SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Jack Mackenroth, a fashion designerion designer from the hit reality television series "Project Runway," who has been living with HIV for more than 20 years, launched a new "Living Positive By Design: Creating Positive Conversations" online video as part of his national HIV and AIDS education initiative. The new video features discussions from this year's United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) in San Francisco, with Jack interviewing prominent advocates, celebrities and a local HIV doctor, about their important work to help the HIV and AIDS community. The Living Positive By Design campaign, supported by Merck & Co., Inc., and videos aim to confront HIV stigma and motivate HIV-positive people to have a positive outlook on life while effectively managing their disease.
In a deeply disappointing decision, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) formally stated today that it will not provide spousal benefits to the same-sex spouse of an employee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (The Advocate reported about the announcement this afternoon, and the full statement from OPM is available [...]
If you’re headed out shopping this weekend, don’t forget to take HRC’s Buyer’s Guide with you. The handy guide rates hundreds of popular American brands on their businesses’ treatment of LGBT employees. “Buying for Equality 2010†divides businesses and their consumer products into red, yellow and green categories based on their score on the HRC [...]
Yesterday, three guests from Puerto Rico who are working hard there to make life better for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Puerto Ricans came to HRC to discuss ways we could work together to make change. Guillermo Mena was the first openly gay President of the Student Government at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio [...]
Rev. Kerr wrote in his homily of Dec. 14 that he sees a future where people who love each other will marry without recrimination. To quote Rev. Kerr, "including gay and lesbian unions."
While Houston has not been a popular spot for gay and lesbian travelers, the visitors bureau is pushing to change that.
The wound is still fresh for gay and lesbian constituents of Queens and state senators like Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst), who voted against same-sex marriage two weeks ago.
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