WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today announced a Communications War Room for Americans for Marriage Equality – a coalition to advance marriage equality nationwide and provide up-to-the-minute information for lawmakers, legal experts, media, and grassroots supporters. Following the defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 last year, new marriage equality…
Since 2010, when New Jersey was chosen to host Super Bowl XLVIII, business leaders have been building the infrastructure for a successful event. Rooms have been booked. Travel plans have been made. Pipelines have been built to guarantee enough product. For T-shirts, that’s great. For liquor, it’s at least legal. For victims of human trafficking,…
SAN DIEGO — Lambda Archives of San Diego (LASD) has announced that it has been accepted into the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). CAVPP is a partnership of 75 libraries and museums developing a database of audiovisual materials documenting California history. The project aims to take a sampling of media from diverse institutions, digitize them,…
I work mostly on trans civil rights issues. I work on issues involving trans youth and trans military service. In past years I’ve worked on trans antiviolence issues, especially issues involving hate crimes and trans media coverage. I haven’t worked on other issues that I care about, such as a woman’s right to choose and…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Woven LLC, the Oklahoma City-based company that provides resources to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has announced that its Web site, livewoven.com, will launch Oct. 11. Woven founder and CEO Melinda Olbert, who chose Oct. 11 as the company’s launch date, said, “With October 11th being National Coming Out…
