November 25, 2024
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GLAAD and HRC call on Stanford University to debunk report claiming to identify LGBTQ people through facial recognition technology

Steve Lee, Editor17 mins

NEW YORK – GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign Friday called on Stanford University outlets to expose dangerous and flawed research that could cause harm to LGBTQ people around the world. The advocacy groups state that a professor affiliated with Stanford University has published a research study that resulted in several media outlets wrongfully suggesting that artificial intelligence…

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San Diego Opera’s transgender opera, ‘As One’ opens Nov. 10

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

AS ONE – Promotional Trailer 2016 from American Opera Projects on Vimeo. SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Opera’s 2017-2018 season continues Nov. 10 at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre with As One, part of the Company’s dētour Series. San Diego Opera’s dētour Series premiered in the 2016-2017 season and is dedicated to exploring lesser…

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185 civil and human rights groups urge Congress to immediately pass the Dream Act

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights along with 184 civil and human rights groups has sent a letter to Congress to urge lawmakers to immediately pass the Dream Act without amendment. “President Trump’s cruel and inhumane decision to end DACA must not stand,” said Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of…

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California Assembly adopts resolution to prevent discrimination against transgender servicemembers

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Assembly adopted Assembly Joint Resolution 22 Thursday condemning President Trump’s announcement that he will ban transgender individuals from serving in the military, directing the California military to not discriminate against transgender service members, and urging Defense Secretary James Mattis to allow trans service members to serve their country. The…

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DOJ files brief arguing businesses have a constitutional right to discriminate against LGBT people

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department filed a brief Thursday with the Supreme Court arguing that businesses that are open to the public have a constitutional right to discriminate against LGBT people. The brief was filed in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the case in which a Colorado bakery refused to serve a…

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LGBT Data Collection Bill passed by Senate

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Assembly Bill 677 by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco), which would help ensure California public policy meets the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities, today passed the State Senate. “We need real data to better understand the obstacles facing LGBT communities and to inform policies to eliminate educational…

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Bill to protect students’ rights to showcase diversity at graduation ceremonies sent to governor

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Legislation authored by California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) that would protect students’ rights to wear items of cultural significance on Graduation Day – a practice previously prohibited by some school districts in California – received its final legislative approval today and was sent to Governor Brown. “Part of our values…

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Betsy DeVos rescinds Obama-era Title IX guidelines on college campuses

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education will roll back Obama Administration-era Title IX guidelines which protected sexual assault survivors on college and university campuses across the nation. This policy decision could harm LGBTQ students who experience higher rates of sexual assault. The Education Secretary announced the start…

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