WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that would allow religious organizations to endorse political candidates and expand participation in politics. The executive order signed today also enables private employers to use religion as a pretext to deny reproductive health care to their employees. “Faith is deeply embedded into the history of…
WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign joined other LGBTQ organizations, civil rights leaders and hundreds of supporters in front of the White House to rally and speak out against Trump’s #LicenseToDiscriminate Executive Order that would put millions of LGBTQ Americans at risk. Yesterday, Politico first reported that Donald Trump is planning to sign his…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, GLAAD joined Tennessee Equality Project and other local LGBTQ groups and civil rights organizations in Nashville to call on Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to veto HB 1111/SB 1085, an anti-LGBTQ bill which would require all words in the Tennessee state code to be defined as their so-called “natural meaning” – ushering…
NEW YORK N.Y.– Logo Documentary Films won its second consecutive Daytime Emmy Award with “Out of Iraq,” an LGBTQ love story following an Iraqi translator for the U.S. military and a soldier in the Iraqi army. The film, which won the “Best Special Class Special” category, was produced by World of Wonder. Logo’s “Matt Shepard…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Prominent faith leaders from across the country joined forces today in urging Texas legislators to oppose a series of anti-LGBTQ measures advancing rapidly through the state legislature, specifically calling out controversial anti-trans bathroom bills, HB 2899 and SB 6, and several religious refusal bills that provide businesses and government entities a license to…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Thursday May 4 at 7 p.m., as part of their popular Out at the Archives series, Lambda Archives will present a panel discussion featuring members of one of the oldest and largest LGBTQ institutions in San Diego—or the world—the Imperial Court. The international Imperial Court system recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — After seven days of deliberations, a federal jury Tuesday convicted David Enrique Meza of murdering his wealthy boyfriend in Mexico in order to inherit his estate. The eight woman, four man jury also convicted Meza, 26, of conspiracy to obstruct justice in which he used his pregnant girlfriend to arrange for…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–The Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, a bill by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) that strengthens state law to protect immigrant tenants from intimidation and retaliation in their homes, today passed the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. All seven Democratic Assemblymembers on the 10-member committee voted aye on the bill, Assembly Bill (AB)…
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a religious exemptions executive order this Thursday. Politico reports that Trump has invited conservative leaders to the White House on that day for what they expect will be the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited—and highly controversial—executive order on religious liberty. Earlier this year, a leaked draft of this discriminatory…
GLASGOW, Scotland — The National Theatre of Scotland is inviting trans and non-binary individuals around the world to connect and form a global digital community – The Adam World Choir. The Choir will bring voices from an often silenced community to sing together as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’ production of Adam. Whatever your singing…
