SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Citing escalating hate crimes by both organized hate groups and individuals, Equality California joined eight other major civil rights organizations to call on the California Legislature to order a comprehensive evaluation of law enforcement agencies’ efforts to protect Californians from hate crimes. The civil rights groups support a request by Assemblymember Kansen…
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month—a time to share resources and stories in an effort to shed light on this highly taboo and stigmatized topic. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) uses this month to reach out to those affected by suicide, raise awareness and connect individuals with suicidal ideation to treatment services….
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) today announced the winners of its Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards (EMMA). The competition recognizes excellence in marketing efforts designed to attract and retain culturally diverse audiences and customers among African American, Asian, Latinx, LGBTQ, disabilities communities and other market segments. This year’s EMMA…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — HRC has joined governors, attorneys general and hundreds of elected officials and other civil rights organizations across the country in a letter supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and Dreamers. The letter comes amidst reports that Donald Trump is considering ending DACA after ten attorneys general from across the…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – It’s The Golden Girls meets Murder, She Wrote with big, gay, hairy men (aka Bears)! The award-winning web series is back and better than ever having launched yet another incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign! From the creative team of Rick Copp (The Brady Bunch Movie) Joe Dietl (The Thin Pink Line) and Ben Zook (Jack and…
WASHINGTON— Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 77 civil and human rights groups, sent a letter to senators urging them to oppose the confirmation of Eric Dreiband to be the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Modamily, the rapidly growing company helping individuals achieve their dreams of becoming parents, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest, a leading platform that makes it easy to invest in early-stage companies. Modamily is a dating and co-parenting platform that matches people who are ready to have kids using both…
NEW YORK – GLAAD, today released background information on Fox News’ newest hire Tomi Lahren, an anti-trans activist who has signed on as a contributor for the cable station notorious for employing out-of-touch anchors and pundits who want to rescind LGBTQ acceptance across the nation. Tomi Lahren has gone after critics to President Trump’s transgender…
MALTA — Last month, Malta’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to advance a marriage equality bill after the third and final debate on the issue. Malta will become the 23rd country with marriage equality and gay couples can start marrying as of next Friday, when all provisions of the amended Marriage law come into force. The Times…
MUMBAI, India — The recent Supreme Court judgment on right to privacy has brought a ray of hope not only for the LGBTQ community, but also their parents. It has raised their anticipation that this judgment may herald better days for the repeal of Sec 377. Several parents of LGBTQ persons in Mumbai who are…
