Covered California’s annual open-enrollment period may be over, but if you are still uninsured, you may be able to get financial assistance to help you purchase health care coverage. And rest assured, Covered California health plans, financial assistance, and rates are locked in for 2017. Between now and Oct. 31, those who are eligible can…
Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, in association with tellofilms, will be hosting a special Meet & Greet during the Dinah’s signature weekend pool party series at the Hilton Hotel in Palm Springs, Calif. The event will take place Saturday, April 1 from noon to 2pm in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel. Dinah goers will have a…
Charles Busch has become quite the household name in the LGBTQ community over the years but he’s also well known in the theatrical community as well. Many remember his outrageous drag characters in films like Die Mommie Die, Psycho Beach Party, OZ and Addams Family Values, but he’s also garnered accolades for his non-drag role…
WASHINGTON, D.C., – Monday, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch offered an opening statement on the first day of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, maintaining that throughout his judicial career he treated all who came before him fairly. However, pro-justice and pro-civil rights organizations who have researched Gorsuch’s record point to evidence that Judge Gorsuch…
ORLANDO, Fla. – Equality Florida today announced their partnership with the Contigo Fund, an initiative of Our Fund Foundation. In August of last year, Equality Florida launched its new Safe & Health Schools Project just two months after the horrific shooting at Pulse Nightclub, seeking to end LGBTQ bias where it begins, in schools. In…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Councilmember Chris Ward (District Three) Monday issued a memo outlining a number of approaches and strategies to address San Diego’s ongoing homelessness challenges. The memo, directed to San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and San Diego City Council President Myrtle Cole, comes following a special City Council meeting specifically to receive…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – At a time when the state and federal political landscape seems uncertain or even hostile to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, more than 100 senior and executive leaders from Fortune 500 and multinational companies and federal agencies will convene in San Francisco on March 28-29 for an in-depth exploration of the global landscape of LGBT workplace equality….
There are differences within diversity. This issue scratches below the superficial veneer of diversity and is an eerie reminder of how minority groups are often pitted against one another. This year’s Oscars were the most diverse in history. With six nominations for six African American themed films and at least 10 black actors and filmmakers,…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) announced today that it is launching a nationwide effort to oppose the Trump Administration’s proposed erasure of LGBT elders from the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). Specifically, SAGE opposes changes that would eliminate questions that allow the federal government to assess the…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Assemblymembers Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego), and Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) announced legislation requiring the state’s pension funds to divest from companies involved in the construction of the president’s wall along the United States-Mexico border. The announcement follows the request for proposals for border wall prototypes issued Friday by…
