“Stand for what you know is right, even if you are standing alone,” read the sign that hung at the front of my classroom. Like five generations of family before me, I was a teacher who enjoyed sharing the love of learning. I hung that sign to motivate, challenge…
Although LGBT people are becoming more visible in society, federal data reveal little about the U.S. LGBT population and its needs. In a first in U.S. history, the U.S. Census Bureau will explicitly count same-sex couples living together in the 2020 census. The decision to ask about same-sex relationships, announced on March 29…
This week, the U.K. hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, addressing shared global challenges and planning strategies for a brighter future. One issue human rights activists had been pressing Prime Minister Theresa May to address is the criminalization of homosexuality in former British colonies: Of the 53 countries in the Commonwealth, 37 ban same-sex behavior to one degree or another.
The Trump administration has plans to reverse Obama-era health care rules that currently protect transgender individuals from discrimination and decades-old exemptions that shelter Native Americans from certain burdensome federal health requirements. Why it matters: These health moves would target two of the nation’s most underrepresented and vulnerable communities.
The HRC Foundation, an arm of the Human Rights Campaign, is launching their second survey of major Mexican corporations to gauge their policies on LGBT employees. EquidadMX: Programa Global de Equidad Laboral will query more than 50 Mexican companies — including the nation’s largest, the state-owned oil company Pemex — on how they treat their workers.
A new study has found that acceptance of LGBTQ people has increased globally since 1980, though the world is also more polarized in its acceptance than ever before. The study was one of three conducted and released Wednesday by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, which does independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity public policy.
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