Spotlight On Success Awards Luncheon

The ONE Community Spotlight on Success, Local Heroes Awards

Celebrating our past, present and future

The Sheraton Downtown, 340 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix

11:00 Doors Open, 11:30 luncheon 

October 18th, 2013

October is LGBT History Month.  LGBT History Month began in the United States and was first celebrated in October 1994.  In 1995, the National Education Association showed support of LGBT History Month as well as other history months by resolution at its General Assembly.

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LGBT Community Survey

Submitted by ONE Community on May 15, 2013 - 12:00am
LGBT Community Survey

We would like to invite you to take a new survey about your opinions and preferences, from an LGBT perspective. 

There's power in our Pride! Participating in this study helps open minds and doors around the world, and influences positive changes for our community. Previous surveys have yielded 45,000 respondents from 148 countries! You may have seen CMI research quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, etc. 

Click here to start the survey. Read more »

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ONE Community Multicultural Networking Forum

LGBT buying power is estimated at $790 billion dollars this year.  Join ONE Community as we celebrate diversity at the Multicultural Networking Forum.  The ONE Community Multicultural Networking Forum is dedicated to bringing LGBT and allied businesses professionals together to celebrate diversity, build new business networking opportunities and create stronger business and personal relationships.

Vendor and sponsorship information, click HERE.

Pre-sale tickets are just $10.00 and $15.00 the day of the event.

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Same-Sex Couples Face Significant Housing Discrimination, Historic Government Study Says

Submitted by ONE Community on June 18, 2013 - 1:35pm
Same-Sex Couples Face Significant Housing Discrimination, Historic Government Study Says

WASHINGTON -- Same-sex couples face significant levels of discrimination in the rental housing market, according to a landmark government study released on Tuesday.

The new survey by the Department of Housing and Urban Development is the first-ever study examining housing discrimination against same-sex couples at the national level.

HUD found that same-sex couples were "significantly less likely than heterosexual couples to get favorable responses to e-mail inquiries about electronically advertised rental housing." In fact, heterosexual couples were favored over gay male couples in 15.9 percent of the tests, and over lesbian couples in 15.6 percent. Read more »

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A Survey of LGBT Americans

Submitted by ONE Community on June 18, 2013 - 8:57am
A Survey of LGBT Americans

An overwhelming share of America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults (92%) say society has become more accepting of them in the past decade and an equal number expect it to grow even more accepting in the decade ahead. They attribute the changes to a variety of factors, from people knowing and interacting with someone who is LGBT, to advocacy on their behalf by high-profile public figures, to LGBT adults raising families.1 Read more »

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Gay employees accepted, but not protected, at work

Submitted by ONE Community on June 18, 2013 - 7:10am
Gay employees accepted, but not protected, at work

Gay rights advocate Tico Almeida wasn't yet born in 1974 when the first bill to prohibit employment discrimination against gay men and women was introduced in the United States Congress. Although it was an era when women and minorities were starting to make strides in the workplace, the anti-discrimination legislation died in Congress that year — as it has many times since. Read more »

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LEGO Kidsfest Phoenix

Location

University of Phoenix Stadium
1 W Cardinals Dr
Glendale, AZ 85305
See map: Google Maps

The LEGO KidsFest, a giant nationally-traveling LEGO expo, is coming to Arizona for the first time, Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 14, 2013 at the University of Phoenix Stadium. 

This hands-on, educational, all-ages LEGO extravaganza features millions of LEGO bricks not to mention lots of construction zones, dozens of life-sized LEGO models and displays, LEGO Games, LEGO Ninjago, and LEGO Friends, group builds such as Creation Nation and the LEGO Art Gallery, live LEGO Master Builders, and so much more covering over three acres of space. 

For more information, visit: www.LEGOkidsfest.com.

DATES & SESSIONS:

Friday, July 12, 2013:
4 pm - 8:30 pm Read more »

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Real Madrid and L.A. Galaxy on Thursday, August 1, 2013

Location

University of Phoenix Stadium
1 W Cardinals Dr
Glendale, AZ 85305
See map: Google Maps

The University of Phoenix Stadium will play host to the West Region opening round of the 2013 Guinness International Champions Cup, featuring a matchup between Real Madrid and L.A. Galaxy on Thursday, August 1, 2013. The event will mark the first time both teams will play in the University of Phoenix Stadium. International soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of Real fame will face off against L.A. Galaxy and U.S. Men’s National Team veteran Landon Donovan. Kickoff will be at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for this game are on sale now.

Ticket Pricing for the August 1st matchup is as follows: Read more »

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