FACE Foundation announces 7th annual ‘Bags & Baubles’ fundraiser to help pets in need

SAN DIEGO, Calif., –  Sunday, April 30, pet lovers and trendsetters alike will come together for the most fashionable fundraising event of the season – Bags & Baubles. The Foundation for Animal Care and Education (FACE) will host its 7th annual silent auction to raise funds for pets in need of life-saving veterinary care. Held…

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Miami Beach Gay Pride to honor four individuals as marshals

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — For the first time in its history, Miami Beach Gay Pride will honor four individuals who have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ community. Television personality Ross Mathews will serve as Celebrity Grand Marshal; bartender and cast member of iHeart Radio’s “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” “Uncle” Johnny Pool, will serve…

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Trump administration omits LGBTQ people from 2020 Census and American Community Survey

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Trump Administration submitted to Congress a report of the list of categories of data it plans to collect for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS). In this morning’s version of the Administration’s report, while it conspicuously excluded lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) people on the list of “planned…

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St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral announces Holy Week schedule

SAN DIEGO — St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral invites all to come join their inclusive and welcoming community for Holy Week services.  All are welcome at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Bankers Hill, 2728 Sixth Ave., San Diego. stpaulcathedral.org Holy Week schedule Holy Week, the last week of Lent before Easter, begins with Palm Sunday in…

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White House proposes cuts to AIDS assistance worldwide of $300 million

Donald Trump’s administration has proposed cutting $1.23 billion this fiscal year from research funded by the National Institutes of Health, reports Bloomberg. Most of the proposed reductions at NIH would come from research grants, with $50 million specifically taken from a program meant to support biomedical research. PEPFAR, the worldwide initiative to help people with…

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Major child welfare organizations urge Georgia lawmakers to reject anti-LGBTQ amendment to adoption bill

WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released an open letter from major child welfare organizations — including the Child Welfare League of America, The Donaldson Adoption Institute, FosterClub, North American Council on Adoptable Children, and Voice for Adoption — urging Georgia lawmakers to reject a discriminatory, anti-LGBTQ amendment to an adoption-related bill, HB 159, currently…

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SDHDF ‘improperly used monies from restricted funds,’ forensic financial review reveals

SAN DIEGO — Friday, The San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) released parts of the “forensic” financial review undertaken of the Foundation by an independent certified public accountant. The review was conducted at the behest of members of the organization’s board of directors and its Finance Committee, who were concerned about “irregularities” and possibly missing…

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National journalists associations launch LGBTQ guide for Spanish-language media

WASHINGTON, D.C.,—The National LGBTQ Task Force, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) have launched a Spanish-language stylebook for journalists reporting on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. First published by NLGJA and NAHJ in 2005, “El Manual de Estilo Sobre la Comunidad Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual…

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GLAAD stands with Texas A&M Student Body President-Elect Bobby Brooks

NEW YORK – GLAAD today announced support for Texas A&M University student Bobby Brooks, the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected student body president for the university, following a scathing op-ed written by Secretary Rick Perry and published in the Houston Chronicle in which Perry called Brooks’ election a “mockery” and said “this quest…

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New report: HB2 will cost North Carolina more than $3.76 billion over 12 years

North Carolina’s deeply discriminatory HB2 will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years. That is according to a new analysis just published by the Associated Press. Over the past year, states the report, North Carolina has suffered financial hits ranging from scuttled plans for a PayPal facility that…

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