WASHINGTON –More than 50 civil rights, religious, professional, labor, civic and education organizations have sent a letter to President Obama calling for an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Because of a lack of federal protections, it remains legal in 29 states to…
Photo: CNN A statement of condolence by 25 prominent LGBT leaders was issued jointly and released through GLAAD today after a shooting at the headquarters of the staunchly anti-LGBT rights activist group, Family Research Council (FRC). One man, a security guard, was wounded during a struggle with the alleged gunman, 28-year-old Floyd Corkins. Some news…
Despite the repeal of DADT, occurrences of alleged anti-LGBT hate crimes/incidents within the Department of Defense (DOD) has continued according to the LGBT nonprofit DOD FED GLOBE. As part of a campaign to highlight this problem, DOD FED GLOBE is looking for volunteers to tell their stories of harassment as past and/or present employees of…
President Obama will not sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity according to reports at Metro Weekly. “Earlier today, we were told that the Administration is not ready to move forward with a federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order at this time,”…
Photo Credit: Change.org/Tico Almeida WASHINGTON, DC – More than 100,000 people have joined Tico Almeida’s campaign on Change.org urging President Obama to sign an executive order banning anti-gay discrimination among federal contractors. Tico Almeida, Founder and President of Freedom to Work, started the petition on Change.org to call attention to the millions of workers at…
