The Quebec-based artistic entertainment company, Cirque du Soleil has announced it will not be performing in North Carolina. The company has canceled their scheduled performances of OVO in Greensboro (April 20-24) and their scheduled performances in Charlotte (July 6-10) and their scheduled performances of TORUK – Avatar in Raleigh (June 22-26). In a statement the…
A 9th Grade transgender North Carolina boy has written to the N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory about the discriminatory “bathroom bill” he signed into law a couple weeks ago. The boy, Skye Thomson, writes earnestly about the way the law effects him explaining what it’s like to be a trans kid and again asking the governor…
San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF), one of the largest LGBT foundations in the United States, and the San Diego Women’s Chorus will present “UPRISING: Songs of Change” Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Balboa Theatre. The concert will feature the 85-voice San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) and welcome special guest, Grammy…
RuPaul’s annual convention celebrating “the art of drag, queer culture and self-expression for all” kicks off with RuPaul’s Dragcon Opening Night Spectacular a special opening night extravaganza presented by World of Wonder and Voss Events, taking place Friday, May 6 at the Belasco Hotel in Los Angeles (1050 S. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015)….
During my totally unpleasant 5-year association with the San Francisco Pride Celebration Committee, reportedly a non-profit membership organization responsible for the city’s annual LGBT Pride festival and parade, I listened to moronic debate about acceptance of corporate donations, “sponsorship,” and inclusion of corporate groups carrying their corporation’s identifying brand name with pride colors, and slogans….
In a statement Friday, the NBA reaffirmed its opposition to North Carolina’s H.B. 2, noting that NBA owners are unanimous in opposing the bill, and made clear that the league has not ruled out moving the game. The statement, issued by Mike Bass, executive vice president, Communications read: “During a media availability earlier today following the NBA’s Board…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – POV (Point of View), American television’s longest-running independent documentary series, has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to Cecilia Aldarondo’s Memories of a Penitent Heart, a co-production of ITVS. The film has its world premiere tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival and will have its national broadcast premiere on POV in 2017…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC announced that executives from the American Express Company, AXA Financial Inc., Bloomberg L.P. ,Capital One, Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, Campbell Soup Company, CohnReznick LLP, CrowdRise, eMaint Enterprises, LLC, Ernst & Young LLP, the Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., John Hancock Financial, Kohler Co., Logitech, Plum…
WASHINGTON— The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) has called on governments and organizations at all levels to reaffirm their commitment to an inclusive society and to reject laws and policies that are counterproductive to it. ASPA’s Code of Ethics highlights the critical need to increase awareness and commitment to ethical principles and standards among…
NEW YORK — Today’s annual GLSEN Day of Silence will again call attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. In this light, parents, students and educators alike continue to be alarmed at unacceptably high levels of bullying that adversely affect environments at school, at home and online. For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
