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The Smaller, Scrappier Queer Liberation March is Happening Sunday in NYC

What’s so bad about a rainbow burrito? If you’ve been following the rift in the L.G.B.T.Q. movement over the corporate embrace of Pride, the question may have crossed your mind. Last June, the West Village was a labyrinth of rainbows, with every bank branch and Shake Shack festooned with messaging for Pride Month. Chipotle sold limited-edition Pride merch, including tank tops with a rainbow burrito and the slogan “¿Homo Estas?” The hoopla—always big, but this time bigger—marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and culminated in the annual NYC Pride March, which drew some five million revellers and boasted sponsors including MasterCard, […]

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90% of Americans Agree with Ruling Banning Workplace Discrimination for LGBT+ People

An incredible 90 per cent of people in the United States agree with the Supreme Court ruling banning workplace discrimination for LGBT+ people, according to a new poll. Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that LGBT+ people are entitled to protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace. The surprise ruling extends sex-based employment discrimination protections to LGBT+ people in all 50 states. And a new nationally representative poll of 1,001 adults in America has found that the vast majority of the public support the ruling. The poll, which was conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), […]

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The Stonewall Inn Needs Your Help to Stay Open

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to save the historic Stonewall Inn, where the modern LGBT+ rights movement began, as it struggles during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2016, the Stonewall Inn became the first LGBT+ national monument in America, honouring its unique part in the history of the LGBT+ rights movement. But, after being shut down for three months, the historic New York venue is struggling The venue said that because of its “uncertain future” it was desperately in need of “community support” to  “help to save one of the LGBTQ+ communities most iconic institutions and to keep that history alive”. Organisers […]

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New Director of Trump’s Federal Media Agency Has Ties to Anti-LGBT+ Group

Michael Pack, the head of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) who was chosen by Donald Trump, has appointed a new federal agency director with ties to an anti-LGBT+ organisation. The USAGM is an independent agency which oversees state-run media outlets, for example Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and it says its mission is “to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy” in accordance with “broad foreign policy objectives of the United States”. According to CNBC, Pack terminated longtime board members within weeks of being appointed and replaced them with Trump loyalists. Now, he is reportedly moving to […]

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One of the Nation’s Largest Conversion Therapy Networks is Disbanding

Hope for Wholeness, a prominent ex-gay ministry that boasts one of the most expansive networks of conversion therapy offerings in the United States, is disbanding. The Spartanburg, South Carolina-based organization, founded in 1999 as Truth Ministries, told members in an email Monday and obtained by NBC News that Hope for Wholeness would be closing its operations, citing the group’s difficulties in retaining a director to lead their efforts. “It has been a tumultuous several years for us. We lost the founding director, searched for two years for his replacement, hired a new director and then lost that director as well,” […]

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Trump Admin Sued Over LGBTQ Patient Protections

Politico reports: A coalition of advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its rollback of LGBTQ patient protections, arguing that last week’s Supreme Court decision extending workplace legal protections to gay and transgender employees invalidates the new rules. Big picture: The suit marks the first challenge stemming from the 6-3 high court decision that anti-discrimination protections based on sex also apply to a person’s gender identity and sexual orientation. The decision authored by Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch is expected to have ramifications for LGBTQ legal challenges ranging from health care to education.

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GOP Senator Quotes J.K. Rowling while Blocking Vote on LGBTQ Bill

Senator James Lankford, R-Okla., on Thursday blocked Senate consideration of the Equality Act, an LGBTQ civil rights bill, by citing “Harry Potter” author J. K. Rowling’s recent blog post, which has been criticized as a “transphobic manifesto.” “To say in the words of J.K. Rowling this past week where she wrote, ‘All I’m asking, all I want is for similar empathy, similar understanding to be extended to the many millions of women whose sole crime is wanting their concerns to be heard without receiving threats or abuse,’” Lankford said on the Senate floor, as first reported by The Washington Blade. “Let’s […]

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Next LGBTQ Rights Legal Battle Looms after Supreme Court Victory

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling protecting LGBTQ rights in the workplace sets the stage for another major legal fight over the scope of religious-rights exemptions to certain federal laws that could dilute the landmark decision’s impact. The justices ruled 6-3 on Monday that federal employment law safeguards gay and transgender employees from discrimination but failed to resolve some related legal questions. One of them is whether the court, which has 5-4 conservative majority, will expand the ability of individuals, businesses and organizations to cite religious beliefs when contesting government actions such as enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. In their next term, […]

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Even with Ruling, Workplace Still Unequal for LGBTQ Workers

Even with this week’s Supreme Court ruling, the workplace will be far from equal for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. While the nation’s highest court says you can’t be fired for your sexual orientation or gender identity under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there are still gaps. For instance, the federal law doesn’t protect those who work at businesses with fewer than 15 workers. It doesn’t address bathrooms for transgender people. And it’s still an open question whether employers can fire an LGBTQ person for religious reasons. Then there are gaps in employee benefits. Some employers may not pay […]

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Almost Every Single Queer Teen in Trump’s America has Been Bullied

Almost every queer teen in America has been bullied because of their sexual orientation or gender identity under the Trump administration, a new study has found. It is well-documented that LGBT+ young people are more likely that their straight counterparts to experience bullying, and are at a greater risk of developing mental health problems such as depression and eating disorders. But a new study showed that the problem is worse than previously thought. It found that 91 per cent of LGBT+ youth had experienced bias-based bullying, almost every queer teen in America, doubling estimates from previous research which surveyed predominantly heterosexual youth. […]

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