New campaign spotlights black LGBTQ life at historically black colleges and universities

WASHINGTON, DC— Many Voices, a Black church movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) justice, has launched a first-of-its-kind video campaign in partnership with Morgan State University (MSU), to increase awareness about LGBTQ life on historically Black College and University (HBCU) campuses, and the ways in which it is shaped by the Black Church…

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Gov. McCrory and NC Assembly leadership stall on open records request

More than three have passed weeks since the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC filed an open records request seeking information from the office of Gov. Pat McCrory, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, and House Speaker Tim Moore about their communications with anti-LGBT activists to pass the disastrous HB 2 into law. With the legislation…

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Africa’s first gay and inclusive competitive rugby team launches bold campaign

JOHANNESBURG — Jozi Cats – Africa’s first gay and inclusive competitive rugby club has launched a bold new initiative to recruit more players. The campaign, spearheaded and created by the Head of Havas PR South Africa, Chris Verrijdt, uses players from the rugby team in a series of shots with derogatory gay terms that question…

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Washington, D.C.-based spiritual community invites transgender people to use its bathroom

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The North Carolina law requiring transgender individuals to use the bathroom matching the gender on their birth certificate has had far-reaching effects. Businesses, as well as religious and spiritual communities, have responded in a variety of ways. One spiritual community has a welcome sign on its door: The Self-Realization Community of Greater…

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