As negotiations on a global trade pact among 12 Pacific Rim nations heat up, a number of opponents are raising alarm bells over human rights. Known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), critics argue that the failure to address member nation Brunei’s barbaric laws against homosexuality is yet another reason to halt, if not downright derail,…
MONTGOMERY–Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit denied the Alabama Attorney General’s motion for a stay in Searcy v. Strange and Strawser v. Strange. Last month, U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade struck down Alabama’s discriminatory constitutional amendment banning same-sex couples from marrying. With today’s ruling, loving, committed same-sex couples can…
Back in 2010, Dan Savage, a popular and highly read sex-advice columnist based in Seattle, launched the ‘It Gets Better’ Project, a series of self-submitted videos by people offering words of encouragement to members of the LGBTQ youth community. The range of submissions, and by extension their messages, were as diverse as those who contributed….
An Oregon bakery discriminated against a same-sex couple when they refused to sell them a wedding cake the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) announced Monday. KGW.com reported that the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery in Gresham, Ore. will have to pay the couple up to $150,000, BOLI spokesman Charlie Burr said….
Following a comprehensive nationwide search, the University of California, San Diego announces the appointment of Becky Petitt as Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (VC-EDI), effective March 23. She will serve as the lead senior executive responsible for providing a holistic and integrated vision on all major equity, diversity and inclusion efforts. Petitt brings…
KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Same-sex couples planning to marry in Key West or the Florida Keys can find information about everything from historic locations to caterers at the Gay Key West Same-Sex Wedding Expo scheduled Wednesday, March 11. Believed to be the first event of its kind since marriage equality became official in Florida…
Now that President Obama has enacted new guidelines to help protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees working for private businesses holding government contracts valued at $10,000 or more as of April 15, many others have begun to expand their own policies without waiting for an act of Congress. Reporting for BusinessInsurance.com, Matt Dunning also…
Today, the president released a budget that provides a clear plan to bring middle-class economics into the 21st Century and lays out a blueprint for success in our new economy, including continued support for LGBT Americans. According to The White House the president’s budget will reverse harmful sequestration cuts and instead make the critical investments…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in partnership with Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC), has released an issue brief detailing the violence facing transgender people, and solutions that can be pursued by policymakers and public and private sector leaders to address the national crisis. “The level of violence targeting transgender people, particularly…
ExxonMobil has re-written its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy to finally include protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity after years of resisting full workplace equality. “Does this new policy mean that equality has come to Exxon at last? Well, sort of,” said Deena Fidas, director of HRC’s Workplace Equality Program and co-author of…
