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On Monday morning, the Supreme Court ruled that existing federal law forbids job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The ruling is a landmark victory for the LGBTQ+ community, and a surprising decision coming from a majority conservative court. In a 6–3 vote, the Court ruled that Title…
AT&T’s (No. 1 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list and No. 2 on the Top Companies for Employee Resource Groups specialty list) African American employee resource group (ERG) The NETwork Black Integrated Communications Professionals has been around for 50 years. The LEAGUE at AT&T, Inc., the company’s…
The U.S. Supreme Court has just heard the arguments of three cases that will determine the applications of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to LGBTQ employment rights. But Aaron Belkin, director of the judicial advocacy group, Take Back the Court has written Justices Brett Kavanaugh and…
As public conversation over President Trump’s proposed (and rejected) inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census continues, another census is reflecting intersectional concern over critical issues facing the Black LGBT community. Related story: Republicans Are Not Giving Up on the 2020 Citizenship Question As part of the 2019…
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…
Showtime announced that it’s set to develop a sequel series to the groundbreaking lesbian drama “The L Word,” eight years after wrapping the show’s six-season run. Similar to the original series, the reboot of “The L Word” will focus on a new cast of women in a show that illustrates…
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…