San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus selects RC Haus as new artistic director

SAN DIEGO, — The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) Board of Directors announced today the selection of RC Haus as its new artistic director.  Haus previously served as interim artistic director and assistant artistic director within the organization. “RC is an amazing ball of energy.  His love of music, dance and all things creative…

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Point Foundation announces higher education scholarships

LOS ANGELES, — Point Foundation (Point) has announced that it is awarding scholarships to 23 students. The new scholarship recipients bring Point’s total to 80 full-time students who will receive financial assistance and programmatic support from Point during the 2014 – 2015 academic year. Point is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender…

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New HRC data: American public strongly supports federal non-discrimination protections

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) today released new public opinion research that conclusively demonstrates strong public support for federal non-discrimination workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers. A national survey of 1,200 registered voters conducted June 6-10, 2014 by TargetPoint Consulting found that 63 percent of those surveyed favor a…

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Thailand gets new online tool to access HIV/AIDS information

BANGKOK — A new online data tool for policy makers and program managers involved in  AIDS response will now provide easy and real time access to strategic information on HIV in Thailand, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The Disease Control Department of the Ministry of Public Health, on behalf of the Thailand’s National Aids Committee, in partnership with…

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Local author contributes to writing project promoting safer sex

Walter G. Meyer, the author of the critically-acclaimed and Amazon best-selling novel, Rounding Third, has contributed a short story to the Real Story Safe Sex Project using the characters from his novel to make a point to teens and twenty somethings about discussing—and practicing safer sex. “The whole point of the Real Story Safe Sex…

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General Mills celebrates Pride Month with #LuckyToBe campaign featuring a rainbow marshmallow (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/0P3x415BnXM In celebration of Pride Month, General Mills, maker of the iconic and sugary Lucky Charms cereal, has launched a new commercial entitled “2014/Lucky To Be” (#LuckyToBe). The 53-second spot, now on YouTube, features a peppy banjo-infused track and a rainbow of colors that include, of course, a new marshmallow in the shape of a…

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Michael Sam, Frank Ocean and Iggy Azalea voted as top new gay icons for 2014 by Jack’d community

BOSTON — Jack’d, the international gay app has announced that its members voted Michael Sam of the St. Louis Rams as the top new gay icon for 2014. The nomination is the first in a series of announcements resulting from a user poll that surveyed the global Jack’d community on attitudes about gay pride and LGBT celebrities…

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Telling all of America’s story: The National Park Service announces LGBT theme study

Last week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the National Park Foundation, in partnership with the Gill Foundation, announced a new LGBT theme study — standing outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The study will help identify places and events associated with the story of LGBT Americans for inclusion in the parks…

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