Today: GOP presidential candidates to address nation’s largest ‘religious liberty’ gathering

Today in Iowa candidates Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal are scheduled to address the nation’s largest “religious liberty” gathering at the Freedom 2015 National Religious Liberties Conference.  Radio Host Kevin Swanson, who organized the event, has a long history of anti-LGBT rhetoric from suggesting “the nazi party had their birth in a homosexual…

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Urban Pride-San Diego to host a ‘Friends of Dorothy’ Night at CGT’s production of ’The Wiz’

SAN DIEGO – Urban Pride-San Diego, along with Common Ground Theatre (CGT), in collaboration with SDCCD Continuing Education Division, will host a special Friends of Dorothy – LGBT Night” for the production of The Wiz Dec.12 at 7 p.m. at The Educational Cultural Complex in San Diego. This iconic musical, with the book by William…

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Coldplay’s new album ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’ out Dec. 4

Today, Coldplay announced the global release of their seventh album, A Head Full Of Dreams, Friday, Dec. 4, via Parlophone/Atlantic Records. The first single, “Adventure Of A Lifetime,” debuted today (watch above). The track is available for purchase or streaming on Coldplay.com, where fans can also pre-order the album. Those who pre-order A Head Full…

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Michigan study to focus on HIV prevention and care for transgender and gender nonconforming youth

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan is leading a national study to learn more about how transgender and gender nonconforming youth navigate the health care system for HIV prevention services and care. The U-M School of Public Health Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities study, Affirming Voices for Action, will help identify optimal HIV services to…

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HRC condemns Ben Carson’s latest attack on transgender people

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the latest attack on the LGBT community by leading GOP candidate for president Ben Carson. In an interview today with Fusion’s Jorge Ramos, Carson suggested creating transgender bathrooms. Questioned about Houston voters’ rejection of a law banning LGBT discrimination this week, Carson said: “How about…

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Mental Health America applauds Health Subcommittee passage of H.R. 2646

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Mental Health America (MHA) is applauding Representatives Timothy Murphy (PA-18) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) for making significant and positive revisions to their mental health reform legislation, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 (H.R. 2646). The amended legislation passed late last night with a 17-13 vote in the House Energy…

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Petition seeks to relocate 2017 Super Bowl from Houston after anti-gay vote

After Tuesday’s vote in Houston, Texas that repealed anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, a petition has sprung up on Change.org calling for the NFL to relocate the 2017 Super Bowl from Houston. The petition, started by football fan Ben Douthett, urges the NFL to take a stand on behalf of LGBT equality and avoid scheduling…

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