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/.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantis Events, Inc., the world's largest company specializing in all-gay and lesbian vacations, is offering guests on the first ever gay cruise to mainland China, South Korea and Japan a special roundtrip airfare of only $399*. These fares are good between any continental U.S. or Canadian city arriving in Shanghai and departing Hong Kong. Customers who book any outside or balcony stateroom by Jan. 12, 2010 can take advantage of this exclusive promotion.
Annise Parker Wins Runoff Election Despite Anti-Gay Attacks
Now that the Council of the District of Columbia has twice voted to extend marriage equality to same-sex couples, the obvious question is: what’s next. The bill now goes to Mayor Adrian Fenty who has said he will sign it. Because of D.C.’s unique status, all bills passed by the Council and signed by the [...]
Today, the Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury returned multiple indictments arising out of the fatal racially motivated beating of Luis Ramirez in She in Shenandoah, Pa. In addition to returning hate crime indictments, indictments were returned that related to local police corruption. Ramirez lost his life on July 14, 2008 after he was knocked unconscious and [...]
Moments ago, the Council of the District of Columbia passed Councilmember David Catania’s marriage equality bill by a vote of 11 to 2. This second successful vote now sends the bill to Mayor Adrian Fenty who has pledged to sign it. Congratulations to all of the advocates who have worked tirelessly to bring us to [...]
The bullying or harassment of gay, lesbian and transgender students in the Oklahoma City School District will not be tolerated, school board members said Monday with a vote amending the district’s pol ...
Words have consequences. That's the message of the latest campaign by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and the Ad Council, aimed at eradicating anti-gay language in schools and in everyday use.
The Connecticut Alliance for Business Opportunities, a statewide gay and lesbian chamber of commerce, has hired its first executive director.
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