Out & Equal Workplace Advocates calls attention to lack of workplace protections for LGBT employees (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/NjIKRiTHA90 Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the largest nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to workplace equality for LGBT employees, has produced a public service announcement to highlight the fact that employees can still be fired in over half the country for being LGBT. Employees lack job protections across the country on the basis of sexual orientation…

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Commentary: Liberation not incarceration – why the LGBTQ community should support Prop 47

Did you know that while the United States makes up only five percent of the world’s population, we house a staggering 25 percent of the world’s prison population? And according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, nearly half of all state prisoners are serving time for non-violent offenses. The racial and gender identities of these…

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Crowdfunding campaign launched for 2017 World OutGames Miami

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.– World OutGames Miami has launched a global crowdfunding campaign in anticipation of the sports, human rights and cultural event taking place in Miami and Miami Beach May 26 to June 4, 2017. “The goal of the crowdfunding campaign is $200,000,” said Bruce Townsend, chair of the World OutGames host committee, the Miami Beach-Miami…

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