Washington (HRC) – In another example of Mitt Romney’s inconsistent positions on matters of LGBT equality, the GOP presidential hopeful last week defended his muddled position on same-sex adoption with statistics that are erroneous. In an interview with a North Carolina television station, Romney said: “I think all states but one allow gay adoption – [...]
NEW YORK, NY – Crossover hip-hop artist Yitz “Y-Love” Jordan is speaking out for the first time about his life as a gay man of color, while straddling the worlds of hip-hop and Hasidic Judaism – two communities not known for supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. On May 15th his latest release, “Focus [...]
Four men are scheduled to hang in the town of Choram in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province of Iran. Saadat Arefi, Vahid Akbari, Javid Akbari and Houshmand Akbari have been sentenced to death for alleged sodomy, according to the Iranian Human Rights Activist News. Reports of their pending execution coincide with the launch of “LGBT [...]
Ernst & Young LLP landed the number 6 spot on DiversityInc.’s annual “Top 50 companies for Diversity” list, remaining within the top ten for the fourth consecutive year. The firm has appeared on the list for the past nine years, and ranked within the top 50 seven years running. In response to this year’s ranking, [...]
Get involved with the Human Rights Campaign with this month’s “HRC Connect” event, First San Diego Dinner. Table Captains are the heart of the event’s attendance. Each Table Captain strives to fill a table, creating their own guest list and spending an inspirational evening surrounded by friends and family. When your friends purchase tickets, they’ll [...]
Be sure to read Tom Andrew’s review in Top Highlights and Section 4a (The following is edited promotional copy) After her critically acclaimed debut as Roxie Hart on Broadway and in London’s West End, Christie Brinkley, one of the most successful supermodels in history, will make her Broadway tour debut this spring as she reprises her “killer role” [...]
Get ready for events galore in South Park this week, this month, this summer. Here’s a taste: May 12 The Next Door Gallery — Opening of new gallery art show, “Soul Being” by Sharon Novak. Artist’s reception Saturday, 5-8pm, with entertainment by musician Jeffrey Joe. May 19 South Bark Dog Wash — Animal Communicator Terri [...]
The Williams Institute at UCLA released results of a new study today in which researchers considered FBI data on hate crimes to determine the impact of hate-motivated violence on LGBT individuals. According to the study, which is the first of its kind to use FBI data for this purpose, gay men face higher rates of [...]
A meeting of the Fox Canyon Neighborhood Association is scheduled to take place 6:15 pm on Tuesday, May 8 in the Community Room Auburn Park, 5123 University Avenue. Meeting agenda points include discussion of the City of San Diego budget and a CPI Budget 101 presentation by Trinh Le. Family, neighbors and friends are welcome [...]
Romney campaign finance co-hair Frank VanderSloot, also the CEO of Melaleuca, Inc., found himself the target of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow last week when the host exposed VanderSloot’s involvement in outing an Idaho reporter. Peter Zuckerman, a reporter for the Idaho Falls Post-Register, received critical acclaim for his work uncovering the details of child molester and [...]
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