Knoxville will have its first-ever health-care conference focused on the specific needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and other gender minorities next month – during LGBT History Month.
LGBT travel is no longer “alternative.” Over 75 leading destinations and most major hotel chains actively market to the LGBT community. LGBT tourism and hospitality represents about 10% of the U.S. travel industry but is still often overlooked by travel suppliers. LGBTs travel far more often and spend more per trip and per year than their general market counterparts.
Since 1999, September 23 has been Celebrate Bisexuality Day, also known as Bi Visibility Day. It was created to celebrate the bisexual community. Bisexuality means that a person is romantically or sexually attracted to a person of any gender.
Brazilian federal court judge Waldemar de Carvalho has overturned an almost 20-year-old ban on “gay conversion therapy,” now allowing homosexuality to be treated as a “disease.” De Carvalho’s decision reverses a 1999 Federal Council of Psychology, CFP, ruling that banned licensed psychologists from attempting to “convert” people who identify as LGBTI.
Since Ohio Rep. Nickie Antonio has been in office, she has fought to have Ohio’s civil rights protections to include LGBTQ people. Six tries have been unsuccessful. “In the past, they have just been left to languish in committee,” she said of previous bills seeking to have the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or queer community included in nondiscrimination laws.
The University of Tennessee Knoxville is using private funds to invest in its LGBT pride center following last year’s decision by state lawmakers to strip state dollars from the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, including the pride center.
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Sandra Duffy has welcomed the news that First Housing will be launching their Safe Space Housing for the LGBT community today at their Jefferson Court Project.
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