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What Makes the Supreme Court's Gay Rights Ruling So Surprising

What Makes the Supreme Court's Gay Rights Ruling So Surprising | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Inspired by the civil rights movement, it was decades in the making.

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LGBTQ Rights Around The World Are In Danger, And The US Is Part Of The Problem

LGBTQ Rights Around The World Are In Danger, And The US Is Part Of The Problem | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

This was the decade when it became clear that “gay rights are human rights,” but it was also the decade when the very notion that humans have universal rights came under attack.

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LGBT progress in Asia met with conservative pushback

LGBT progress in Asia met with conservative pushback | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

It was a hot and muggy Saturday in mid-July, and Singapore's oasis of green was turning pink. Men and women gathered in Hong Lim Park, a 9,400-sq.-meter field in the middle of the business district, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pink Dot, a local movement in support of LGBT rights.

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’Beyond I Do’ Campaign Launches to Raise Awareness about the Prevalence of Discrimination Against LGBT Community

’Beyond I Do’ Campaign Launches to Raise Awareness about the Prevalence of Discrimination Against LGBT Community | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A campaign launching today aims to raise awareness about the prevalence of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the United States, despite the widespread misconception they have basic protections.

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A Top Lawyer At The Justice Department Is Quitting To Fight For LGBT Rights

A Top Lawyer At The Justice Department Is Quitting To Fight For LGBT Rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Diana Flynn has been chief of the Civil Rights Division Appellate Section since the Reagan administration. She planned to stay until retirement, no matter who was in power, but instead she’s about to join Lambda Legal, a leading LGBT legal organization where she likely will be in direct conflict with the Jeff Sessions Justice Department.
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The Fight for LGBT Equality in 2018 Will Be Fierce

The Fight for LGBT Equality in 2018 Will Be Fierce | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

LGBT rights seem imperiled under President Trump, and in danger around the world. The Daily Beast’s Jay Michaelson, Samantha Allen, and Tim Teeman look to what lies ahead in 2018.

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Meet Dave Welch, the 'Pastor of Pastors' who Mobilizes Texas Churches Against LGBT Rights

Meet Dave Welch, the 'Pastor of Pastors' who Mobilizes Texas Churches Against LGBT Rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The Houston conservative's ability to blend politics and religion makes him a particularly potent force.

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Stalled in Congress, LGBT rights advance at the local level

Stalled in Congress, LGBT rights advance at the local level | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

At the U.S. Capitol and in most statehouses nationwide, supporters of LGBT rights are unable to make major gains these days. Instead, they’re notching victories in seemingly unlikely venues, such as Morgantown, West Virginia, and Birmingham, Alabama.

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GOP leaders decry North Carolina governor's LGBT rights deal

GOP leaders decry North Carolina governor's LGBT rights deal | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

North Carolina’s Republican leaders said Thursday that a federal court should reject a deal by the Democratic governor that would affirm the rights of transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to their gender identity.

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Egypt: Mass Arrests Amid LGBT Media Blackout

Egypt: Mass Arrests Amid LGBT Media Blackout | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The Egyptian government has intensified its campaign against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their supporters, arresting dozens of people in less than two weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. A media regulatory body has also banned all “positive” reporting on homosexuality.

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How Edie Windsor Championed Gay Rights: ‘She Was Everywhere’

How Edie Windsor Championed Gay Rights: ‘She Was Everywhere’ | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Into her late 80s, Ms. Windsor continued to leverage her national profile as a winning Supreme Court plaintiff to support her favorite LGBT causes.

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Canada Sets International Example in LGBT Rights

Canada Sets International Example in LGBT Rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

LGBT-rights supporter waves an amalgamation of the Canadian and rainbow flags in front of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, 1999. In 2017, Canadian government condemned Ramzen Kadyrov’s purge of gay men in Chechnya and announced that nearly 30 victims of the purge have been safely resettled. 

