News by subject: LGB

This holiday season, H&M USA is continuing its support of The Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. In honor...

BlueCity , a world-leading LGBTQ platform that fosters connection and well-being, is integrating HIV prevention organizations into the international edition of its social networking app, Blued, as part of a landmark new feature ahead of World AIDS...

TD Bank Group has committed to supporting more than 20 local community programs focusing on newcomer, settlement and refugee programs across Ontario. The $250,000 contribution comes from the bank's broader corporate citizenship strategy and platform,...

Diversity and inclusion are among Canada's greatest strengths. Everyone should be able to live a true and authentic life, free from violence and discrimination, no matter who they are or who they love. Today, the Honourable David Lametti, Minister...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: "Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we come together to...

A paper published in Nature Medicine outlines the ways in which electronic health records can be used as a tool to reduce health disparities affecting LGBTQIA+ people. The paper is part of Nature Medicine's "Series on Diversity, Equity and...

Public Service Enterprise Group has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America for the 14th consecutive year ? recognizing PSEG's commitment to sustainable and ethical practices and long track record of achievement across...

Today, Verywell Health, announced the launch of "Health Divide: HIV," which explores the ways HIV has disproportionately impacted marginalized groups, including BIPOC, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities....

Homestead Entertainment and A Glimmer of Hope Productions present Hollywood Houseboys exclusively on Tubi, a Fox Entertainment Company. Beginning Friday, Nov. 19th this new unscripted series releases with a diverse LGBTQIA audience in mind....

The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, today issued the following statement:  "Her name was Rita Hester. She was a Black transgender woman who was brutally murdered in her own apartment and still today her case...

An increasingly popular option in the LGBT family structure is gestational surrogacy, especially for same-sex male couples. Joy of Life is proud to offer professional surrogacy services to the gay parenting community and help couples and individuals...

Wash.-based The Original House Wine (House Wine) will receive the 2021 Social Visionary Award for its partnership with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on a limited-edition Rainbow Rosé Bubbles can which celebrates and supports LGBTQ+ equality and...

In 2021, lawmakers from 33 state legislatures and assemblies representing every region of the country filed 98 bills that seek to restrict of the ability of transgender and gender diverse youth (TGD) to access health care, school facilities, and...

White Party Global (WPG) announced the long-awaited return of White Party Palm Springs, the largest and most well-known gay dance music festival in the world, which will take the desert by storm April 29 ? May 1, 2022....

Venvs, a socially responsible, all-inclusive jewelry brand designed to be worn by anyone, no matter race, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, or ability, launched today. The queer-owned, digitally-savvy business offers unique, custom engagement...

Jiko, a modern banking platform with simple API access that allows businesses to embed financial services tailored to their customers, announced that Euphoria is using its platform to launch Bliss, a banking app for the transgender community¹....

Alloy, the leading identity decisioning platform for banks and fintech companies, today announced Daylight, the first LGBTQ+ digital banking platform in the United States, will be leveraging Alloy to automate the identity verification process during...

For the second year in a row, Destination Tomorrow, the only TLGBQ center in the Bronx serving the community through educational, financial, housing, health and personal support programs, was selected as the fund Grant Maker for the Gilead's...

The Canadian and international arts and design community has stepped forward with five proposals for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument. Today, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, and the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women...

'Intended Parents' is a short film about a Black millennial couple, seeking to expand their family through surrogacy. With one partner identifying as a transgender woman, the couple (Alexander Grey as "Robyn" and Lawrence Locke as "Anthony") find...

As Canada's iconic brand that stands for sticking together and champions both acceptance and inclusion, Kraft Peanut Butter announced today the launch of His, Hers, Them & Theirs: Learning Pronouns with the Bears, a limited edition children's book...

The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the business voice of the LGBT community, in collaboration with its partners in the National Business Inclusion Consortium (NBIC), has named the sixth annual cohort of Best-of-the-Best list of...

BlueCity based in Beijing, China, and focused on providing a comprehensive suite of services to foster connections and enhance the wellbeing of the LGBTQ community, today announced that BlueCity, CSO Alfred Ying will present at the dbVIC - Deutsche...

Today, the Black Trans Fund, incubated at Groundswell Fund, and Grantmakers for Girls of Color launched the Holding a Sister Initiative, the first-ever national fund explicitly dedicated to trans girls and gender-expansive youth of color. Dr. Monique...

INvolve, the Inclusion People released their annual OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Models Lists that recognizes business leaders across industries who are creating positive change in their workplace when it comes to upholding a commitment to diversity while...

