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Trump Admin. Proposes More Anti-LGBTQ “Religious Freedom” Rules

The Trump administration has proposed nine rules reversing Obama-era regulations affecting faith-based nonprofits with government contracts, enabling them to turn away LGBTQ people or those of another religion ...

Analysis Reveals Link Between Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination and Poor Health

A new analysis of scientific studies conducted by Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality has found a link between anti-LGBTQ discrimination and poor physical and mental health outcomes. The ...

YouTube Updates Content Policies to Prohibit LGBTQ and Racial Discrimination

YouTube has announced an update to its harassment policies that will protect users from race-, gender identity-, and sexual orientation-based discrimination. YouTube Vice President Matt Halprin released a st...

A Quarter of LGBTQ Employees Have Been Bullied at Work

A quarter LGBTQ employees have experienced bullying in the workplace, according to the Kantar Inclusion Index (KII), an initiative designed to identify global employment trends and issues. The KII surveyed a...

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives has passed a religious freedom bill that activists say legalizes LGBTQ discrimination, reported El Nuevo Dia. The bill prohibits religious-based organizations from bein...

LGBTQ Housing Discrimination Bill Introduced in Congress

Members of Congress have introduced a bipartisan bill to protect sexual orientation and gender identity from housing discrimination, reported ABC 13. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and eleven colleagues from all ...

Attorney General William Barr Responds to Letter from LGBTQ Employees

Attorney General William Barr responded to a letter from an LGBTQ Department of Justice (DOJ) organization expressing concerns about the work environment that caused some to quit their jobs. DOJ Pride, a gro...

Equality Act Hearing Held in House Judiciary Committee

The first ever hearing on the Equality Act was help in the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday (April 2), with most of the eight witnesses supporting the legislation, according to LGBTQ Nation. Chair of th...

HRC Foundation Releases Corporate Equality Index

571 businesses earned a perfect score on the HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the most comprehensive assessment of workplace LGBTQ inclusion. To receive a perfect score of 100, a company must...

Majority of Americans Support LGBTQ Discrimination Protections

A new study from PRRI, conducted by Daniel Greenberg, Emma Beyer, Maxine Majle, PhD, Oyindamola Bola, and Robert P. Jones, PhD, found that across the country, no matter party or demographic, the majority of Ame...

New Study Highlights Differences Between Suicides Among LGB and Straight People

Note: This article may contain potential suicide triggers. If you are in crisis or having suicidal thoughts, you can call the 24/7 TrevorLifeline at 866-488-7386. A new study comparing suicide among gay and ...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Stay-at-Home Conditions Boost Local E-bike Sales

Bernie Sanders Drops Out of Presidential Race

Trump Says He Had Nothing To Do with FDA Easing Gay Blood Ban

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Melissa Etheridge: Learning to Let Go of Fear

‘Council of Dads’ Questions What We Define as Family

High Museum Offers Virtual Content in Midst of Coronavirus

Trump Admin. Proposes More Anti-LGBTQ “Religious Freedom” Rules

Analysis Reveals Link Between Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination and Poor Health

YouTube Updates Content Policies to Prohibit LGBTQ and Racial Discrimination

A Quarter of LGBTQ Employees Have Been Bullied at Work

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

LGBTQ Housing Discrimination Bill Introduced in Congress

Attorney General William Barr Responds to Letter from LGBTQ Employees

Equality Act Hearing Held in House Judiciary Committee

HRC Foundation Releases Corporate Equality Index

Majority of Americans Support LGBTQ Discrimination Protections

New Study Highlights Differences Between Suicides Among LGB and Straight People

COVID-19 Cops & a Culture of Denunciation

Melissa Etheridge: Learning to Let Go of Fear

‘Council of Dads’ Questions What We Define as Family

Stay-at-Home Conditions Boost Local E-bike Sales

Coping with Social Isolation During Outbreak

Small Business Short-Term Strategies

COVID-19’s Impact on Atlanta Workers

The Devastating Effects of Coronavirus on Atlanta Small Businesses

COVID-19: Its Impact on the Health Care Industry

The Very Best of Humanity is Coming. So is the Worst.

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