Tuesday, 22 September 2020

The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Funders for LGBTQ Issues joins the nation in mourning the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a luminary defende...

Head of Nation's Largest LGBTQ+ Group to Retire

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Lorri L. Jean will retire from the Los Angeles LGBT Center in July 2022, but the center is already beginning a search for her su...

Suicide Prevention Month: LGBTQ youth, a vulnerable group struggling to live as authentic selves ...

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When it comes to LGBTQ youth who are at a heightened risk of struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, substance ab...

Against rising intolerance, a transgender Indonesian woman finds acceptance in a remote village

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Even today, LGBTQ Indonesians are subjected to forced exorcisms akin to ritualistic conversion therapy. Private parties, homes a...

TikTok teacher fights ban on LGBTQ 'signage' with rainbow classroom decor

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A Nevada teacher responded to her school district's restrictions on LGBTQ “signage” by making a TikTok video that shows her ...

Bill Creating LGBTQ-Inclusive 988 Suicide Hotline Now on Trump's Desk

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This vital legislation will require the Lifeline to provide specialized services for LGBTQ youth and other high-risk groups, and...

KOCH: LGBTQ media must go beyond depressing tropes, stereotypes

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LGBTQ characters must be allowed to exist in narratives that normalize their identities. Media with LGBTQ characters should allo...

UK Scraps Transgender Reforms In Major Blow To LGBTQ Rights – But Will Open Three New GICs

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In a long awaited announcement the UK Government has confirmed it has scrapped plans to allow transgender people to 'Self-ID...

Supreme Inequality

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Contrary to what Americans would like to believe, the Court does ... A triumph of American legal, political, and social history,...

Racism Is a Pandemic

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It had never occurred to us that the same death rates might also represent an ... It is time we honestly confront the magnitude ...

Higher Education's Racial Reckoning

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Eighty percent of presidents surveyed believe it is either “likely” or “very likely” that student activism related to issues of ...

Black Employees at US Mint Say Legal Department Helped Cover Up Racial Discrimination Claims

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The letter cites several incidents over the years in which Black employees have faced racial discrimination and thorough investi...

It just gets exhausting': Students, experts react to string of racist incidents

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After at least five racial incidents in the past three academic years, officials have had to address present demands from studen...

Women of color are tipping the balance of power in US cities

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“Given everything that has been happening in cities particularly over the last few months around policing and racial discriminat...

Racism, a public health crisis: Learning from others who have passed similar resolutions

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“We had thousands of our employees begin reaching racial equity training here at the county,” says David Crowly, Milwaukee Count...

Disinformation on racial injustice

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The U.S. Department of Justice investigations of the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and their municipal court revealed th...