Three years ago, a horrific video showing a group of white high school students chanting the N-word went viral. Following the incident, school officials in Southlake, Texas, promised to make sweeping changes to address their racism problem. Those changes apparently didn’t happen, however, because now federal investigators have launched a…
Tag: Anti-LGBT
California Bans State-Funded Travel to 5 States It Considers Anti-LGBTQ; Total of 17 States Now on List
Lawmakers in California are taking a stand against other states it considers to be unfair, discriminatory and biased against LGBTQ citizens. California has compiled a list of U.S. states it is reluctant to do business with and has even compiled a list of places it refuses to pay state employees…
In Direct Disrespect of Pulse Massacre Anniversary, Orlando Baptist Church Is Hosting a ‘Make America Straight Again’ Conference
Forty-nine people were killed when a man opened fire with an assault-style rifle in Pulse, an Orlando gay nightclub on June 12, 2016. Another 53 were injured. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting by a single person in modern U.S. history. Forty-nine innocent people, doing nothing except…
Prejudiced Florist Gets More Leeway from Court: Is This a Sign of Whats to Come
On Monday, the Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling on a classic case of religious freedom versus anti-discrimination.
Bigoted NYC Uber Driver Throws Kissing Women out of Car: Says It's 'Illegal'
Bigoted NYC Uber driver Ahmad El Boutari said his two female passengers kissing was “disrespectful” and “illegal,” and after kicking them out of his car, he grabbed one of them by the arm to stop her from filming the incident. Emma Pichl, 24, and her girlfriend of two years, Alex…
Texas Continues Attack on LGBT Rights
Texas is continuing its attack on rights for LGBT citizens, including challenging benefits for legally married same-gender couples and introducing its own “bathroom bill.” The Texas Supreme Court this month agreed to hear a case challenging benefits for same-gender married couples, despite the legalization of gay marriage nationwide in 2015….
California Bans Government Travel to 'Anti-LGBT' States
Anti-LGBT hate laws are continuing to cost states money as well as drive away business. California will no longer fund trips for government officials to states that passed anti-LGBT legislation any time after June 26, 2015, according to a law that went into effect January 1. Currently, Assembly Bill 1887…
Tennessee Law Lets Therapists Turn Down LGBT Clients
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) signed a bill on Wednesday that makes it legal for therapists and counselors to turn down LGBT clients based on “sincerely held principles.” Per the bill, therapists are not permitted to refuse clients who are an imminent danger to themselves or others, and therapists must…
Mayors Unite Against Discrimination
Ten mayors from around the country have united in response to the recent anti-LGBT laws passed in states such as North Carolina and Mississippi, as reported by QUEERtimes. Mayors Edwin M. Lee (D-San Francisco), Ed Murray (D- Seattle), Bill de Blasio (D-New York), Jim Kenney (D-Philadelphia), Charlie Hales (D-Portland), Libby…
Duggar Sex Abuse Scandal and the Hypocrisy of the Anti-LGBT Right
By Michael Nam Josh Duggar, the eldest son of the 19 Kids and Counting family, admitted to sexually abusing several minor-aged girls (most likely his sisters), exposing the anti-LGBT activist family and their allies’ views as hypocritical on the issue of “protecting” women and children. In Touch magazine first reported…