As pride month comes to a close this week, the U.S. recognizes the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide. The decision on June 26, 2015, overturned prohibitions in 13 U.S. states that had not already granted the right to marry on the state level to same-sex couples.
MLB’s first openly gay player says prejudice drove him out of baseball. Glenn Burke was a very popular player with the Dodgers in the ‘70s. He was a starter on the 1977 World Series team that lost to the Yankees and is even credited with inventing the high five. His teammates and Dodgers management knew his sexual identity even though…
With a bust of Roman Emperor Hadrian’s lover to a silver cup depicting men having sex, a new exhibition of artworks dating back 11,000 years could shine a fresh light on LGBT history, Britain’s most visited museum said on Tuesday. From September, the British Museum’s exhibition “Desire, Love Identity: Exploring LGBTQ Histories”…
ESPN The Magazine is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its body issue with 10 unique cover images, including one that features the first-ever LGBTQ couple to pose together in the magazine’s history. The power couple of women’s sports — WNBA star Sue Bird and professional soccer player Megan Rapinoe — were captured together in this year’s magazine.
In the wake of this month’s inconclusive Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, here’s a prediction of what happens next: another wave of lawsuits and state bills aimed at sanctioning discrimination against LGBT people. This is exactly what opponents of LGBT equality have been doing since the Supreme Court’s…
A little more than half of LGBT workers say they’re comfortable being out at work, according to a study released today by the Human Rights Campaign. It’s roughly the same number as a decade ago, and it calls into question how well many big companies’ ubiquitous diversity initiatives are working.
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