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HONOLULU — (11-23-21) — Two LGBT businesses have filed suit against the Honolulu Liquor Commission and Hawaii state inspectors, accusing them of discrimination against gay businesses over COVID Rules. Owners of Scarlet Honolulu and the LGBT publication Gay Island Guide, claim that several inspectors have been targeting their businesses with excessive COVID-related visits and unjustified [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (05-11-21) — The Biden administration vows to protect Gay and transgender citizens from discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, effectively reversing a Trump-era anti-LGBTQ rule that went into effect last year. The Department of Health and Human Services said the provision in Section 1557 prevents health care providers and [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (02-12-21) — The Biden administration announced on Thursday that it is taking action against anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in housing nationwide. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity released a press release on Thursday that said “HUD interprets the Fair Housing Act to bar discrimination on [...]
NORTH CAROLINA — (01-17-21) — History has been made as three North Carolina municipalities have passed discrimination protections for LGBTQ people this past week, right after the expiration of a yearslong moratorium on such measures. We are happy to report that Hillsborough, Carrboro and Chapel Hill have passed ordinances protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-12-19) — Lawmakers target Trump and his administration's LGBT discrimination rule allowing business receiving Federal Funding to discriminate against LGBTQ workers due to their religious beliefs. The Trump administration's decision to allow religious groups to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals while receiving federal funding is a slap in the face of LGBTQ citizens. [...]
MENLO PARK, CA — (08-14-19) — LGBTQ YouTube producers have slapped Google LLC and its subsidiary YouTube LLC, with a class action lawsuit alleging the online video platform giant discriminates against LGBTQ content. The complaint alleges that Google and YouTube are illegally restricting protected LGBTQ content while allowing homophobic and racist comments to be posted [...]
The 'White House' has instructed the 'Department of Labor' to allow Federal Contractors LGBTQ Related Discrimination in a memo signed by acting director of the 'Department of Labor' , Craig E. Leen last Friday. Not only does the memo green light Federal Contractors to use their religious beliefs but has instructed Department of Labor employees [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer When Secretary of Education Besy Devos appeared before the House appropriations subcommittee, she was met with a grilling from Rep. Katherine Clark who has for over a year pressed the Devos to say yes or no on whether Federal dollars should be used for private schools that have policies to [...]
By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer Gay rights groups are closer than ever before in enacting a LGBT discrimination protections Act in Jacksonville, Florida. If they succeed it will be considered a hard-fought victory in a battle that has been going on in the city over the past five years. While Jacksonville has been busy with [...]
CHARLOTTE, NC — (01-31-24) — A federal complaint has been filed by LGBT Advocates of the Southern Equality, claims that North Carolina's Parents' Bill of Rights, "are systematically marginalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students." The Title IX complaint includes testimonials from unnamed students, parents, educators and school staff. Attorneys working with the [...]