Today, Equality Florida, the statewide civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on lawmakers to abandon an anti-LGBT bill that will enable discrimination — with taxpayer dollars — against prospective LGBT foster and adoptive parents, and place children…
It was supposed to be as much a day about celebration as it was one of unification: In a case being followed worldwide, Colombia’s Constitutional Court granted the partner of one couple, university professor Veronica Botero, the right to adopt the artificially inseminated children of Ana Leiderman, her spouse, in 2014. But seven months later,…
SAN DIEGO – Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins today endorsed Todd Gloria in his bid to secure her 78th Assembly District seat. Atkins is termed out in 2016. In her endorsement statement for Gloria, Atkins was also full of praise for Sarah Boot who withdrew from the race to also endorse Gloria. Atkins said, “All…
Today, President Obama’s Executive Order on LGBT Workplace Discrimination went into effect. This executive order prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people employed by federal contractors will have the right to be judged by the quality…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) highlighted Sen. Rand Paul’s long history of opposing LGBT equality and called on him to take a position regarding Indiana’s anti-LGBT law signed by Gov. Mike Pence. In recent weeks, media reports emerged that Paul said he opposed even the “concept of gay rights” and that despite…
The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in the Middle District of Georgia in Diamond v. Owens, et al. The plaintiff in that case, a transgender prisoner, alleges that the Georgia Department of Corrections failed to provide adequate care for her gender dysphoria. The statement of interest discusses the unconstitutionality of “freeze-frame”…
WASHINGTON – A delegation from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), this week will participate in the United Nation’s (UN) assessment of human rights in the United States. During the proceedings in Geneva, HRC representatives will take part in consultations related to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a standing UN process in which every country in…
LONDON — For years, Anderonke Apata has been a fixture of the British LGBT activist scene, agitating for change and pushing for a larger share of the minority community’s stake in civil society. But last weekhttps://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=58676&action=edit Apata had her lengthy legal tussle to claim asylum in the country thrown out of the highest court of…
Toronto, ON, Canada – Pink Triangle Press (PTP) operator of Squirt.org launched its latest advertising campaign showing three gay men embracing. The three men represent a diversity of races. This campaign was launched in Toronto (ON) on March 23, followed by Dallas (TX) on March 30. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness…
CHICAGO — Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPDN) has released its latest Diversity Jobs Report (DJR) and Diversity Jobs Index (DJI), which analyzes the employment situation for women, minorities, veterans, the disabled and LGBT professionals for the month prior. The DJR reveals that, for the first time in 2015, the employment levels for diverse groups…
