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It’s no secret that actress, Gabrielle Union, and her husband, basketball star Dwyane Wade, take parenting healthy well-adjusted, happy children seriously. Union along with her daughter Kaavia and two stepsons, Zion and Zaire Wade and other Union Wade family members like Wade’s son Xavier Zechariah, 5, and nephew Dahveon Morris,…
For most, coming out at work is not an easy task. You can’t be sure how your company or peers will respond to your revelation. And despite recent reports that the workplace is growing increasingly accepting to LGBT employees, people often don’t know how to welcome a colleague who recently…
A video of a homophobic man verbally harassing a lesbian couple has made its way around the Internet. What’s not caught on camera, though, is a police officer refusing to document the incident. Trudy and Wendy Dragoon are married and living in Oregon. The women were trying to reunite a…
A new sheriff may soon be in town in Texas, and she’s already making history. Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez narrowly defeated her opponent in the primary race for Texas governor Tuesday night. Her nomination alone is an achievement; Valdez is the first openly gay and Latina to win…
On the same day President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in any capacity in the United States military, and the Department of Justice said that sexual orientation is not a basis to protect someone from discrimination in the workplace, the administration had…
On the same day President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in any capacity in the United States military, the Department of Justice delivered a setback of its own to gay workers. Sexual orientation is not a basis to protect someone from discrimination…
To ex-Patriots offensive linemen Ryan O’Callaghan, football was more than just a sport, a way to burn energy as a kid or even a way to provide a full-ride to college — it was a matter of life or death. What his old teammates didn’t know then is that O’Callaghan…
President Donald Trump has apparently still not had time to recognize June as LGBT Pride Month. But last week he found time to say thank you to groups of his anti-LGBT supporters. Trump delivered remarks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference, at which he was labeled…
Rights for LGBT people have been a cause for concern under the Trump administration. And on Tuesday, Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos created more uncertainty, to say the least, when she refused to say LGBT students would be protected from discrimination at private schools. DeVos said several times that…
President Donald Trump has once again proven he’s no ally to the LGBT community as he refuses to proclaim June as LGBT Pride Month. He did, however, take the time to declare other proclamations for the month, dubbing June 2017 as Great Outdoors Month, National Caribbean-Heritage Month, African-American Music Appreciation…