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Anti-gay Virginia photographer sues for right to discriminate.

A photographer in Norfolk, Va., has filed a preemptive lawsuit against the state’s new LGBTQ+ rights law, saying it would force him to go against his Christian beliefs by serving same-sex weddings. The Virginia Values Act, which bans discrimination based…

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Reddit bans anti-trans ‘feminist’ community for hate speech.

Reddit has slashed thousands of communities that traffic in hate speech, including forums for Trump supporters and anti-transgender activists. One of the communities, called subreddits on the platform, was a popular forum for so-called “transgender exclusionary radical feminists” or TERFs…

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Facebook seems to think threatening to kill LGBT people is OK.

Now, LGBT+ campaigners from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are demanding the company acts. They complain that hate speech is increasing on the platform. And it comes as Facebook faces unprecedented commercial pressure to tackle hatred…

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Companies are pulling Facebook ads to fight hate speech.

As a form of protest over Facebook’s handling of hate speech and misinformation, a slew of big budget advertisers — including Starbucks, Ford, Coca-Cola, Honda, and Verizon — are pulling their ads from the platform throughout the month of July…

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5 ways to stop LGBT discrimination in the workplace.

In a profound victory for the LGBTQ+ community, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to protect LGBTQ+ employees against workplace discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This recent, stunning, unexpected, and long overdue victory gives…

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Chick-fil-A donated another $1.8 million to anti-LGBT groups.

Documents show that Chick-fil-A donated to anti-LGBTQ organizations in 2018, a year after its 2017 donations, which came to light earlier this year. This past March, the Chick-fil-A Foundation’s tax returns showed that the organization had donated $1.8 million to the…