News From A Colorful Perspective
California is now the first state to explicitly protect natural hairstyles in its anti- workplace discrimination laws. The aptly-named CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) acknowledges that hairstyles have racial and cultural implications and that Blackness has historically been ridiculed. In April, the California State…
By Michael Nam With the controversy of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act still casting a pall over LGBT dealings with the Hoosier State, one member of the state’s GOP, Mayor Greg Ballard of Indianapolis, has gone out of his way to show acceptance and hospitality as Pride Week begins. “I…
By Michael Nam Despite the massive backlash the state of Indiana and Gov. Mike Pence received following the passage of its “religious freedom” law that would further protect businesses that discriminate against LGBT people, the legislators in Indiana decided not to investigate the issue of anti-LGBT discrimination in its state…
By Michael Nam Republican state Rep. Randy Boehning of North Dakota found himself publicly outed as a frequenter of the gay dating app, Grindr, The Forum reported. While there are divisions within the gay community over forcibly outing even anti-LGBT lawmakers, this incident highlights the discrimination allowed under law in…
By Sheryl Estrada Photo by Shutterstock A Benton County judge ruled Wednesday that a Washington state florist violated anti-discrimination and consumer-protection laws in refusing to sell flower arrangements for a same-gender wedding, which she claims she did for religious reasons. Baronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in eastern Washington, hadservedRobert…
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