SACRAMENTO — Dozens of LGBT activists and allies fanned out across the California Capitol Monday, meeting with legislators in support of ten bills that form Equality California’s 2016 legislative package and priorities. Each of the priority bills would significantly improve the lives of LGBT Californians in various ways and stand in direct contrast to laws…
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer has endorsed Anthony Bernal, who is running to replace his boss, District 3 Councilman Todd Gloria. Gloria, the only member of the LGBT community currently serving on the council, will be termed out of office at the end of his current term. Bernal, who is straight, is a senior field…
NEW YORK – GLAAD honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey and the best in film, television and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York Saturday. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić and Jason Biggs were among…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In this week’s address, Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore joined President Obama to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction. Macklemore opened up about his own experience, his life in recovery, and the loss of a friend who overdosed on prescription drugs at a young age – emphasizing that substance…
ENCINITAS, Calif. — Prompted by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signing into law a bill allowing mental health professionals to deny service to prospective LGBTQ patients if it conflicts with their religious convictions, The Centers for Spiritual Living made the decision to cancel a contract with the Sheraton Hotel in Nashville, where it was scheduled to…
LOS ANGELES — Equality California announced today that it has teamed up with veteran journalist Karen Ocamb, who will write a weekly column on LGBT news and politics, “EQCA POV”. The column will appear each week on Equality California’s website and will be distributed on the organization’s social media platforms. “This year’s elections, both in…
Late GOP Sen. Jesse Helms, North Carolina, was fond of the word “pervert” when it came to LGBT people. He intended, of course, “pervert” as a noun not a verb. To be clear, when Helms referred to me and my federal colleagues as a “bunch of perverts” he meant we were federal workers who practiced…
Join The LGBT Community Center Saturday, June 11 to celebrate the birthday of Frida Kahlo, commemorating the legendary life of one of the most influential Mexican painters of the mid-twentieth century while enjoying live music multiple art exhibits by local Latin@ artists and vendors, a Frida look-a-like contest, great food and Tequila! Proceeds from this…
I hear it all the time … I wish I was more like you. I wish I had the discipline and the genetics and the time and the metabolism and the body that you have. Wow! Maybe some strapping verdant genie will show up and grant you some freakin’ wishes and you’ll be on your…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has announced that the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Barbara Satin has been appointed to serve on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based Neighborhood Partnerships. Satin is the first transgender woman to serve on this presidential body. “I am both honored and humbled to be selected to serve on the President’s advisory…