Today, the It Gets Better Project, the world's largest storytelling effort to uplift LGBTQ+ youth, launched a new school-based grant initiative, 50 States. 50 Grants. 5,000 Voices. Through this new initiative, grants of up to $10K each will be...

FOUR out of the Top Ten Executives in the annual OUTstanding LGBT+ global role model lists and an impressive third (32) of the overall Top 100 Executives are from the US....

Crave confirmed today that it has ordered a third season of its hit original series, which continues to be the top-performing Canadian title on Crave*. CANADA'S DRAG RACE is available to audiences in Canada in both English...

HR Tech Group today announced the release of their 2021 Diversity in Tech Dashboard, one of several initiatives stemming from the organization's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Tech Project, launched in 2019 with funding from the Province of...

John Hancock, along with its parent company Manulife Financial Corporation, today announced enhanced benefits for its US domiciled team members, reflecting an increased focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mental health benefits for...

Dow today announces that four leaders earned recognition on three 2021 OUTstanding LGBT+ role models lists: LGBT+ Executives, LGBT+ Ally Executives and LGBT+ Future Leaders....

We live in a diverse society ? diverse in its culture, its languages, ethnicities and genders. Today, as part of its ongoing efforts to support our diverse Canadian workforce, Medavie Blue Cross will be expanding its benefits offering to include a...

The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, will visit Halifax on November 9 and 10, 2021. The Minister will meet with community leaders as well as women's, LGBTQ2, Indigenous and youth organizations. Please note that...

On December 1, the National AIDS Memorial brings three powerful programs to the public for World AIDS Day that offer inspiration, hope, remembrance, and reflection. The programming, free to the public, includes a virtual national forum and...

The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, will visit Halifax on November 9 and 10, 2021. The Minister will meet with community leaders and women's, LGBTQ2, Indigenous and youth organizations. Please note that all...

Today Häagen-Dazs® ice cream announces its $100,000 pledge to Allies in Arts (AiA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to support artists who are women, BIPOC, and LGBTQQIA2S ? all of whom are underrepresented individuals in...

The GenderCool Project, a youth-led, youth-inspired movement, has launched a national education campaign to help people understand fact from fiction about transgender kids and their connection to athletics....

The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) announced today the award of a new research grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to examine the relationship between sexual and gender minority (SGM) stressors in young adulthood and...

The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, will visit Halifax on November 9 and 10, 2021. The Minister will meet with community leaders as well as women's, LGBTQ2, Indigenous and youth organizations. Please note that...

Gradient Spaces, a new community organization for 2SLGBTQIA+ innovators, is launching their first incubator program for Canadian founders in partnership with Georgian, a leading Venture Capital Firm based in Toronto. Gradient Spaces is a...

Founder, Producer and Anchor of PromoHomo.TV, Nicholas Snow, announces his online television network will simul-stream the colorful 2021 Palm Springs Pride Parade worldwide across YouTube, Linked In, Twitter Live, Facebook and at PromoHomo.TV®. The...

Former Atlanta City Councilmember Alex Wan, who successfully represented District 6 from 2010-2018, was victorious in his bid to again represent the District. Wan garnered 79 percent of the vote (7,120 votes). "I am grateful that my friends and...

FOLX Health, the first digital healthcare service provider designed by and for the medical needs of the LGBTQIA+ community, today announced the hire of two C-Suite executives: Lena Ballantine as Chief Financial Officer, and Donisha Diagne as Chief...

A new student-led project has officially launched under the Center for Law and Social Responsibility at New England Law | Boston: The Identity Affirmation Project....

Lawline, a leading provider of online continuing legal education, is presenting a two-day event exploring gender in the legal field. Summit speakers include Andrea S. Kramer of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Brandon Cox of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, James...

Joseph Lese, Principal Architect and Owner of Progress Studio, and the entire Progress Studio team is thrilled to announce our recent certification as an LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE®) through the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)...

Los Angeles-based real estate development company KOAR International LLC, announced today that it will break ground on November 5th, 2021 on Living Out Palm Springs. Living Out Palm Springs will be an active adult retirement community designed to...

Chelsea Austin, a writer, speaker and life coach, will launch season two of her podcast "Worthiness Warriors" on November 1. Austin's weekly podcast aims to help listeners define self-worth, love and acceptance with the goal of connecting her guests...

myGwork, the professional networking platform for the LGBTQ+ business community, announces the return of #WorkFair on 17 November 2021. The leading free global virtual careers fair will empower LGBTQ+ candidates, professionals and graduates to find...

More than 200 leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace in support of the Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (TLVFest) and...