A new exchange traded fund (ETF) created in February 2014 allows investors to buy companies that support LGBT equality. It’s called the Workplace Equality Portfolio and trades under the ticker symbol EQLT. This new ETF is one of the few ways the LGBT community can easily invest in publicly-traded companies that support equal rights. The…
Today the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) launched Start Talking. Stop HIV., a national HIV prevention campaign encouraging gay and bisexual men to talk openly and honestly about HIV. The campaign comes at a time when gay and bisexual men continue to make-up roughly 60% of all new infections in the United States. Start Talking….
Health care providers should consider advising the use of anti-HIV drugs by uninfected patients who are at substantial risk of infection, according to new clinical guidelines, released by Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, could reduce HIV infection rates. When taken daily as directed, PrEP can reduce the risk of…
MANILA — A UN-sponsored study has confirmed that gay people in the Philippines continue to face discrimination despite pockets of increased tolerance for the LGBT community by Filipino society, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Cultural and social attitudes toward LGBT people are complex, with signs of acceptance, particularly among the young,” said the study funded by the UN…
WASHINGTON – A newly released study by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBT civil right organization, The Cost of the Closet and the Rewards of Inclusion, identifies that most LGBT employees (53 percent) nationwide are closeted on the job. The report, released today, comes on the heels of a report by…
Looking through a pile of photos of long ago happy events brought mixed emotions. I concentrated on the positive and enjoyed seeing everyone looking young and healthy. Memories long forgotten were stirred and enjoyed; for example, an Easter Sunday photo of many yesteryears ago. Posing beside our car my mother had on her chic new…
Writers love comparisons; if fact we all do. I thought I’d have some fun this week comparing two pieces of property on the real estate market right now: the most affordable and the most stratospheric in price. Of course, there’s a lot in the middle, and a house for every budget. If you thought San…
With marriage equality at some point becoming the law of the land, and although conservative Christians and other social conservatives are aware that this is the case, they still rail against it even though the vigor is lost. Time to change what social conservatives focus on in their culture wars. And, it’s trans people that…
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to God – this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! This story of Nicodemus, a scholar and legal expert, coming to see Jesus in the middle of the…
NEW YORK – In two weeks, the 2nd annual Give OUT Day (www.giveoutday.org) will bring together over 400 LGBTQ nonprofits and thousands of donors to support the LGBTQ community. “Give OUT Day offers a chance for our country to come together and support the hundreds of LGBTQ groups – community centers, arts groups, organizers, clinics,…
