Tokyo on Sunday (Oct 11) opened its first major community hub for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning) people this month, part of a pre- Olympics project that campaigners hope will tackle stigma and raise awareness of discrimination…
Trump voters overwhelmingly support LGBT+ rights, according to a new study, suggesting the president’s focus on homophobia disguised as religious freedom might not have as much impact as he thinks. The poll, conducted by Hart Research Associates and the…
“In 1977, Armistead Maupin wrote a letter to his parents that he had been composing for half his life,” writes the Guardian‘s Tim Adams. “He addressed it directly to his mother, but rather than send it to her, he published it…
An upcoming summit, intended to give LGBTQ federal workers an opportunity to meet and network, has been cancelled by organizers in accordance with President Trump’s recent executive order requiring review of diversity training in U.S. agencies to ban critical…
OREO and PFLAG have released a limited edition rainbow cookie in celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month. The cookies will not be sold in stores and will instead be given to fans to “reward acts of allyship for the LGBTQ+ community,” …
According to data from the BBC, a record number of homophobic hate crimes towards the LGBTQ+ community has almost trebled in the last five years. The new statistics were gathered from all 45 police forces in the UK. In 2014-2015, 6,655 homophobic hate…
In early 2020, leaders of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced that they would be taking control of and reorganizing the agency’s employee-led Diversity and Inclusion and Employee Engagement Advisory councils. The two committees were combined into one…
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