More LGBT people have been killed in what advocacy groups categorize as hate-violence-related homicides so far in 2017 than in all of 2016, according to data from an LGBT rights organization.
The Austin Police Department admits it made a mistake after the 2016 murder of Monica Loera by first identifying her as a man and using her birth name. “Literally her friends didn’t know she was dead for days until they finally corrected the information in the paper to tell us that it had been Monica who died,” said Claire Bow, an attorney and transgender activist.
TONY Abbott’s sister has denied the same-sex marriage debate has split the Abbott family despite an ugly spat between the siblings over her first marriage. Sydney Councillor and marriage equality advocate Christine Forster yesterday accused her brother of scoring a cheap political point when he used a radio interview to reveal that she had privately “joked years ago that she’d just got herself out of one marriage — why would she be rushing into another one?”.
This is Caleb Gardiner and he recently got the boot from an accommodation he found on Craigslist because he’s gay. But, because of how BC’s human rights code works, it’s totally legal.
This week elite-level cyclist Jillian Bearden will ride in the inaugural Colorado Classic as the first out transgender woman to compete in a race at this level. A bike racer since 2007, Bearden helped shape the recent USA Cycling policy on transgender athlete participation with performance data from before and after her transition in 2014.
Approximately 133,000 LGBT workers in Indiana are vulnerable to employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, according to a new report co-authored by Christy Mallory, State & Local Policy Director, and Brad Sears, David Sanders Distinguished Scholar, at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute. Only 36% of Indiana’s workforce is covered by local non-discrimination laws or executive orders that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The state’s non-discrimination law does not include these characteristics.
The NHL became the first major professional sports league to publicly oppose an anti-LGBTQ bill currently making its way through the Texas Legislature, joining the Dallas Stars in opposition, per Sportsnet’s Mark Spector. The league also said it will “reassess” hosting the 2018 NHL Draft in Dallas if the bill passes.
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