HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Shepard Fairey will judge an art contest based on graphic "remixes" of his poster DEFEND EQUALITY LOVE UNITES which he produced by commission from FAIR (Freedom Action Inclusion Rights), a grass-roots organization formed to promote equal rights and combat homophobia. The contest launched over two weeks ago on deviantART.com, the largest community of artists ever assembled. The contest, which challenges deviantART members to re-conceive Shepard's 'Defend Equality Love Unites' image, has exploded since its debut. To date, there is a contentious but organic online dialogue from the deviantART community with comments numbering more than 6,000 individual posts and over 1400 submissions. These numbers make this one of deviantART's most popular contests ever. Full details on the contest can be found at http://news.deviantart.com/article/99837/.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Point Foundation (Point), the nation's largation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, announces the opening of its 2010 application season starting December 11, 2009. Students who will be enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs for the 2010-11 school year are eligible to apply for the prestigious, multi-year scholarships. The application deadline for this year's scholarships is February 12, 2010.
This weekend, the President of the Association of State Democratic Chairs, Ray Buckley (who is also Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party) introduced HRC President Joe Solmonese at a luncheon of the Association’s members from the fifty states. Joe told that state leaders of HRC’s success as a partner with states as they seek [...]
Wireless providers are in overdrive promoting their products and services for the holiday shopping season so it’s important for consumers to take a look at where they stand on LBGT policies. The HRC Foundation’s recently released Buying for Equality 2010 guide showed key service providers AT&T and Sprint Nextel/Boost Mobile scored top marks whereas Verizon/Alltel and T-mobile [...]
On Thursday, December 10, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the nomination of Chai Feldblum to be one of five Commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunittunity Commission (EEOC). Feldblum was approved by a voice vote in between votes on the health reform bill. Sens. Coburn, R-Okalahoma, Burr,  R-North Carolina, Roberts, R-Kansas and Isackson, [...]
Houston Saturday became the first major U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, after a hotly contested run-off election that gave gay and lesbian supporters a symbolic victory following defeats over legalizing same-sex marriages in California and Maine.
Lesbian Annise Parker persuaded conservative Texas's biggest city to elect her mayorâ€"even as liberal states reject gay marriage
Annise Parker, who is openly gay, was elected mayor of Houston Saturday. It makes Houston the largest US city to elect a gay or lesbian mayor.
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