SAN DIEGO — San Diego State University (SDSU) has received the 2013 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to…
NEW YORK – Today, National Spirit Day, Everyone Is Gay will launch an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds for a new,one-of-its-kind digital presence to help parents of LGBTQ youth. The project will feature a video series that highlights stories from parents and children surrounding the “coming out” moment, and will also include advice from Kristin…
This short film series, The Devotion Project, is a not-for-profit endeavor taken on by Tony Osso two and a half years ago. Troubled by the suicides happening in the LGBT community and noticing that role models were sorely lacking for LGBT teens, Osso decided to make these six 10-minute doc portraits of loving LGBT couples…
Harvey Milk’s what? Dear Editor, I must have been hungry today. First, I stopped by the Ronald Reagan drive-thru for a quick bite. Later on, I found myself at the Martin Luther King donut shop for a coffee and snack. Since we have an early morning meeting tomorrow, I headed to the John F. Kennedy…
LOS ANGELES — Students making great strides to become the leaders of tomorrow were celebrated by stars of today and celebrity legends at the Voices On Point concert and dinner benefiting Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit. Performing at the Sept. 7 event at…
WASHINGTON – With LGBTQ young people facing disproportionate levels of harassment at school and a lack of acceptance in their homes and communities, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation announces the launch of its Youth Well-Being Project – promoting safety, inclusion and well-being for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Anchored by a new national conference…
San Diego LGBTQ rights organization Canvass for a Cause (CFAC) was part of the public lobby in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown signing Assembly Bill 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act, into law. The bill allows transgender students at public elementary and secondary schools to use the restroom and locker room, as well as play…
LOS ANGELES — Voices of acclaimed recording artists and stories from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students, will come together in a jubilant celebration at Voices On Point. The evening is a benefit for Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit. As part of the Sept. 7 concert and dinner to…
The guitar-toting, power-pop prodigy behind the music video, “Bears,” that garnered 100,000 YouTube hits in three days, is hitting the road for a national tour from now until late fall. On his stop, he will perform at the Bamboo Lounge, 1475 University Ave. in San Diego, Sunday, Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m. Tom Goss, hailing from Washington,…
MINNETONKA, Mn. – More Light Presbyterians (MLP) today announced the appointment of Alex McNeill as their new executive director. McNeill is an openly transgender man, and a nationally known educator and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Christians. As executive director, he will help MLP chart a new strategic direction to help…
