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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Ahead of its annual convention next month in Philadelphia, NLGJA announced the recipients of its 2016 Excellence in Journalism Award winners. The highest individual awards, NLGJA Journalist of the Year and Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ Journalist of the Year, were awarded to Katie Barnes and Erik Hall, respectively.
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To further its deep commitment to sustaining a diverse and inclusive culture, TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, has named Kelley Cornish Head of U.S. Diversity and Inclusion.
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For decades, visitors to Independence Hall in Philadelphia were told one main story: This was where the country’s Founding Fathers enshrined Americans’ inalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But now, an additional human rights story is being told at the symbolic birthplace of the United States: that of Reminder Days, one of the earliest public protests against LGBT discrimination.
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Tour guides talk about the primly dressed demonstrators who marched past the Liberty Bell on July 4 for five years in the 1960s, reminding the public that gay people lacked basic rights. In the visitors’ center, there are lectures and a slide show about the protests. And a state-installed marker outside the hall notes that the demonstrations helped transform a local campaign into a new civil rights movement. |
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This nation was founded on a promise that all Americans should enjoy the values of freedom, fairness and equal treatment.
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Philadelphia has unveiled a new pride flag with black and brown stripes to represent LGBT people of color.
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The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the business voice of the LGBT community, in partnership with the DNC LGBT Caucus, is excited to announce a landmark celebration in honor of the historic Democratic nominee for President of the United States and the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and the Democratic National Committee to include certified LGBT-owned businesses as suppliers for the 2016 Democratic National Convention. The invitation-only celebration will be held on Thursday, July 28th, 2016 at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia on the final evening of the Democratic National Convention. |
