TIJUANA, BC, Mexico — The Imperial Court de Tijuana (ICTJ) will be presenting the Gran Gala Fiesta de Tijuana Saturday, April 2 at the International Night Club, Ave. Revolucion #645, Zona Centro, in Tijuana, Mexico (north of the famous Arch at Plaza de Cecilia). Doors will open at 6 p.m. with showtime at 7 p.m….
The NFL has released a statement warning that, if Georgia’s House Bill 757 turns into law, Atlanta may not get a future Super Bowl bid. If signed into law, HB757 would give Georgians license to discriminate against LGBT people by allowing any person or faith-based organization to deny services or employment to anyone who conflicts with…
The City of Los Angeles has become the nation’s largest city to establish a permanent council of transgender community leaders to advise the City on how to best serve the needs of transgender Angelenos. Mayor Eric Garcetti joined Councilmembers Mitch O’Farrell and Mike Bonin, Controller Ron Galperin, and members of the Human Relations Commission at…
The Initiative for Equal Rights in partnership with Asurf Films Limited has released the trailer for a short film themed around the traumatic experiences arising from socially constructed expectations imposed on persons who self identify as lesbian, gay and bisexual. The movie narrates the realities faced by LGBT persons in the Nigerian society where heteronormative…
One last reminder to join Lambda Archives this Saturday as they honor some of the women who stepped up in the early days of HIV. Saturday, March 19, 2016, noon San Diego Woman’s Club, 2557 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 GET YOUR HERE TICKETS NOW! Invite your friends on Facebook here! About the honorees: Wendy…
SAN DIEGO – Dining Out for Life® San Diego is issuing a community-wide appeal for volunteers to serve as Ambassadors for the 10th annual Dining Out for Life® on Thursday, April 28, 2016. All interested volunteers are invited to attend a Dining Out for Life® Ambassador training. Dining Out For Life® Ambassadors are volunteers who…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a letter from leading national child welfare agencies opposing a bill in the Nebraska Unicam, LB 975, which would enshrine discrimination into Nebraska law by allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to reject prospective parents based on “the child placing agency’s sincerely held religious beliefs.” LB 975 would mean that…
Empire star Jussie Smollett sat down with HuffPost Live and discussed AIDS prevention. He explained the danger of viewing the problem as an issue from “yesteryear” and reiterated the importance of safe sex. Smollett: “That’s the problem with our generation as a whole that I want to really help change, is the idea that something…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force, the nation’s longest running national LGBTQ advocacy organization, is calling on U.S. senators to take action on the judge’s nomination immediately. “Today, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Garland is a highly qualified candidate and now the U.S. Senate…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera is presenting Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as the second mainstage offering of its 2015-2016 season when it opens on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 7 PM for four performances at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Returning to San Diego Opera in the title role, is American soprano Latonia Moore, who…
