Day: March 23, 2011

Boston Consulting Group and Goldman Sachs Receive 2011 Innovation Award
The HRC Foundation, the educational arm of the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, will honour 337 major U.S. employers as its 2011 ‘Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality” at the Seventh Annual LGBT Workplace Awards Seminar and Reception tonight. The event will be hosted for the third year in a row by Time Warner and held at the Time Warner Center in New York City and will feature Jane Velez-Mitchell, author and host of Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell on HLN.

GLAAD Mourns the Loss of LGBT Advocate and Ally Dame Elizabeth Taylor
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, joins the LGBT community and its allies in mourning the loss of actress and advocate Dame Elizabeth Taylor.

Clava Says “I Cover” The Ipad
Clava, the leader in chic-but-functional handbags, leather accessories, and more, introduces iPad cases and messenger bags in new styles and colors at Fashion Access.

Statement from HRC President on the Death of Elizabeth Taylor
Today, Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, issued the following statement on the news of the death of actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor has died
Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress famed for her beauty, her jet-set lifestyle, her charitable endeavors and her many marriages, has died, her publicist told CNN Wednesday. She was 79.

So-called ‘Gay Cure’ iPhone app pulled from iTunes
It’s being called the “gay cure” app: A smart phone application claiming to change homosexuality. The iPhone app is sparking outrage by gay activists who say the application is “hateful and bigoted.”