ORLANDO, Fla. – The Pulse Nightclub Memorial site will soon undergo temporary design improvements to create a more inviting and comfortable venue to reflect and remember the tragedy that occurred there on Sunday, June 12, 2016. After a detailed presentation about the design plans from club owner and onePULSE Foundation Executive Director Barbara Poma, Orlando’s…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – LGBTQ Georgia State Representatives Park Cannon and Sam Park, along with local HIV advocate Amazin LêThị, today joined GLAAD to condemn the spread of misinformation and stigma that continues to surround the topic of HIV and AIDS, including within the halls of the Georgia Statehouse. Last week, Georgia State Rep. Betty…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new Gallup poll released Wednesday shows support for making marijuana legal in the U.S. has reached a record level of 64 percent, up from 60 percent last year and 50 percent in 2011. This year’s national survey shows the greatest approval for ending marijuana prohibition in the history of the study, and the…
San Diego LGBT Weekly won a record 20 awards at last night’s San Diego Press club’s 44th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. With these awards, LGBT Weekly has now won a total of 77 awards for journalism excellence since it was founded in 2010. Over 400 press and PR professionals mingled among 18 restaurants, nine…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — California State University, Los Angeles honored a civil rights legend and an education champion, and celebrated two outstanding student-athletes during the 20th Billie Jean King & Friends Gala. Legendary labor union trailblazer Dolores Huerta was awarded the California State University, Los Angeles Presidential Medallion and STEM education leader Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ph.D.,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced the lineup for the 21st annual HRC National Dinner set to take place this Saturday, October 28, 2017, at the Washington Convention Center. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will join trailblazing activist and athlete Billie Jean King, multi-platinum selling band DNCE, Gold Star father Khizr Khan, and many more…
A remastered version of George’s stunning 1996 MTV Unplugged performance is available as an album for the very first time as part of the Deluxe box set, 2CD and digital editions. The concert took place at the Three Mills Island Studios in East London on Friday 11 October, 1996 and featured George playing ten of…
LOS ANGELES, Calif.– Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to dismiss and a motion opposing emergency relief in Stockman v. Trump, the transgender military ban suit filed on behalf of Equality California (EQCA) members and seven individual plaintiffs being harmed by the ban. EQCA along with the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal…
ANAHEIM Calif. — In what can be described as a “primary before the primary,” 350 stewards, local leaders of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, voted Sunday to endorse and direct the politically active union’s energies and resources to back the campaign of Gavin Newsom in the 2018 California governor’s race. The NUHW leaders voted…
Many people in the United States still report feeling harassed, bullied or discriminated against based on their race, gender, disability, age, religion or sexual orientation. This is particularly true for LGBTQ youth. According to GLSEN, 57.6 percent of LGBTQ students report feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and 85.2 percent experience verbal…
