India may have voted against a recent United Nations resolution to ban the death penalty for consensual same-sex relations, adultery and blasphemy, but Godrej Industries is among a handful of companies partnering a UN initiative to tackle discrimination against gays and lesbians at workplace.
The Russian government targeted gay Americans with a propaganda campaign on Facebook, according to reports. Russia’s involvement in online propaganda aimed at US citizens has developed into a major scandal, as reports exposed paid Facebook promotion for posts targeted at people in the US.
More than 450 guests and celebrities filled the Beverly Hilton Hotel to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students at Point Honors Los Angeles. Point Foundation (Point), the evening’s beneficiary, is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students. The gala evening also included an announcement by Wells Fargo of $1.8 million in continued support for Point.
Approximately a third of gay and bisexual men who are currently taking oral (tenofovir/emtricitabine) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) would prefer long-acting injectable PrEP should it become available, investigators report in AIDS and Behavior.
Only a handful of Nashville’s official historical markers recognize contemporary achievements, but the city is getting another. The Metro Historical Commission has approved Nashville’s first marker recognizing an LGBT rights activist.
People have come up with some interesting terms to describe gay and bisexual people over the last few centuries. While I could fill up a lake with slang terms for queer people, I find the non-slang terms more interesting because it means that someone was taking us seriously, but sometimes from a strange point of view.
One Iowa, an organization that advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning community, hosts its first LGBTQ Workplace Culture Summit from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Kirkwood Regional Center at University of Iowa, 2301 Oakdale Blvd., Coralville.
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