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HRC: More Top US Companies Back Gays, Offer Protections
The Human Rights Campaign released its 11th annual Corporate Equality Index on Wednesday.
Fred Karger Launches Boycott Against Amway
EEOC Rules Anti-Trans Workplace Bias Violates Civil Rights Act
In what advocates are calling a “game-changing decision,” a federal law enforcement agency has ruled that the nation’s sex discrimination law protects transgender employees from workplace bias.
GetEQUAL to Protest Obama Re-election Offices Over Exec Order
Gay rights advocates say they’re “upping the ante” to get President Obama to reconsider his decision NOT to sign an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT workers.
HRC Poll: 73% Support Federal Equal Benefits Order
A poll conducted by the nation’s largest LGBT rights group shows that voters overwhelming support an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating against workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Study: LGBT People Suffer Severe Income Inequality
A campaign seeking to reduce poverty by half over the next decade has found that LGBT people suffer severe income inequality compared to their straight counterparts.
Gay Rights Movement Veteran Matt Foreman Slams HRC
Longtime LGBT activist Matt Foreman is taking the Human Rights Campaign to task–blaming the national rights organization for infighting within the movement.
Amtrak & MD County Accused of Blocking LGBT Websites
It’s a story we’ve heard before in relation to public schools. Now, two other government entities are under fire for running web site filters designed to block pornography that are also preventing access to LGBT resources online.
San Diego Hotel at Center of Gay Boycott Has Been Sold
The San Diego hotel at the center of a longstanding boycott by a gay-rights group has been sold, and now its former owner is planning a new hotel in Austin, Texas. Read the rest of this entry »
