Going Back in the Closet: Alarming Challenges of LGBT Senior Population is Focus of New, Diversity Works LLC ...
President Obama’s Address: A call to action for LGBT Seniors? According to the recent federally funded Aging and Health Report, more than a third of all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) seniors report depression and one half have a known disability. A new video is up for a TED 10 Ads Worth Spreading award. ...
Michigan Start-Up, International Caregiver Network, Competes For TED's 2012 “Ads Worth Spreading” Challenge
Michigan start-up, International Caregiver Network, competes in TED's “Ads Worth Spreading” challenge with powerful video about the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) caregivers.Southfield, MI (PRWEB) January 25, 2012 When International Caregiver Network (ICN) launched The Caring Heart Project: DETROIT last month, they had no idea that helping a local caregiver could put them ...
YouTube. TED. ICN. Allies in Bringing the Plight of Gay Seniors Out of the Closet and Into the Spotlight
International Caregiver Network (ICN) Launches Viral Campaign About Alarming Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Seniors in TED’s Prestigious Ads Worth Spreading Competition.Southfield, Michigan (PRWEB) January 30, 2012 This week’s Time Magazine describes YouTube as “the most rapidly growing force in human history.” International Caregiver Network is using “the beast with a ...
Jamie Wetherbe: Lesbians Are Forever: A Gay Take on Kay Jewelers' Commercials
The ooey-gooey jewelry commercials seem to bother almost everyone, although they must trigger some man to head to the mall or they wouldn't air. As a lesbian, I find the ads particularly annoying.
John Nash: The Super Bowl Is Now Everyone's Game
Game day is fast approaching, and while I know it's the Giants against the Patriots -- Eli Manning versus Tom Brady (who handily wins the "Best Dressed" in a suit) -- the only tension I feel is whether or not I'm up on all the ads that will break during the game.
GLSEN's Antibullying Message Will Greet Super Bowl Fans
Football fans at this weekend's Super Bowl will be greeted by a message against antigay bullying, thanks to a donation to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network of some huge video billboards.
Feds touted gay-wedding tourism ads in 2006
If surprising doubts had persisted about the validity of foreign same-sex marriages performed in Canada, the federal government's own tourism-promotion agency would have had some serious explaining to do about a campaign it proudly touted in 2006 to attract gay and lesbian couples from the United States to "tie the knot" in this country.
Column - All deals off when asylum seekers come to Castlemaine
BRING in foreigners and the culture starts to change. You probably eat better. But it’s…
Same-sex marriage passes in Senate; KC Council's McDermott "will marry my partner"
Two years and three months after the "everything-but-marriage" Referendum 71 passed to extend the rights of same-sex partnerships in Washington State, the Senate, last night, passed the marriage equality bill, SB-6239. This legislation legalizes gay marriage with exemptions for religious organizations opposed to conducting same-sex weddings. The vote was 28 to 21, as four Republicans and 24 ...
Warren J. Blumenfeld: Boycotting Chick-Fil-A While Conservative Christians Play "Victim" Card
While private companies like Chick-Fil-A have the right to support organizations and causes of their choice, should public tax-supported institutions such as universities maintain connections with those companies that expressly violate campus non-discrimination policies?