BUSINESS

Gay skier Gus Kenworthy is one of the prominent faces of U.S. Olympic team.

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy is everywhere in the 100-day lead-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There’s Kenworthy on NBC’s “Today” show modeling the Ralph Lauren Opening Ceremonies uniform. There he is as an official Olympics athlete spokesman for United AirlinesRead the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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How has the LGBT+ acronym evolved?

LGBT, the most commonly used acronym for the gay and trans community, stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender – but you already know that. You probably also already know that the acronym has had rather a lot of letters added to it over the years, and that it now reads: LGBTKSWQPEXMGHDABJDKKLDLFSJFSJDNFJNDFJFBJFNFMLDKEEEYRHRHRFKF. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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“Traditional Values”: A potent weapon against LGBT rights.

In April, news broke of a widespread anti-gay purge in Chechnya; in September, gay men and transgender women were rounded up in Azerbaijan; and in October reports emerged of a registry of gay men and lesbians compiled by authorities in Tajikistan. How might we understand these disparate events as part of a trend in these three former Soviet Union countries? Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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Senate Confirms MI Justice Larsen, three other conservative judges to lifetime judicial appointments.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made good on his pledge to President Trump to get the Senate to confirm four highly controversial, anti-civil rights, and anti-LGBT judicial nominees to lifetime appointments on the federal courts of appeals. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

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General Services Administration drops LGBTQ protections from equal employment policy.

The U.S. General Services Administration has become the latest federal agency to remove mentions or references to sexual orientation and gender identity from their Equal Employment Opportunity statement, stoking the anger of LGBTQ activists who already see the Trump administration as hostile to LGBTQ rights. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

HEROES

Sheltering Albania’s gay youth from virulent homophobia.

The psychologist at the LGBT youth shelter waited for me in a small side street in the city center of Tirana, Albania’s capital. “No one knows our exact address, we want to avoid arson and havoc,” she told me. She knocked on a discrete door. Once inside, she showed me the two bedrooms with bunk beds and invited me to the living room to meet with some of the residents at the STREHA shelter. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality