RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) – The dramatic hours of Election Day 2016 are already being memorialized as a watershed moment in American history. Two films are in wide release examining the events; the documentary “11/8/16,” and the comedy “The Misogynists.” “I’m not surprised people are making movies about that night,” said Will Dunlop, an assistant professor…
OTTAWA – Science is strongest when all people—regardless of their gender, race or heritage—are encouraged to ask questions, share their ideas and shape how we understand the world around us. The Government of Canada understands this and is committed to fostering greater equity, diversity and inclusion in the sciences so that all Canadians have the…
NEW YORK – The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology has placed Stanford University research claiming artificial intelligence (AI) could determine a person’s sexual orientation using facial recognition under an ethical review. According to The Outline, The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology is re-examining the research. “An ethical review is underway right at this…
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…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data show a 15 percent increase in the number of syphilis infections from 2013 to 2014 alone. Two new studies presented at the 2016 STD Prevention Conference suggest that syphilis is taking a particularly severe toll on gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM),…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.– As the Democratic National Convention gets underway, LGBT elected officials and leaders are viewing this election cycle as a unique opportunity to advance equality by supporting LGBT candidates nationwide. US Representatives Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) and Mark Takano (D-CA), former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, and Victory Fund President & CEO Aisha C. Moodie-Mills…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Institute (Victory) released a new research brief titled More Than Represent: LGBT Elected Officials Drive Equality in the States that shows the relationship between the number of openly LGBT public officials a state has and its level of LGBT equality. There is clear evidence…
NEW YORK – The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement currently being negotiated among 12 Pacific Rim countries, threatens the future availability of affordable generic medicines and could undermine the global HIV response in developing countries, according to a new report released by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. By expanding intellectual property…
SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego Health System and Scripps Health are partnering to provide improved continuity of patient care, fellowship training and research in hospice and palliative medicine. Under a new five-year agreement, Scripps will work with UC San Diego to provide outpatient and inpatient hospice care for UC San Diego patients, allowing UC…
http://youtu.be/s_nqyNWJdZI LOS ANGELES –It’s possible to lastingly persuade conservative voters to support a controversial issue like marriage for same-sex couples—and at a greatly accelerated rate compared to their neighbors—according to groundbreaking data published in this week’s issue of the peer-reviewed journal Science. The 12-month study also shows how the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s voter persuasion…
