SAN DIEGO—Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) first Spirit of the Barrio luncheon of 2017 will feature a discussion about the current global refugee crisis and its impact on the region. San Diego has historically taken in more refugees than any other county in California, with record-setting numbers in 2016. The concentrated influx creates…
A Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation report published Monday estimates that enacting the American Health Care Act (AHCA) or “Trumpcare”would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 24 million in 2026 relative to current law. These findings contradict Trump’s…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights (HRC) Foundation and Athlete All sent a letter signed by more than 80 national, state, and local LGBTQ organizations to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) urging the organization to reaffirm its commitment to ensuring safe and welcoming environments for championship tournaments and events. The letter, addressed to NCAA…
ATLANTA, Ga.— Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has largely affirmed a lower district court’s ruling dismissing the lawsuit of Jameka Evans, a security guard who was targeted for harassment and effectively terminated from her job at Georgia Regional Hospital because she is a lesbian and didn’t conform to gender norms…
WASHINGTON – South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard made South Dakota the first state this year to enact anti-LGBT legislation following the signing of S.B. 149 Friday, which permits taxpayer-funded agencies to deny services to LGBT people, authorizing discrimination through the use of religious exemptions. With today’s signing of S.B. 149, the legislation becomes the first…
WASHINGTON –The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 155 civil and human rights groups Friday called upon the Executive Branch to respond more quickly and forcefully to hate-based incidents, which have been occurring at an alarming rate in recent months. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by…
After his dramatic turn in The Birth of a Nation as plantation owner Joseph Randall from filmmaker Nate Parker, Jason Stuart will play the touchy feely shrink, Dr. Powell on Judd Apatow’s show Love on Netflix. The show stars Paul Rust and Leslie Arfin and is created by them and Apatow. Rich Somners plays his…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Dr. Jill Stein, 2016 Green Party presidential nominee, is currently on an 8-day speaking tour across California through March 15. She will appear at events from Arcata to Bakersfield at the Green Party of California’s Spring Convention and concluding in San Diego at the Grassroots Oasis Wednesday March 15 at 7…
MAGNOLIA, Miss. — Thursday, the Magnolia, Miss., Board of Aldermen unanimously enacted a city-wide non-discrimination protections that included sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, public accommodations and employment. The ordinance also includes a new LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes provision. Magnolia is now the second city in Mississippi to pass a fully-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance, joining Jackson,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) issued two notices announcing the withdrawal of proposed information collection within two areas that directly impact the LGBTQ community. Published today in the Federal Register the first withdrawal is the Implementation Phase Review of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Youth Homelessness…
