Oscar-nominated director, Lee Daniels, sports icon Billie Jean King and Academy-award winning actress Olympia Dukakis, among others, will headline the 16th Annual Workplace Summit taking place in San Francisco Nov. 3 – 6. 3,000+ participants are expected to attend, representing both small and large businesses (including Fortune 500 companies), government agencies, LGBT leaders and many…
ARLINGTON, Va. — Bloomberg BNA has announced the publication of a first-of-its-kind book that comprehensively addresses United States workplace law and human resource practice relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression. The book, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace, features an extensive analysis of anti-discrimination law as it pertains to lesbian,…
USAToday.com announced this week that Louisiana State University has piloted a new course of studies this fall offering, for the first time, a minor in LGBT studies. The program, established by School of Social Work associate professor Elaine M. Maccio, hopes to fill in the gaps left behind by more traditional heteronormative studies while keeping…
NEW YORK — SCRUFF (www.SCRUFF.com), one of the world’s largest gay social networking apps, have announced a new year-long partnership with the National Minority AIDS Council (www.nmac.org). SCRUFF will be donating a portion of its national ad inventory to NMAC through its newly launched Benevolads™ ad platform. Through this initiative, SCRUFF and NMAC will help…
Tonight, Oct. 3, the sidewalk from the Hilton San Diego Bayfront to the Embarcadero Marina Park South will come to life with the spirits of the dead. It’s too early for Halloween and almost a month before Dia de Los Muertos, yet attendees of the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) make the walk amid…
She’s back from a sweeping Asian tour. She’s an unapologetic diva with a strong LGBT following. She’s got a new video for her hit single, “You Make Me Wanna Dance” that’s burning up screens of all sizes just the way the audio track did on dance floors from New York to Hong Kong and Manila…
When Jon Burroughs (Domhnall Gleeson) first sees Frank (Michael Fassbender), the lead singer of a ragtag little rock band for which he is randomly hired to play keyboards, his reaction is probably that of most of the audience watching the film Frank: What the hell? Here is a man with a giant, cartoonish fake head…
In past weeks, we’ve looked into some alternative living styles, particularly cohousing and shared living. And the list goes on. In an expanding paradigm, many people are seeking new, perhaps better, less expensive, and more exciting or more inclusive ways to set up home. As the shape of living units evolve, as more people decide to…
Recently, a simple coffee break with friends produced several puzzling points for me to ponder. The first occurred when I innocently offered my spoon to a friend to stir his coffee. True, I had just used it in my own coffee, but I had not licked it, rubbed my filthy fingers on it, nor placed…
“I like a good beer buzz early in the morning.” — Sheryl Crow I feel you, Sheryl. I occasionally enjoy a beer for breakfast, too. Because there’s a bagel in every bottle, or, if you prefer, a croissant in every can. So imagine my eagerness when the editor asked if I’d be interested in writing…
