Naz & Maalik Trailer from Wolfe Video on Vimeo. If the goal was to sow chaos, engender distrust among others, all the while piercing America’s sense of impenetrability once again, then those responsible for the downing of the World Trade Towers succeeded spectacularly. The carnage on that crisp, cool late summer day marked a line…
WASHINGTON⇁The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the National Education Association and the American Counseling Association, is hosting its third annual Time to THRIVE conference Feb. 12-14 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. The event features more than 70 workshops addressing urgent challenges LGBT and questioning youth are…
SAN DIEGO – March 5 at 8:00 a.m., hundreds of San Diego residents will run brave through the city streets wearing boxers and briefs during the family-friendly Undy Run/Walk. Hosted by the Colon Cancer Alliance, this lighthearted event encourages participants to wear silly boxers, briefs or costumes in support of knocking colon cancer out of…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera today announced the continuation of Opera on the Concourse, a series of free lunchtime concerts held for the public on the San Diego Civic Concourse with the stars of San Diego Opera’s season. Discontinued in 2007, the program returned last season, and attracted over 300 spectators per performance in…
It Feels Good to Talk About PrEP from APLA Health & Wellness on Vimeo. LOS ANGELES—APLA Health & Wellness (APLAHW) has announced the launch of their new “It Feels Good” Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) advertising campaign. The new ads educate the public about the HIV prevention tool and how to get more information. They have begun…
LOS ANGELES — For its March/April 2016 issue, Plus magazine unveils its second dual-cover issue featuring The Prancing Elites’ Kareem Davis and activist-turned-actor Joseph Kibler, who is best known for his work on Re-Casting Kyle and was recently seen on CSI: Cyber. For the first cover story, Davis talks to Plus about how he discovered…
Last night the South Dakota House of Representatives voted on yet another extreme measure attacking LGBT South Dakotans. By a vote of 46 to 10, the chamber passed HB 1107 – legislation that would explicitly authorize recipients of taxpayer funds or other state recognition to discriminate against same-sex couples, transgender people, and single mothers. HB 1107 is…
SACRAMENTO—The Assembly today passed ACR 132, a resolution authored by Speaker Toni G. Atkins that declares February 14, 2016 to be V-Day in California. V-Day was established 18 years ago by Eve Ensler, the writer of the acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues,” to raise awareness about violence against women and girls. “The United Nations found…
NEW ROCHELLE, NY—Transgender individuals may experience significant improvement in psychological functioning after as little as 3–6 months of hormone therapy, with improved quality of life reported within 12 months of initiating therapy by both female-to-male and male-to-female transgender individuals, according to an article published in Transgender Health, a new peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann…
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISO — Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) and Freedom for All Americans (FFAA) have announced that FFAA will serve as the new coalition chair of NEAT, the National Equality Action Team. MEUSA, the previous chair of the coalition, will be closing as an organization this Spring and has transferred its network and resources to FFAA….
