The City of Vancouver will soon decide whether or not to ban anti-queer conversion therapy, as recommended by its LGBT advisory committee. The recommendation strongly condemns “pseudoscientific practices” that attempt to ‘cure’ LGBT people, and cites a report from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization that says such practices… Read the full article HERE.
Every year, Americans donate billions of dollars to charitable organizations and catch a break from the IRS in the form of a tax deduction. However, the new Republican tax law, which was signed by President Donald Trump last month, may lower Americans’ incentives to donate in 2018 and beyond. Read the full article HERE.
Openly transgender individuals are now able to enlist in the U.S. military, after the Justice Department on Friday made clear that its proposed ban on such recruits was on hold and that it would not appeal federal court rulings ordering the military to begin the enlistments. Read the full article HERE.
Black queer kids growing up in southwest Atlanta, like in many other places, see ourselves as alone. Much later, after we survive childhood, we learn about the army outside the gates: how they were there all along fighting for us to be free. Read the full article HERE.
The Blue Wave that Texas Democrats are hoping for this year could also result in a surge of gay elected officials in the state. Amid reports that a record number of 2018 election candidates in Texas are LGBTQ, doubling the previous record in the Lone Star State, party leaders and consultants are predicting that large field of candidates could drive up turnout for Democrats statewide. Read the full article HERE.
States are costing themselves billions of dollars by discriminating against the LGBTQ community. The Daily Beast takes a look at the cost of not granting rights to the LGBTQ community, including the impacts from those communities having poorer mental health due to minority stress. Read the full article HERE.
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