November 28, 2024
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Steve Lee, Editor

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra: North Carolina remains on list of restricted states

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that California will continue to prohibit state-funded and state-sponsored travel and expenditures to North Carolina based on that state’s discriminatory laws. The decision was reached following North Carolina’s enactment of House Bill 142 (H.B. 142). While this bill repealed the state’s controversial “bathroom bill” (H.B. 2), H.B. 142 bans state and…

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Chechnya update: Detentions continue

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

ILGA-Europe’s latest update reports that the Russian LGBT Network has continued its fact finding mission on the alarming arbitrary detention, torture and killing of (perceived) gay men in Chechnya. News of the ongoing situation has received widespread media attention, but unfortunately the situation has not yet been resolved. According to information obtained by Novaya Gazeta,…

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Fourth Global LGBTQI Human Rights Conference to be held in Miami, May 26 – May 29,

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

MIAMI, Fla. – Thought leaders from around the globe will converge on Miami for the 4th Global LGBTQI Human Rights Conference, May 26 – 29, as part of World OutGames Miami 2017, the world’s largest 10-day Sports, Culture and Human Rights event. This well-orchestrated conference will offer a world view of human rights with representation…

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LGBTQ Task Force ‘outraged’ at Sean Spicer’s Hitler remarks

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer made comments denying Hitler’s use of chemical weapons when referencing Assad and the people of Syria. Spicer tried to compare Assad to Hitler. “We didn’t use chemical weapons in World War II. You know, you had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical…

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San Diego art gallery calls for visual artists to show what Pride looks like in 2017

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In response to recent troubling news headlines, The Studio Door art gallery in San Diego announces an LGBTQ positive visual arts exhibition that reminds the community of their inner strength and resilience. A national call for artists has been released for the June 2017 exhibition called Proud, which encourages LGBTQ artists…

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Cleve Jones and Bishop Yvette A. Flunder to be honored at San Diego Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center has announced that the ninth annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast will take place Friday, May 19, at the San Diego Bayfront Hilton. The event will feature human rights activist Cleve Jones, who will be presented with the Harvey Milk Lifetime Achievement Award, and Bishop Yvette A….

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UNAIDS welcomes passage of India’s landmark HIV legislation

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

NEW DELHI, India—The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has welcomed a new law passed by the Indian Parliament providing strong legal protection against HIV-related discrimination. The law provides a broad legislative framework for the response to HIV in India and is the first national HIV law in South Asia. The legislation prohibits discrimination…

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GLAAD calls on U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley to condemn Chechen attacks on LGBTQ men

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

NEW YORK – Today, GLAAD called on Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, to condemn the attacks on LGBTQ men by the Chechen government and investigate reports of possible imprisonment of LGBTQ people in concentration camps because of their perceived sexual orientation. GLAAD’s call to action follows reports which surfaced last week…

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New video released from Delhi’s first ever public LGBTQ dance (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

https://youtu.be/xGlftOeZDko DELHI, India – The gay dating app Scruff has released vibrant new video footage of Dance for Pride: Breaking the Stereotypes which took place last Saturday and won the hearts of thousands in Delhi. LGBTQ volunteers came together at Hauz Khas Village to dance to the indigenous beats of Dhol – and the atmosphere was…

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Race, diversity and equality issues on college campuses in the US to be addressed at national conference

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

NORMAN, Okla.– The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) will address challenging topics of diversity and opportunity this May during its national conference. NCORE, sponsored by OU Outreach at the University of Oklahoma, will host its annual conference at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, from May…

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