For the first time, the Equality Act, the federal legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, will get a hearing in the Senate, when the Judiciary Committee takes up the bill on Wednesday. The Equality Act has already passed the House, though—as with much progressive legislation—the Senate is less…
Corrected 6:40 p.m. | The House will vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act this week, after standoffs over LGBTQ issues and gun rights prevented an update of the law for years. Authorization for the law, which provides funding for federal prosecution of domestic violence as well as state and local grant programs, lapsed…
For many LGBTQ young people, Gender-Sexuality Alliance clubs, or GSA clubs, are safe spaces at school. But the pandemic has made them largely inaccessible.
The Northern Territory Police on Friday arrested a queer activist during the FABalice Rainbow flag raising ceremony outside Alice Springs police station. Local LGBTQI+ activists … The post Police Arrest Queer Activist At FABalice Rainbow Flag Raising Ceremony appeared first on Star Observer.
Amid loud, electronic dance music and a chilly wind, approximately 130 people gathered across the street of Regina Victory Church to be part of the rally.
News flash: The “super straight” trend on social media, where users claim a “new sexuality” which demands the same respect as those with marginalized sexual identities, is actually just blatant transphobia mocking LGBTQ people and their activism. Over the last two weeks, (mostly cis) people on social media have started openly identifying as “super...
Updated Mar 12, 2021, 09:40am EST Topline Amazon will not sell any books on its platform that portray transgender, other gender identities and sexual orientations as mental illnesses, the company explained in a letter to three Republican senators who had sought an explanation from the e-commerce giant about its decision to delist a book written…
In late June, in a video on the news site Unicorn Riot, the activist Jennifer Bennetch was standing around, waiting to announce an occupation. The video showed her in front of the headquarters for the Philadelphia Housing Authority, wearing a fanny pack and a colorful print hijab, bouncing anxiously on her heels, then glancing over…