HIV/AIDS
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Select These 7 Charities In Lieu of Wedding Gifts
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Select These 7 Charities In Lieu of Wedding Gifts Good news for anyone hand-wringing about what to buy Prince Harry and bride-to-be Meghan Markle as a gift for their May 19 nuptials. And we know how stressful china and flatware selection can be, especially when your recipients are royals. To harness “the goodwill shown to…
iPhone 8 (PRODUCT)RED Proceeds To Help Combat HIV/AIDS In Africa
iPhone 8 (PRODUCT)RED Proceeds To Help Combat HIV/AIDS In Africa Apple has introduced a new iPhone that will be used to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa.The new (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition iPhone 8 was released to retail on April 13. Partial proceeds from the sale of (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 8's will go towards the global charitable fund (RED). Created in 2006 by U2's Bono and Bobby Shriver, (RED)'s goal…
John Oliver-Connected Satirical Children's Book to Benefit AIDS, LGBTQ-Related Causes
John Oliver-Connected Satirical Children's Book to Benefit AIDS, LGBTQ-Related Causes A Day in the Life of Marlon BundoA satirical children's book presented by the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver program is using U.S. vice-president Mike Pence's anti-gay bigotry to raise money for LGBTQ and AIDS-related causes. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,…
Powered By Love Book Focusing On African Grandmothers Being Used To Combat AIDS
Powered By Love Book Focusing On African Grandmothers Being Used To Combat AIDS Powered by Love book cover — image providedFor more than a decade a coalition of grandmothers from Canada and Africa have come together under the "Grandmothers Campaign" supported by the Stephen Lewis Foundation with the express goal of combating AIDS in Africa. Now those…
Candy Crush Saga Games Team With (RED) To Fight AIDS
Candy Crush Saga Games Team With (RED) To Fight AIDS Candy Crush (RED) — Graphic via iTunes StoreYour addiction to Candy Crush may now help save lives. Between Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 proceeds from the purchase of (RED)-themed bundles of the Candy Crush Saga games will go towards combating AIDS. There are three (RED) variants of the popular game app: Candy…
Stars Using Upcoming Tour To Support Native Women's Shelter Of Montreal
Stars Using Upcoming Tour To Support Native Women's Shelter Of Montreal Stars — photo by Norman WongMontreal new new romantics Stars will be using their upcoming tour to support the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal (NWSM.). The band recently announced on Twitter that $1 from each ticket sold for their upcoming eight-show limited tour will go…
Arcade Fire Online Store Shirts Dedicated To Kanpe, Partners In Health Charities
Arcade Fire Online Store Shirts Dedicated To Kanpe, Partners In Health Charities Arcade Fire's Partners In Health tees — photo via Arcade Fire online storeLost amidst the unusual promotional and merchandizing campaign that Montreal-based Arcade Fire has launched — Kylie and Kendall Jenner co-opting t-shirt designs, $110 fidget spinners, dress code…
Nashville Acts Band Together For Anti-Trump, Pro-Planned Parenthood Compilation
Nashville Acts Band Together For Anti-Trump, Pro-Planned Parenthood Compilation Strange Freedom — Songs of Love and Protest — album cover via Cafe RoosterA Nashville record company has gathered together 13 acts for an anti-President Donald Trump compilation created to support Planned Parenthood. Cafe Rooster Records' will dedicate all proceeds from its…
UK Musician Tim Arnold's New Music Video to Support Equality
UK Musician Tim Arnold's New Music Video to Support Equality Tim Arnold — photo via Tim Arnold MusicU.K. musician Tim Arnold, who composed the music to Iggy Pop's 2016 film Blood Orange, will be using International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHOT) on May 17 to unveil a supportive new music video for the song “What Love…
Lea DeLaria, Gavin Crawford and More Part of LGBTQ-Positive We're Funny That Way Fest
Lea DeLaria, Gavin Crawford and More Part of LGBTQ-Positive We're Funny That Way Fest Lea Delaria — photo courtesy FLIP PublicityThe We're Funny That Way comedy festival and fundraiser will be making its return after a five year hiatus. The LGBTQ-positive festival, which goes from May 3-6 in Toronto, will use its We're Funny That Way Foundation to…
Dare To Wear Love Gala to Introduce Launch of Urgent Stephen Lewis Foundation LGBTQ Initiative
Dare To Wear Love Gala to Introduce Launch of Urgent Stephen Lewis Foundation LGBTQ Initiative Dare To Wear Love — photo credit: Paul Flavius Nachita Dare To Wear Love, the swish annual Canadian fashion gala founded by Hoax Couture designers Jim Searle and Chris Tyrell, is set or May 12 at Toronto’s Ritz Carlton. The event has raised more than a half-…
Björk, Mary J. Blige, Margaret Atwood, More Part of Massive 7-Inch Series For Planned Parenthood
Björk, Mary J. Blige, Margaret Atwood, More Part of Massive 7-Inch Series For Planned Parenthood St. Vincent and John Legend sing in their video for 7 Inches Of Planned Parenthood — screen capture via the 7 Inches Of Planned Parenthood YouTube channelBjörk, Mary J. Blige and Margaret Atwood are just a few of the contributors to a massive just-announced…
B.C. Entrepreneur Jim Pattison Makes Record $75 Million Donation to St. Paul's Foundation
B.C. Entrepreneur Jim Pattison Makes Record $75 Million Donation to St. Paul's Foundation St. Paul's Foundation — photo courtesy of SPF. Of all the achievements destined to follow Jim Pattison into the annals of history, perhaps none will rival this: the mega-successful businessman and entrepreneur today holds the record for the largest donation…
U2 Private Concert, Tea With Bono and Julia Roberts Raffled Off to Support AIDS Charity
U2 Private Concert, Tea With Bono and Julia Roberts Raffled Off to Support AIDS Charity Actor Julia Roberts and U2's Bono — photo via OmazeYou could win yourself a private U2 concert experience or an afternoon drinking tea with U2 lead singer Bono and actress Julia Roberts by supporting the (RED) charity to combat HIV/AIDS. Created in 2006 by Bono and…
Munk, Pringle, Movember, HSBC, Aird Among 2016 Philanthropy Award Winners
Munk, Pringle, Movember, HSBC, Aird Among 2016 Philanthropy Award Winners Aiden Aird, 17, receives his award from Loblaws Companies' Nicole Donaldson, at the 2016 Philanthropy Awards — photo credit: Joel Nadel of Event Imaging. Peter Munk and his wife Melanie, Andy and Valerie Pringle, HSBC Bank Canada, Movember Foundation, and 17-year-old Aidan Aird…