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Year: 2018
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HIV-positive gay man settles $20 million discrimination suit with major ad agency.
One of the largest marketing companies in the world has settled a lawsuit filed by an ex-employee who claimed he and other gay staffers were harassed about their sexuality and HIV status. Matthew Christiansen, a former creative director with DDB New York, initially filed his suit anonymously in 2015…Read the full article HERE.
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U.S. top court turns away challenge to Mississippi LGBT law.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended the first legal challenge to a Republican-backed Mississippi law that permits businesses and government employees to refuse to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people because of their religious beliefs. The justices left in place a June ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the plaintiffs… Read the full article HERE.
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Usage remains low for pill that can prevent HIV infection.
From gritty neighborhoods in New York and Los Angeles to clinics in Kenya and Brazil, health workers are trying to popularize a pill that has proven highly effective in preventing HIV but which — in their view — remains woefully underused. Marketed in the United States as Truvada, and sometimes available abroad in generic versions, the pill has been… Read the full article HERE.
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Connecticut making history by appointing the first Chief Justice of a state Supreme Court.
In a historic move on Monday, Connecticut’s Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced he nominated Andrew McDonald as the state’s Chief Justice. If he were confirmed, McDonald would become the first openly gay person to lead a state Supreme Court. There are nearly a dozen LGBT justices in state Supreme Courts, but no LGBT person has been confirmed to lead…
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Midnight wedding ceremonies usher in gay marriage laws across Australia.
Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia on Tuesday after the country’s last legal impediment to gay marriage expired. Marriage equality became law on 9 December with overwhelming support in Parliament, but Australia’s requirement that all couples give a month’s notice for weddings made Tuesday the first possible date for gay marriages. Read the full article HERE.
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