Health officials dispel rumors of meningitis in San Diego’s gay community
Ken Williams | SDGLN Editor in Chief | San Diego Gay & Lesbian News | April 19, 2013 SAN DIEGO – Local health officials are disputing a media report that meningitis has been found in San Diego’s...
View ArticleJudge rules lesbian immigrant can challenge DOMA
Associated Press | USA Today | April 20, 2013 LOS ANGELES — A lesbian couple facing immigration troubles has the standing to challenge the federal Defense of Marriage Act because it violates the...
View ArticleWhy Does America Lose Its Head Over ‘Terror’ But Ignore Its Daily Gun Deaths?
Michael Cohen | Guardian UK | Reader Supported News | April 22, 2013 The marathon bombs triggered a reaction that is at odds with last week’s inertia over arms control. he thriving metropolis of...
View ArticleThe Outrageous Cost of a Gene Test
DAVID B. AGUS | New York Times | May 20, 2013 LOS ANGELES — ANGELINA JOLIE’S revelation that she had had a preventive double mastectomy was eloquent and brave. She had learned that she inherited a...
View ArticleOfficial L.A. Condom Hits the Streets in 40 Foot Long Condom Mobile Game On!
Media Contact: Calvin Fleming (213) 621-4007 calvin@goodpr.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Official L.A. Condom Hits the Streets in 40-Foot Long Condom Mobile Game On! Suit Up, LA: Gay Basketball, Football...
View ArticlePastor No More
Will O’Bryan | Metro Weekly | May 23, 2013 Pastor Larry Burks earned a reputation at his Southern California church for his fire-and-brimstone rhetoric about homosexuality. He was an upstanding,...
View ArticleRev. Guy Erwin Elected Evangelical Lutheran Church’s First Openly Gay Bishop
On Top Magazine | June 1, 2013 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on Friday elected its first openly gay bishop. The Rev. R. Guy Erwin was elected to a six-year term to the Southwest...
View ArticleIn U.S., News of Surveillance Effort Is Met With Some Concern but Little...
ADAM NAGOURNEY | New York Times | June 7, 2013 LOS ANGELES — The string of revelations over the past 48 hours about sweeping government surveillance of American telephone records and Internet activity...
View ArticleFeds Bust 103 Medical Pot Dispensaries in SoCal, Delivering Major Blow to...
Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet | June 12, 2013 The states — and public opinion – are clearly way ahead of the federal government when it comes to marijuana policy. Nonetheless, the feds insist on shoving...
View Article‘Call Me Kuchu’ Documents Ugandan LGBT Activists
John M. Becker | Bilerico | June 16, 2013 Here’s a preview of a powerful new documentary film, Call Me Kuchu, that’s currently playing at New York City’s Quad Cinema and opens next Friday in Los...
View ArticleFormer University Professor Charged in California with Engaging in Sexual...
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 17, 2013 Former University Professor Charged in California with Engaging in Sexual Conduct with Minors and Producing...
View ArticleWhy I Still Can’t Marry My Girlfriend
Jasmyne Cannick | LA Progressive | July 7, 2013 he Supreme Court of the United States of America cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in the state of California. Unfortunately, for my...
View ArticleStudy: Marijuana Smoking Poses “Relatively Small” Risk To Lungs, Associated...
NORML Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) NORML | July 12, 2013 Los Angeles, CA: Pulmonary complications associated with the smoking of cannabis are “relatively small” and far lower than those associated...
View ArticleCA: Arcadia school district settles transgender discrimination case
Seal of the United States Department of Education (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Stephen Ceasar | Los Angeles Times | July 24, 2013 The Arcadia Unified School District and the U.S. Department of Education...
View ArticleThe Next Civil Rights Frontier
English: Official seal of the Eureka Union School District. Español: Sello oficial de Eureka Union School District. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) THE EDITORIAL BOARD | New York Times | July 31, 2013...
View ArticleThe Los Angeles County Arts Commission Awards Lambda Literary Foundation...
The Lambda Literary Award Medal Design 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2013 Contact: Tony Valenzuela at (323) 376-6801 tvalenzuela@lambdaliterary.org The Los Angeles...
View ArticleS. Chris Shirley and Susan Atkins Assume LLF Leadership as President and Vic...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 2013 MEDIA CONTACT: Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director...
View ArticleGay, Bisexual, and Questioning Male and Transgender (GBTQ) Youth of Color...
LGBT_Gateway_Island (Photo credit: RosieQT) Press Release For Immediate Distribution August 8, 2013 Contact: Laura Rodriguez, lrodriguez@rabengroup.com, (310) 956-2425 Donald Gatlin,...
View ArticleMinority Stress Experiences and Psychological Well-Being: The Impact of...
A segment of a social network (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Wong CF, Schrager SM, Holloway IW, Meyer IH, Kipke MD. | Public Med | August 8, 2013 Abstract African American young men who have sex with men...
View ArticleAudit Reveals Breakdown in Schools’ Compliance With State Nondiscrimination...
NYC Department of Education (Photo credit: greg whitby) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2013 CONTACT: Jesse Melgar PHONE: 909.800.3840 EMAIL: jesse@eqca.org Audit Reveals Breakdown in...
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