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What Life Under the Law and Justice Party Means for LGBT Poles

What Life Under the Law and Justice Party Means for LGBT Poles | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The climate for LGBT Poles has deteriorated under the Law and Justice Party, with attacks on LGBT individuals and organizations on the rise as government policies emphasize nationalist themes at the expense of tolerance. In an email interview, A. Chaber explains how LGBT activists are trying to adapt.

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High court decision spotlights GOP divide over LGBT rights

High court decision spotlights GOP divide over LGBT rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Democrats flooded Twitter and email inboxes this week with praise for the watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination. Republicans — not so much. The court's 6-3 ruling came just two days after an event that played out in the opposite direction. Freshman GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman, who’d officiated at a same-sex wedding, lost his party’s nomination in...

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‘Everybody Ain’t Surfing This Rainbow Wave’: Why Divisions Endure in Gay Rights

‘Everybody Ain’t Surfing This Rainbow Wave’: Why Divisions Endure in Gay Rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

In the 50 years since Stonewall, many strides have been made. But for gay people of color, the battle for equal rights isn’t over.

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The Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling, briefly explained

The Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling, briefly explained | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The ruling is far from ideal for LGBTQ advocates, but the worst was avoided.

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‘I Am Gay, Not a Pervert’: Furor Erupts in China as Sina Weibo Bans Gay Content

‘I Am Gay, Not a Pervert’: Furor Erupts in China as Sina Weibo Bans Gay Content | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Activists said the social media site’s vow to delete posts with homosexual themes was the latest sign of discrimination in the country.

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LGBT harassment in the era of #MeToo

LGBT harassment in the era of #MeToo | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Looking back at one incident that happened in the 1980s, Jeffrey Sidelsky he does wonder what he might have done if it happened in 2018 – in the undercurrent of the #MeToo movement – knowing everything he knows now.

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Gays Hide, Flee Ex-Soviet Republics As LGBT Crackdowns Turn Brutal

Gays Hide, Flee Ex-Soviet Republics As LGBT Crackdowns Turn Brutal | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

2017 saw increased targeting of gay communities in former Soviet republics by official crackdowns and homophobic thugs. Horrific tales have emerged from Chechnya, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia -

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How Trump Made 2017 a Horrific Year for LGBT Rights—and Worse Is to Come

How Trump Made 2017 a Horrific Year for LGBT Rights—and Worse Is to Come | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The rainbow flag Trump held upside down at a campaign rally was an appositely perverse precursor to a year of attacks on LGBT people and their rights. And it’s far from over.

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'Traditional Values': A Potent Weapon Against LGBT Rights

'Traditional Values': A Potent Weapon Against LGBT Rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

In April, news broke of a widespread anti-gay purge in Chechnya; in September, gay men and transgender women were rounded up in Azerbaijan; and in October reports emerged that a registry of gay men and lesbians was being compiled by the authorities in Tajikistan. How might we understand these disparate events as part of a … 

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Sessions deals another blow to the LGBT community

Sessions deals another blow to the LGBT community | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The self-righteous drive to make others suffer for not living Evangelical beliefs appears unstoppable with Trump in power

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UN Human Rights Office unveils global standards for business to tackle discrimination against LGBTI people

UN Human Rights Office unveils global standards for business to tackle discrimination against LGBTI people | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Accenture, Baker McKenzie, BNP Paribas, The Coca-Cola Company, Deutsche Bank, EDF, EY, Gap Inc., Godrej, IKEA Group, Microsoft, Oath, Orange, SAP, and Spotify among early adopters of the Standards of Conduct, which offer guidance for the workplace and beyond.

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How the LGBT movement came together to fight Trump’s transgender military ban

How the LGBT movement came together to fight Trump’s transgender military ban | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The movement has had major rifts -- but not this time.

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Trump administration signals loss of ground for LGBT rights

Trump administration signals loss of ground for LGBT rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Just over 13 months later, Trump’s Justice Department, in a case between private parties that involved no government agency, has told a federal appeals court that discrimination based on sexual orientation is legal under federal law. 

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