LGBT rights

Trump/Pence and the future of global LGBT rights

Trump/Pence and the future of global LGBT rights

If Trump enables Pence’s attitudes toward sexuality and gender identity to prevail in U.S. foreign policy, it will shift the already precarious balance of power in the United Nations. The internationalization of LGBT rights will slow if not halt.

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Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward

Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward

 

A federal appeals court in Richmond has sided with a transgender high school student, saying that he can proceed with his lawsuit arguing that his school board’s decision to ban him from the boys’ bathroom is discriminatory.

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Gay Refugees Address U.N. Security Council in Historic Meeting on LGBT Rights

Gay Refugees Address U.N. Security Council in Historic Meeting on LGBT Rights

"Members of the LGBT community really fear persecution as they watch these horrendous sights of people being hurled off buildings…they won’t come out and request protection because they’re too afraid to tell anyone.”

Subhi Nahas, a gay Syrian refugee, speaks at the United Nations headquarters in New York, August 24. The U.N. Security Council held its first-ever meeting on LGBT rights on Monday. Photo: MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS

The Queers Left Behind: How LGBT Assimilation Is Hurting Our Community's Most Vulnerable

The Queers Left Behind: How LGBT Assimilation Is Hurting Our Community's Most Vulnerable

An opinion piece by Colin Walmsley for The Huffington Post

So while love may have won for middle and upper class gays, many transgender people, queer people of color and queer homeless youth instead find themselves left behind by a community that has become increasingly defined by the interests of its white, cisgender, middle and upper class members.

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Democrats to Introduce LGBT Rights Bill in Congress this week

Democrats to Introduce LGBT Rights Bill in Congress this week

The measure, which lawmakers plan to file in the House and Senate, would ban discrimination in seven categories — including housing, education, and public accommodations.

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