A study by Music Magpie has revealed the books people could read if they reduced their digital intake over a month. In the 23 hours we spend on our phone social networking, we could of read the following five books: The Handmaid’s Tale To Kill a Mockingbird Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Dr Jekyll and Mr…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Well over fifty community members turned out last Thursday night for an update on the new architectural and landscape redesign of The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles. The Wall Las Memorias Project was founded in 1993 with the intent to build an AIDS monument to address…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and prominent food writer David Hagedorn are bringing together the capital region’s top culinary talent for Chefs for Equality, Washington, D.C.’s premier food event. For the sixth consecutive year, the evening of food, cocktails and music will benefit the fight for full LGBTQ equality. The event will be held…
Your hair is grayer than it was back then. You’ve both packed on pounds here and there, too. A few wrinkles surround your smiles, but that’s okay – you’re not fresh-faced kids anymore. You’ve aged, you’ve softened and, in the new book Transitioning Together by Wenn and Beatrice Lawson, you’ve changed quite a bit. Long…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Fort Worth Opera and San Diego Opera will formally announce the 2020 world premiere of The Last Dream of Frida & Diego in Mexico City on Aug. 24, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz and Latin Grammy winner, pianist, and classical composer Gabriela Lena Frank. A co-commission with Fort Worth…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tello Films has received its first Emmy nomination for their original web series “secs & EXECS.” Actress, Mindy Sterling received the nomination for her role in the series. This makes Tello Films the first lesbian network to receive such an honor. Sterling, best known for her role as Frau Farbissina in the…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Lambda Literary has announced that it has been awarded a grant of $30,000 from the Amazon Literary Partnership for the eighth year in a row, a continuation of Amazon.com’s support for the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. This year’s Retreat will be held Aug. 5 through Aug. 12, 2017 on…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, has joined more than 50 House colleagues in urging Defense Secretary Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dunford to reject Trump’s ban on transgender servicemembers. “We reject the premise that the presence of transgender troops interferes with the…
MONTREAL – Pride Montreal, which is organizing this year’s first edition of Pride Canada, from Aug. 10 to 20, has unveiled the list of its 17 Grand Marshals, whose exceptional contribution to the cause and to the rights of the sexual diversity and gender plurality it wishes to recognize. “We are extremely proud these remarkable…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced Thursday that the Public Policy Committee of HRC’s Board of Directors has voted to endorse Cathy Woolard for mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, in the non-partisan election this November 2017. “Cathy Woolard’s life-long record fighting for LGBTQ equality makes her the clear choice for fair-minded Atlantans this November,” said HRC…
