WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to media inquiries and an apparent information blackout by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Nicholas F. Benton, owner of the Falls Church News-Press, a Washington, D.C.-area weekly, confirmed today that his corporation, Benton Communications, Inc., had won a bid from parties that included the SBA in September to obtain the assets of the Washington Blade from its bankrupt parent company for purposes of a seamless perpetuation of the nation's oldest gay community newspaper. The Blade was closed without Benton's advanced knowledge on Monday.
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Nicholas F. Benton, owner-editor of the Falls Church News-Press issued upon the news today of the sudden termination of publication of fellow Washington, D.C. Beltway weekly, the Washington Blade.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is proud to announce publication of LGBTQ Cultures: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know About Sexual and Gender Diversity, written by Michele J. Eliason, PhD, Suzanne LD, Suzanne L Dibble, DNSc, RN, Jeanne DeJoseph, CNM, PhD, and Peggy Chinn, RN, PhD. The book is available online only at www.NursingCenter.com/lgbtq and addresses health care disparities among the gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.
Last Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance banning discrimination in housing and employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The vote was spurred after the Church of Latter Day Saints issued a statement in support of the ordinance. “The church supports these ordinances,” LDS spokesman Michael Otterson told the [...]
Late yesterday, the House Committee on Education and Labor postponed the markup of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that had been scheduled for Wednesday morning. For the last several weeks, HRC has been working with the committee staff and legal staff from a coalition of LGBT groups to address a few remaining technical questions. We [...]
Over the weekend Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, an openly-gay 19 year old in Puerto Rico, was murdered and dismembered in a horrific crime that is thought to be based on his sexual orientation. Local news sources are now reporting that a suspect is in custody. Yesterday HRC was in contact with the Justice Department and our [...]
ATLANTA, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Southern Voice, an Atlanta gay and lesbian newspaper, has closed its doors after 21 years of publishing, its editor says.
ATLANTA: The largest U.S. publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down and plans to file for bankruptcy. Employees arrived at work Monday morning to find out about the s...
AUSTIN, Texas----The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and San Francisco AIDS Foundation were presented with an Innovator Award in the Special Events category for their creation of AIDS/LifeCycle, a seven-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that raises money and awareness for HIV and AIDS services.
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