10 Celebs Sending Love to LGBTQ Youth on National Coming Out Day

• Released Date: 14-Oct-2019

Today is National Coming Out Day — a day to celebrate the declaration of LGBTQ identities. Unfortunately, not everyone is in a safe space to come out. LGBTQ youth, in particular, face disproportionate levels of bullying for being who they are. This b

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LGBT+ film Black Hat wins 2019 Iris Prize in Cardiff

• Released Date: 13-Oct-2019

A film about a closeted gay man living in Los Angeles's Hasidic Jewish community has won an LGBT+ film award in Cardiff. Black Hat, directed by Sarah Smith, was awarded the 2019 Iris Prize for the best international LGBT+ short film award at a ceremo

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One of Trump’s anti-LGBTQ judges issues a dissent best described as ‘whackdoodle’

• Released Date: 13-Oct-2019

Neomi Rao is one of the viciously anti-LGBTQ judges chosen by President Trump to pack the federal courts. Rao is also the author of a dissent last week that was, in the words of former U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal, <a href="https://www.motherjo

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The first St. Patrick’s Day parade to allow LGBTQ marchers didn’t happen where you’d imagine

• Released Date: 13-Oct-2019

In the opening years of the 21st century, the volunteer organizers of the Oklahoma City Gay Pride parade and festival, realizing that the permit to use a city park for the annual one day community festival that preceded the Sunday evening parade actu

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Sydney should host World Pride in 2023 because Australia stands for equality

• Released Date: 11-Oct-2019

Sydney is ready to welcome the world to our great city and bring the world’s focus to LGBTQ Human Rights in our region and that’s why we are bidding for World Pride in 2023. In an unprecedented show of support and solidarity all levels of government,

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Kamala Harris's LGBTQ Plan Includes a Chief Advocate in White House

• Released Date: 10-Oct-2019

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris says that if elected president, she’d establish an advocate for LGBTQ rights within the White House, work to make HIV prevention drugs more affordable and accessible, and address violence against transgender people. Those are

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The US decision on LGBT workers could turn employers into the gender polic

• Released Date: 09-Oct-2019

The US supreme court has sex on the brain. It started hearing arguments yesterday in three blockbuster cases concerning LGBT job discrimination. In each case, the judges are basically pondering whether the word “sex” in Title VII – the section of the

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Charges in Mongolia LGBT attack hint at changing attitudes

• Released Date: 09-Oct-2019

Police bring charges against far-right group after attack on transgender sex worker investigated as a hate crime.

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LGBT teaching row: Government issues advice on handling school protests

• Released Date: 09-Oct-2019

The government has issued advice to local authorities on dealing with protests outside schools over LGBT-inclusive teaching. The 21-page document, seen by the BBC, lays out how councils should support teachers to minimise disruption. It comes after c

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Divided Supreme Court Weighs LGBT People's Rights

• Released Date: 08-Oct-2019

WASHINGTON - A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Tuesday over whether a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment, with one conservative justice wondering if the court should take heed of "massive social

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US top court divided as it ponders LGBT rights

• Released Date: 08-Oct-2019

The US Supreme Court appears divided over whether a civil rights law barring workplace discrimination applies to gay and transgender workers. The top court heard arguments regarding two cases of alleged discrimination against gay employees, and a thi

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Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Bias Against Gay and Transgender Workers

• Released Date: 08-Oct-2019

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender people from workplace discrimination. The court has not heard a gay rights case since the retirement last year of Justic

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