Judges on the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that a lesbian was not discriminated against when her application for paternity leave was denied. The case was brought by two French women in a civil partnership who argued that the rejection violated Article 14 and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Trump appointee Carl Higbie stepped down on Thursday from his position at the Corporation for National and Community Service, which runs AmeriCorps and Senior Corps, after he allegedly made racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio between 2013 and 2016. “Effective immediately, Carl Higbie has resigned as Chief of External Affairs at CNCS,” Samantha Jo Warfield, a spokesperson for the corporation, told CNN in a statement.
A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers is pushing for LGBTQ workplace protections for state and private employees. The Florida Competitive Workforce Act, proposed by Democratic Rep. Ben Diamond and Republican Rep. Rene Plasencia, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in lodging establishments, restaurants and other public accommodations.
When Hannah Harp took her 6th-grade sex education course in upstate New York, she learned about sex at its most traditional form—it was for reproduction, her teacher told her, and was supposed to involve a penis. “Part of the problem for me wasn’t what’s left out but what was emphasized,” Harp said of her sex education experience, which was focused entirely on heterosexual relationships.
The Trump administration is considering a new “religious freedom” rule that would allow healthcare workers to refuse to treat LGBT patients. The move would also allow workers to deny care to a woman seeking an abortion or any other service they morally oppose. Roger Severino, the head of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights…
A California woman kicked out of the military 60 years ago for being a lesbian has finally had her rights restored. In 1955, Airman Second Class Helen Grace James was targeted and investigated by Air Force officials for her sexuality, part of a massive effort to remove gay and lesbian service members known as the “Lavender Scare.”
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