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Companies are pulling Facebook ads to fight hate speech.

As a form of protest over Facebook’s handling of hate speech and misinformation, a slew of big budget advertisers — including Starbucks, Ford, Coca-Cola, Honda, and Verizon — are pulling their ads from the platform throughout the month of July…

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5 ways to stop LGBT discrimination in the workplace.

In a profound victory for the LGBTQ+ community, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to protect LGBTQ+ employees against workplace discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This recent, stunning, unexpected, and long overdue victory gives…

BUSINESS

Chick-fil-A donated another $1.8 million to anti-LGBT groups.

Documents show that Chick-fil-A donated to anti-LGBTQ organizations in 2018, a year after its 2017 donations, which came to light earlier this year. This past March, the Chick-fil-A Foundation’s tax returns showed that the organization had donated $1.8 million to the…

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Lawsuit: YouTube’s algorithm unfairly blocks LGBT content.

A lawsuit over YouTube’s treatment of LGBTQ+ creators is growing ever more complicated, with new arguments heard by a court in California and conflicting claims expressed by Donald Trump and the Department of Justice. The suit was filed in 2019 by…

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Same-sex weddings boosted economy by billions since 2015.

Gay and lesbian weddings have boosted state and local economies by an estimated $3.8 billion since same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in the United States in 2015, according to a study published on Thursday. Nearly 300,000 gay and lesbian couples have…