President Barack Obama today announced his intention to appoint fourteen individuals to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), including two who are openly LGBT, reports HRC. Actor Maulik Pancholy, best known for his roles on 30 Rock and Weeds, and businessman Michael Byun, who also serves on the Ohio Governor’s…
Thirty-five men has been arrested in Saudi Arabia for what officials are claiming is their participation in a “gay party,” reports the PeninuslaTimes.org. The men were arrested in the early morning of April 4 in a suburb of Jeddah, a city in the Hijaz Tihamah region on the coast of the Red Sea and a…
The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (HWE) presents its spring concert, A Royal Concert: Last Night of the Proms Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front Street in San Diego. In the style of the BBC’s summer concert series “Promenade Concerts”, which are performed at the Royal Albert Hall in…
In honor of Team USA’s participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics (February 7-23) and Paralympics (March 7-16) in Sochi, Russia, the U.S. Department of State has produced a one-minute video highlighting the diversity of the U.S. athletes competing in the Games as well as everyday Americans. The video focuses on the theme We Are All…
SAN FRANCISCO — Friendfactor, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organization for straight friends, has announced that it is now accepting additional applications for its first ever Friendfactor Workplace Ally Challenge. The six month program challenges businesses to engage as many employees as possible in taking action to create LGBT-inclusive culture in their…
