Point Foundation to host Los Angeles event for LGBTQ scholarships, April 27

April 27, Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit, will be celebrating and helping support the next generation of LGBTQ leaders. The Valedictorian Society event in Los Angeles is an opportunity to meet Point Scholars and Alumni and hear their extraordinary stories while…

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Patricia Arquette to be honored at the 28th annual GLAAD Media Awards in LA

LOS ANGELES – GLAAD have announced it will honor Academy Award-winning actress and activist Patricia Arquette at the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton April 1, 2017. Out comedian Cameron Esposito, star of Seeso’s “Take My Wife,” will host the event. Jussie Smollett will lead a special tribute to…

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Lambda LitFest Los Angeles is this week

The first annual Lambda LitFest Los Angeles is a celebration of contemporary voices honoring and expanding on the rich, diverse tradition of LGBTQ writers and readers in the Southland. Featured speakers include:   Diane Anderson-Minshall・Noel Alumit・Luis Alfaro Ryka Aoki・Tre’vell Anderson・Lucy Bledsoe Susie Bright・Melissa Chadburn・Bernard Cooper D’Lo・Zachary Drucker・Alex Espinoza・Bryan Fuller Julie Goldman・Marga Gomez・Ian Harvie Our Lady J・Cheryl…

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Mayor Garcetti announces investment in economic opportunity for transgender Angelenos

LOS ANGELES — The City of Los Angeles has dedicated $290,000 toward addressing disproportionately high rates of unemployment in the transgender community, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday. Allocated by the Workforce Development Board, the funds will boost employment services that the TransLatin@ Coalition, in partnership with Special Services for Groups, and the Los Angeles LGBT…

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LifeStyles condoms partners with the AHF for World AIDS Day ‘Keep the Promise’ campaign

ISELIN, N.J. — Ansell, a global leader in protection solutions and the makers of LifeStyles and SKYN Condoms (“SKYN”), has announced the Company’s support of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s “Keep the Promise” campaign, designed to raise awareness for World AIDS Day. Created by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the Keep the Promise campaign brings together local and…

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Common, Patti LaBelle to headline free ‘Keep the Promise’ concert and march in LA for World AIDS Day

https://youtu.be/we9_Vt3dr_M LOS ANGELES — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), recently announced their Around the Globe in a Day initiative, a series of events across the world to commemorate World AIDS Day and continue to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS. The activities will include free concerts in Cambodia, Mexico City and the United States as well…

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Facebook and Ingrid Nilsen to receive top honors at TrevorLIVE Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – The Trevor Project have announced that Facebook will be honored with the 20/20 Visionary Award and Ingrid Nilsen will receive the Trevor Digital Innovator Award at TrevorLIVE Los Angeles Dec. 4. TrevorLIVE LA, which will be special guest-directed by Chris Folkens, is an irreverent evening of comedy and music to help raise awareness…

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The Advocate honors World AIDS Day with Memorial Quilt installations

LOS ANGELES – In honor of World AIDS Day, The Advocate, with the generous support from Michael J. Libow and in conjunction with The NAMES Project Foundation, is bringing three installation panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Los Angeles for display at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and The Beverly Hills Public…

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Professional training conference on transgender issues expands to Los Angeles

SEATTLE, Wash. – In response to overwhelming demand, Seattle’s long-running Gender Odyssey conference announced today it is expanding in 2017 to include a two-day professional conference in Los Angeles, Calif. Gender Odyssey Professional – Los Angeles (#GOProLA) will premiere Wednesday and Thursday, June 28-29, at the Burbank Marriott. GO Pro Seattle (#GOProSEA) will continue at…

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