Pope Francis on Friday called for a Church that was less strict and more compassionate towards “imperfect” Catholics, such as those who divorced and remarried, saying “no one can be condemned forever”, reported Reuters. However the Pope also reaffirmed that the church would not support gay marriage. Francis said gays should be respected but firmly…
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf today signed two executive orders that expand protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender expression or identity for state employees and, for the first time, employees of contractors doing business with the commonwealth. Governor Wolf’s executive orders come as the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, which would apply these…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has announced that he will sign executive orders stating “no agency under the governor’s jurisdiction shall discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender expression, and identity, among other areas.” According to the governor’s office, one of the executive orders will pertain to commonwealth employees and the other to the commonwealth grants…
Wednesday, executives from GE, the Dow Chemical Company, PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Choice Hotels International, Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., and Whole Foods Market signed onto an open letter addressed to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, and House Speaker Philip A. Gunn urging state lawmakers to repeal HB 1523 — a discriminatory measure…
Today, the Tennessee General Assembly voted to pass House Bill 1840, also known as Hate Bill 1840, which will permit counselors to deny services and refer clients based on the provider’s “strongly held religious beliefs.” The bill now returns to the Tennessee Senate for a vote. The American Counseling Association called on Speaker Harwell and…
KANSAS — A Care2 petition with over 22,000 signatures is demanding the Kansas legislature reject two bills that would penalize transgender students for using a bathroom that does not correspond with their physical anatomy. The “Student Physical Privacy Act” would allow public school and university students who believe the law isn’t being enforced to sue…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—As the House prepares to vote tomorrow on HB1840, state legislators joined the American Counseling Association and the Tennessee Equality Project at a press conference today to discuss the negative effects of House Bill 1840. HB 1840, also known as Hate Bill 1840, would permit counselors to deny services and refer clients based on the provider’s “strongly…
JACKSON, Miss. – Today, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law H.B. 1523, “The Religious Liberty Accommodations Act.” National corporations and businesses have spoken out against the horrific measure, that would allow individuals, religious organizations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against LGBT Mississippians in some of the most important aspects of their…
San Diego LGBT Weekly publisher Stampp Corbin makes a convincing editorial case, “North Carolina and Georgia,” for the economics of inclusion and non-discrimination with GOP Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s veto of an anti-gay bill that might have triggered an unofficial economic boycott in the Peach State of Georgia. Mr. Corbin’s greater argument Deal’s veto signals…
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have launched a new four-year, $3.7 million multidisciplinary research center to investigate the relationship between sedentary behavior and cardiovascular risk factors in Latinas, who have a disproportionately higher chance of developing heart disease than the general population. The study is part of a new…
