Gary Carnivele

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actionlink Releases Doxing Guide

As 2024 draws to a close and we get prepared for 2025, we want to share a new resource with you as part of our community! Today we want to send you our Doxxing Dangers: A guide to prevention, precautions, and reaction. As you get ready to move from one year to another, learn more about doxxing, how it can impact you, how to prevent it from happening, and how to react if it does happen to you. We will keep creating talking points, toolkits, and sharing ways you can help support equality in the weeks and months to come. We […]

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New laws for 2025: AI safeguards, legacy admissions and transgender health care

With the new year comes an array of new laws slated to take effect across the country throughout 2025 on issues like artificial intelligence, legacy college admissions and surgical care for transgender youth. More than half a dozen states will have new data privacy and consumer protections, while federal regulations will require air travelers to present compliant licenses or identification cards to fly domestically. After a busy election cycle, state legislatures are ready to tackle yet another year of hot-button political issues, soon under a Trump administration. Here are some of the laws that will ring in 2025: Guardrails against […]

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The cowardly big businesses that rolled back LGBTQ+ support in 2024

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Like the residents of Munchkinland celebrating Elphaba’s watery demise in Wicked‘s opening number, anti-‘woke’ pundits are delightedly banging the drum that diversity, equality and inclusion policies (DEI) – aimed at reducing discrimination in the workplace – are dead, dunzo and pushing up daises. “The death of DEI is finally here,” Michael Deacon proclaimed, “the DEI cult is now imploding,” Sam Ashworth-Hayes declared – citing car manufacturer Jaguaras the first fatality – “the DEI game is up,” Matthew Lynn insisted.  You get the picture.  Whilst you could argue these statements are just the overzealous sells of attention grabbing headlines, it is undeniable the […]

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Ohio Senate passes “shameful” bill that would force schools to out LGBTQ+ kids to their parents

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The Ohio Senate and House have now both passed a bill that would forcibly out LGBTQ+ students to their parents and also allow parents to opt their child out of “sexuality content” at school.  House Bill 8 defines sexuality content as “any oral or written instruction, presentation, image, or description of sexual concepts or gender ideology provided in a classroom setting,” with exceptions granted for STI and abuse discussion, as well as “incidental references” to sexual concepts or “gender ideology.” There is also a total ban on “sexuality content” in grades three and below, with all other grades facing a requirement […]

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Queer Kickball Game Happens Sunday, January 5

Sunday, January 5, 2025·10:00am – 12:00pm Herbert Slater Middle School, 3500 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95405, USA https://www.instagram.com/queersinthepark/   Free event. This is a non-competitive game where no one even keeps score! All ages, abilities, and skill levels are welcome. Not a sporty gay but still want to hang out? Join the cheering section that lounges in the shade. Kickball is really just an excuse we use to meet new people and make friends. Please note this event runs on gay time and so is from 10am (ish) to 12pm (ish). Late arrivals welcome and can still join the […]

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Countries that regressed on LGBTQ+ rights in 2024, from Iraq to the UK

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It had been an important 12 months for LGBTQ+ rights around the world – in bad ways as well as good. While steps in the right direction have been made in some countries, including Estonia legalising same-sex marriage, there’s been a drop in LGBTQ+ equality in other nations, such as Georgia, Kazakhstan, and even the US. Russia, meanwhile, has continued to be one the most dangerous places for LGBTQ+ people. Here are some of the countries that regressed on LGBTQ+ rights in 2024. Georgia Georgia is one of the nations causing particular concern. The country implemented a bill – despite president Salome Zourabichvili’s attempt […]

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Cops beat gay couple in their homes as Belarus seeks to mimic Russia’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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This fall, security forces in Belarus — the former Soviet republic and staging ground for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, according to reporting by the Associated Press. The university students said the officers were transparent that the assault was inspired by similar treatment of the LGBTQ+ community in Russia. “They slammed our heads against the door frame, threatened to report us to the university, and said that this was just the beginning,” said Andrei, 20, who asked to be identified only […]

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Stephen Fry receives knighthood in 2025 New Year Honours list

Stephen Fry has received a knighthood in the 2025 New Year Honours list. The actor and author, who recently described Stonewall’s current LGBTQ+ campaigning as “nonsensical”, has received the New Year honour alongside the likes of the mayor of London Sadiq Khan and former England manager Gareth Southgate.  The 67-year-old was recognised for “devoting much time and effort in generating awareness of bipolar disorder, using his public platform to speak candidly about his own journey, undermining the taboo that has prevented many from seeking support”.  However, the news comes after Fry recently appeared to revoke his support of LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, which was […]

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New progressive chair says Dems don’t have to abandon trans folks to reconnect with working class

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The newly elected chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said a combination of factors led to electoral losses for the party in November’s election, not least of which was being “seen as preachy” and “disconnected.” Rep. Greg Casar of Texas, 35, is replacing outgoing chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who is term-limited in the post. The Texas native and son of immigrants from Mexico was a labor organizer and Austin City Council member before winning a second term in the House last month. Casar called Democrats’ losses in the election “avoidable.” “The progressive movement needs to change,” he told NBC News in […]

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