Day: January 24, 2011
Thought Police, AIDS and the Physically Challenged
Last night I posted an innocent, “thumbs up” salutation on Facebook to a new person I met who lives a robust collegian life in a wheel chair. My post did mention the new friend’s wheel chair and expressed my admiration for him.
Star of VH1’s ‘TRANSform Me’ Laverne Cox to join panel on transgender images in film
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today released its guide to LGBT inclusive films showing at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival. With over XX film listings, the guides serves as a resource for LGBT filmmakers, audiences and allies who want to support films that highlight the LGBT experience.
New HUD Regulations Will Protect LGBT Families
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today praised draft regulations from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would protect LGBT families from discrimination and make clear that federal housing programs are open to all families. HUD is also in the midst of the first-ever nationwide survey of housing discrimination against LGBT people.