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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

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”

Destination: Malaysian Cuisine

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

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

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

Kanye West to Headline Evangelical Event Alongside Anti-LGBTQ Preachers

Atlanta Pride Committee Announces 2019 Year-end Grant Recipients

Treasuring the LGBTQ ‘Trap’

Lost and Found Teeth

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”

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