Thursday, December 17, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Jack Mackenroth, a fashion 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.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Logo, a division of Vivision of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks, today announced that singer Adam Lambert will host NewNowNext PopLab, the destination for up-and-coming party music in all its forms, on Monday night, December 7 at 7:00 PM*.
These two updates come to us from Theresa Moschetta, a member of the HRC Board of Governors from Long Island: After nine months of consideration, Jon Cooper, Suffolk County majority leader and Long Island’s only openly-gay elected official, has decided not to run in a primary against New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Cooper announced his decision in [...]
Currently, employees of Virginia state agencies and higher education institutions may only cover spouses in Virginia-recognized marriages and their children under the state’s employee health insurance plan.  Gov. Tim Kaine’s administration recently launched a proposal that could result in state employees being able to elect to cover either a spouse or an “otherwise qualified adult” living [...]
This update on our continuing work to build support for an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act comes to us from Adrian Matanza, our organizer most recently in Indiana. This week, I returned to my home base of  Las Vegas, Nev. after three and a half months on the road.  I’ve been working to keep domestic partnerships in Washington state, [...]
Lake Worth commissioners OK $250,000 loan for gay, lesbian center Compass
As the decade draws to a close, a new report shows the past 10 years have been a period of dramatic gains in equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in America. Â Two-thirds of the 36 statistical indicators compiled in A Decade of Progress on LGBT Rights showed significant advances, including sharp increases in the number of LGBT Americans protected by nondiscrimination and ...
SAN DIEGO - The California Department of Parks and Recreation is forming a task force to address equality issues for its women and gay employees. Parks officials said Thursday the move is part of a settlement with a lesbian park ranger who filed a harassment lawsuit in San Diego County.


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