30 years after their debut album Please was released to international acclaim, the Pet Shop Boys drop their latest brilliant electronic pop masterpiece Super that beats as an ode to their house music roots with a nod to today’s youth generation. Picking up where their best selling album in 20 years, 2013’s Electric left off,…
More walkable neighborhoods, parks and public transit could all reduce your chance of becoming one of the 600 million adults who battle obesity worldwide, according to researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The study, published online in The Lancet, found a neighborhood’s design plays a critical role in physical activity and…
JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III in Mississippi has declared unconstitutional the state’s ban on adoption by same sex couples, citing the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2015 marriage equality ruling in the historic case Obergefell v. Hodges. The federal lawsuit, Campaign for Southern Equality v. Mississippi Department of…
LOS ANGELES – Actor and filmmaker Kit Williamson announced Thursday that he has married his longtime partner John Halbach, and at the same time has expressed disappointment in the antigay “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act” (also known as HB 1523) that passed the senate in his home state of Mississippi. House Bill…
WASHINGTON – Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC announced that executives from Hyatt, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Northrop Grumman, American Apparel, Qualcomm, Twilio, Udacity, Pandora Media, and EMC Corporation have signed onto an open letter that now includes more than 120 leading CEOs and business leaders calling on Gov. Pat McCrory and the North Carolina General…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This week, clergy from across the state added their voice to the growing outcry over Tennessee House Bill 1840, also known as Hate Bill 1840. Hate Bill 1840 would permit counselors to deny services and refer clients based on the provider’s “strongly held religious beliefs.” Not only is the proposed legislation discriminatory in nature, but…
The LGBT Community Center asks San Diegans, “Where will you be for Dining Out For Life Thursday, April 28?” Let them know where you’ll be for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner during Dining Out For Life® San Diego and help The Center invite San Diegans to come out for this incredible day-long event! This year, Councilmember…
MONTREAL – Fondation Émergence has announced the theme and visuals for the 2016 campaign against homophobia and transphobia, which highlights the realities of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors. The unveiling of the visuals marks the launch of the 2016 campaign and is linked with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, which will…
WASHINGTON — The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that the 29th Creating Change Conference will take place Jan 18–22, 2017 at the Philadelphia Marriot Downtown. Over 4,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) activists, community leaders and allies from across the country are expected to attend the conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Creating Change is…
WASHINGTON – More than one-third of Americans say they personally know or work with someone who is transgender, according to a new survey commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. Research shows that this historic level of visibility is accompanied by increasing acceptance of transgender people. Released to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility, the survey data show…
