Topics :: GLBT organizations

Founder & Longtime Head to Leave N.J.’s Garden State Equality

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Jan 4, 2013
Steve Goldstein, a leading gay rights activist, announced that he would be leaving as the chair of the prominent LGBT rights organization, Garden State Equality, at the end of the month, to take a job at Rutgers University.

Leading LGBT Organizations Share Their Wish List With Obama

By Winnie McCroy | Wednesday Nov 7, 2012
EDGE Media Network reached out to the nation’s LGBT organizations before Election Day to ask what they wanted to see from the new president, from HIV funding to protection of service members and seniors, to combating homelessness and bullying.

HBGC & PFLAG to Host Empowerment Conference for LGBTQ Youth of Color

Thursday Sep 22, 2011
The Hispanic Black Gay Coalition (HBGC) and Greater Boston Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) will host its first annual Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Youth Empowerment Conference.

Stockholm’s Pride and Beauty

By Mark Thompson | Wednesday Aug 31, 2011
Beauty has been, for years, synonymous with Sweden. After all, this is the country that conquered the world with their Nordic models, clothed the globe in H&M fashions, furnished our homes in Ikea - and drowned the world in Absolut.

LGBT Charity Delivers Humanitarian Aid to Guatemala

Wednesday Aug 10, 2011
Rainbow World Fund (RWF), the only international humanitarian aid organization that is based in the LGBT community, just returned from a ten-day humanitarian aid journey to Guatemala.

Steals, Deals, Food and Fun: Housing Works’ Summer Events

Tuesday Jun 21, 2011
Housing Works is turning up the heat on its summer events series featuring plenty of ways to find steals, deals, food and fun.

Out and Around Searches for Supergays

Friday Jun 10, 2011
In an effort to connect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community on a global scale, Out and Around has launched a website that highlights the stories of LGBT people around the world.

New York’s Fashion Crowd Works Sold-Out ’Design on a Dime’ Benefit

By Mark Thompson | Saturday May 7, 2011
New York’s most popular interior design benefit event opened on Thursday evening with a sold-out VIP reception and opening night soiree that had Housing Works’ patrons lined up outside Metropolitan Pavilion.

Rainbow Rumpus Launches New Online Magazine for Teens with LGBT Parents

Friday May 6, 2011
Rainbow Riot, a new online magazine for teens with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents, has launched at www.rainbowriot.org to serve the 9 million young people with LGBT parents in the United States.

GLBT Groups Express Gratitude, Sorrow for Elizabeth Taylor

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Mar 24, 2011
For the gay community, Elizabeth Taylor was not only an icon--she was, for some, quite literally a life saver. GLBT leaders and organizations gave voice to their gratitude and their grief after Taylor’s March 23 death.