Last Saturday the Latino Equality Alliance held a Community Forum at the Highland Park Cultural Center to talk about why it is important for all Latinos to be counted in the 2010 Census, especially including LGBT Latinos. The over 50 attendants also were given an opportunity to talk about the common misconceptions and challenges faced by LGBT Latinos.

Congressmen Jerry Nadler (D-NY-8) and Mike Honda (D-CA-15) spoke along with a member of a binational gay couple at a Q Street luncheon on LGBT immigration today in Washington, D.C. The event was moderated by Julie Kruse of Immigration Equality.

Q Street is an association of over 300 LGBT lobbyists and advocates for LGBT rights that hosts quarterly speakers’ luncheons and other events.

Last week, I was invited to speak at UCSD with the GLBT student association.  I was asked to talk about issues legally important and relevant to the GLBT community.  Preparing for that talk was more difficult than I had anticipated.  I wanted my talk to impact each student directly, and not be some amorphous discussion forgotten as soon as it was over.

Being seven years out of an undergraduate program myself, I had to think hard about what a group of GLBT students preparing to work in today's economy and legal/political landscape would benefit most from, in a 20 minute talk. 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Campus Pride recognizes George Aumoithe Jr. of Bowdoin College (Class of 2011) and Stephen Lucas of Pennsylvania State University (Class of 2010) with the 2010 National Voice & Action Leadership Award.

The annual honorary recognition is the only one of its kind focused nationally on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally college students. Every year the award is bestowed upon young adults who have made extraordinary contributions as LGBT and ally leaders at colleges and universities across the United States.