Search results for "discrimination"
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Miami-Dade approves domestic partnership health rights
“We think this is good policy for the county. We’re really pleased that the County Commission took this step. This is going to be good...
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Toilets are conservatives’ reason to oppose GLBT protection bill
“HRC congratulates Gov. Ritter, Sen. Veiga, and Rep. Judd on taking this important step to advance equality for Coloradans…. As Gov. Ritter has said, this...
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ExxonMobil shareholders increase support for gay, gender issues, but vote remains too short
“Our conversations with management never went anywhere…. Gay and lesbian employees can still be fired for being themselves at Exxon, unfortunately.” Trevor Thomas, a spokesperson...
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New Berlin memorial erected to honor gays persecuted during Holocaust [video]
“ part of our work of commemoration is becoming reality…. This memorial is important from two points of view – to commemorate the victims, but...
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Patio Politics
As the maxim has it, when it rains, it pours. Alan Goodwill and Latif Guler, the owners of Jack's Restaurant and Bar, would likely tell...
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Furmansky Announces Departure
Dan Furmansky, executive director of Equality Maryland, announced on Wednesday, May 28, that he plans on leaving the organization that advocates for GLBT equality in...
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Philadelphia to Boy Scouts: Stop discriminating or pay the taxpayers rent
“They’re free to exercise their First Amendment rights…. What they’re not free to do is get a benefit from the city while violating our policy.”...
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Transgender paratrooper smeared by UK press with non-existent dismissal compensation
“There is no £250,000 agreement, I have never sought £250,000 and neither would I accept it…. I have been trying to negotiate my resignation with...
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Letter from the President
Courtney R. Snowden On behalf of the D.C. Black Pride Board of Directors and volunteers, I welcome you to the Official 2008 DC Black Pride...
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Equal Protection Victory
The California Supreme Court's May 15 ruling ending marriage discrimination is remarkable not just for the fact of victory, but for the strength and sweep...
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A Season of Pride
Yes, pride season is once again upon us, with Youth Pride, Black Pride and Capital Pride. And the local Asian/Pacific Islander GLBT community has got...
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Free the Sex Trade
The recent suicide of D.C. Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who faced a prison sentence for doing something that harmed no one, raises a question unrelated...
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Jody's Family Affair
This is a poignant time of year for Jody M. Huckaby, who in March marked three years as the executive director of Parents, Families &...
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Montgomery County's Trans Ally
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and residents of Montgomery County have joined forces with Equality Maryland, the state's GLBT equal-rights advocacy group, in...
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Healing Humor
Karen Williams has been a Buddhist for 36 years and a comic for 25. She's a mother, a grandmother and queer. And if you don't...
