Media Matters for America latest post reveals Fox News attempting to paint Gov. Chris Christie as a moderate on social issues, falsely claiming that he had refused to veto legislation that would have legalized same-sex marriage in New Jersey. On the Nov. 10 edition of Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Fox News reporter Carl Cameron discussed Gov. Christie’s political reputation among…
LOS ANGELES – Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Outfest – the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBT stories on the screen – has been included in this year’s Out100 – Out Magazine’s 19th annual top 100 list of the most compelling and influential LGBT personalities in the world. “I am extremely proud and flattered to…
SACRAMENTO – Following conservative groups obtaining the necessary number of signatures to place a referendum on the 2014 ballot for Assembly Bill 1266, which will allow transgender students in public schools to have access to sports teams and school facilities such as restrooms with respect to their gender identity, California State Assembly Speaker John A….
NEW YORK – According to this special study, LGBT investors reported feeling more optimistic than other investors about the country’s economic outlook and their own personal finances following the U.S. Supreme court ruling overthrowing the federal Defense of Marriage Law (DOMA). This optimistic outlook is visible in both LGBT investors’ long-term perspective (67 percent v….
Alan van Capelle was honored today by the Jewish Daily Forward as one of the “Forward 50,” – the newspaper’s annual much-watched list of notable and newsworthy American Jews – in acknowledgment of his career-long activism for social justice and his rising profile in national progressive politics. As the CEO of Bend the Arc: A…
For the last two years, thousands of people from every corner of America have sent photos and shared their lives as part of The Advocate’s annual “Day in LGBT America” special report. According to The Advocate the response was terrific, and they plan to put together a big LGBT photo album again for 2013. From The Advocate:…
In their latest report Media Matters of America reveals how in its latest effort to downplay the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Fox News spent a mere 19 seconds covering its historic passage by the Senate Nov. 7. Fox News Mostly Ignored Senate Passage Of ENDA. According to an Equality Matters analysis, Fox News spent 19 seconds reporting the bill’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Al Franken (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Christopher Coons (D-DE) and Mark Udall (D-CO) today sent a letter to Dr. Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), expressing concern about…
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Filling a long-overdue need to provide the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community more retirement options, Fountaingrove Lodge, the nation’s first full-service LGBT retirement community to offer luxury living and continuing care services, will officially open in less than two weeks. Wednesday, Nov. 20 regional elected officials and LGBT leaders…
As mentioned in a previous entertainment feature (“Something Big, Thick, Meaty and Lovely to Behold”, San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 116), I collect and display the works of local artists; examples of their oeuvre adorn the walls of the long entry gallery in my North Park condominium. One such artist whose paintings I am proud…
