The United Nations Human Rights office today launched powerful video highlighting the intense discrimination the LGBT community faces on a regular basis. The video released by Free & Equal, the United Nations campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality is narrated by movie star Zachary Quinto and exposes just how much LGBT exclusion really…
WASHINGTON – Today, Bob Vander Plaats and leaders of Iowa’s worst anti-LGBT group, the Family Leader, endorsed Ted Cruz in the 2016 presidential election. Cruz and Vander Plaats share a long and repugnant history of anti-LGBT rhetoric and activism, and today’s endorsement puts Cruz even farther outside the American mainstream in a state that’s had…
https://youtu.be/ajh4EXiZTaY TORONTO, Ontario – In the year of one of the most historically significant US decisions in LGBT history, federal marriage equality, lesbians are free to get hitched. But what about all the single ladies? Through the lens of several smart, diverse lesbians, the official release of the award-nominated documentary, Lesbian Diaries, offers an honest, fresh look at…
When someone experiences a major stroke, almost two million nerve cells in the brain die each minute, emphasizing the need for rapid treatment. Stroke patients who receive life-saving interventions more quickly have a higher chance of recovery. A recent data analysis showed the Comprehensive Stroke Center at UC San Diego Medical Center exceeded national average…
The San Diego City Council voted 9-0 Tuesday to approve a $7 million loan in order to start construction of an LGBT affirming senior apartment building in North Park. “I’m delighted to move approval,” said Third District Councilmember Todd Gloria, smiling. “It’s ground breaking.” Numerous councilmembers competed to second Gloria’s motion, and Council President Sherri…
Music icon Cyndi Lauper adds to her vast history of memorable holiday classics with her new cover of “Hard Candy Christmas.” Famously recorded by Dolly Parton and written by Carol Hall, the song originated in the play and film The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. This adds to Lauper’s veritable canon of Christmas songs which…
Get ready to rewind and replay the biggest moments of 2015 on YouTube! YouTube Rewind brings together the biggest music, trends, memes, and characters from the past twelve months featuring today’s biggest YouTube stars and mainstream personalities. The theme of this year’s YouTube Rewind 2015 video is “Rewind Replay” where more than 150 YouTube creators…
CHICAGO, IL — The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced the award recipients for the 28th annual Creating Change conference—the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy conference—set to take place Jan. 20-24, 2016 at the Downtown Chicago Hilton. “We are proud to announce our 2016 Creating Change award recipients—all of whom have made significant contributions to advance…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Over the past year, headlines tied to gender, sexuality and race dominated the news. In particular, many of the year’s biggest stories focused on the way in which individuals or members of a group are perceived, understood, accepted or shut out. Reflecting the rapidly expanding and increasingly fluid nature of conversations about…
Rain Dove, whose curvy figure is a breathtaking 32DD-26-34 would surely fit in perfectly amongst the Victoria’s Secret Angels. But the model, who like many women wears her hair close-cropped, and has strong features that are often considered “masculine”, knows she would never be accepted despite her figure as she doesn’t fit the feminine archetype…
