To Get (Gay) Married,” (now available for sale at howtogetgaymarried.com), Dec. 9 at Book Soup in West Hollywood. Milrad and Johnson are the first openly gay couple to appear in…
Focus Features Loving is now playing in additional cities; expanding across the country Wednesday, Nov. 23. From acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, Loving celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (portrayed by Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live…
WASHINGTON — Friday, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families, responded to the announcement that 31 retired military officers are warning against efforts to politicize personnel policies for minority service members, including women and LGBT troops. In response to potential Trump administration members’…
SAN DIEGO – This weekend the acclaimed 85-voice-strong San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) concludes its 29th season with performances of Everything She Touches, with hundreds of patrons from all over Southern California projected to attend. The concert will take place on Saturday November 19 at 7:00pm and Sunday November 20 at 4:00pm at the beautiful…
President-elect Donald Trump has offered Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions the position of attorney general, the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Sessions, an early Trump backer, is an immigration hard-liner who has been in the Senate since 1997 and previously served as attorney general for the state of Alabama. In 1986 Sessions was rejected as a…
WASHINGTON—Labor, civil rights and faith leaders and others called on President-elect Donald Trump today to unequivocally denounce the hundreds of hate-fueled acts of harassment, vandalism, property destruction and even assault that have happened since his election. During the campaign, Trump’s style was to bully, intimidate and use racist, bigoted and sexist language. He made proposals…
