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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 ...

Religious Freedom Bill Introduced in Georgia State Senate

A Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was reintroduced in the Georgia State Senate last week, according to the Human Rights Campaign. SB 221 is sponsored by Sen. Marty Harbin and cosponsored by nine fel...

Democrats in Congress Reintroduce Bill to Prevent Discrimination on Basis of Religious Freedom

Congressional Democrats have reintroduced a bill that would amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, known as the Do No Harm Act, reported Gay Star News. Sen. Kamala Harris and Reps. Joe Kennedy III and ...

Congress Speaks with Parents of Transgender Kids about Equality Act

Parents of transgender children met with Congress members on Wednesday (January 30) to discuss the passage of the Equality Act, reported Gay Star News. The parents came from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) F...

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

Gender Development Among Trans and Cis Children is Not Much Different, Study Finds

HRC Releases Transgender Violence Report for Transgender Day of Remembrance

Chick-fil-A Pledges to Stop Donating to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

No LGBTQ for the Holidays

Lil Nas X Becomes First Out Gay Person to Win Country Music Award

‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot to be More Queer and Diverse than Original Series

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

Religious Freedom Bill Introduced in Georgia State Senate

Democrats in Congress Reintroduce Bill to Prevent Discrimination on Basis of Religious Freedom

Congress Speaks with Parents of Transgender Kids about Equality Act

Gender Development Among Trans and Cis Children is Not Much Different, Study Finds

HRC Releases Transgender Violence Report for Transgender Day of Remembrance

Chick-fil-A Pledges to Stop Donating to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations

HRC Releases Municipal Equality Index

No LGBTQ for the Holidays

Parker Slams Media for Reporting Black Voters Won’t Back LGBTQ Candidates

LGB Adults are More Likely to Smoke E-cigarettes, Study Finds

LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold DACA

‘Atypical’ Actor Brigette Lundy-Paine Comes Out as Non-binary

Hillary Clinton Says Cisgender Women Have “Legitimate Concerns” About Trans Women

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