🏳️‍🌈 Discussion: LGBTQ+ Rights XVI - Part 6

[blueharvest]

Major companies are ending DEI programs. Here's how an LGBTQ+ group is taking them to task

Molson Coors, Tractor Supply, and others have all cowered to the far-right. The Human Rights Campaign isn't having it. Here's what they are doing.

www.advocate.com

 

[blueharvest]

Biden gives historic interview to LGBTQ newspaper

The Washington Blade, a D.C.-based LGBTQ news outlet founded in 1969, said Biden is the first sitting president to give an exclusive interview to an LGBTQ newspaper.

www.google.com

 

[blueharvest]

Conversion therapist sued to be able to convert LGBTQ+ kids. A federal court just said "no." - LGBTQ Nation

She said she has a "free speech" right to try to turn kids straight. The judges said she doesn't.

www.lgbtqnation.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Beshear signs order banning conversion therapy on Kentucky minors • Kentucky Lantern

Calling it a “dangerous practice,” Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Wednesday that bans conversion therapy on minors in Kentucky.

kentuckylantern.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Conversion therapist sued to be able to convert LGBTQ+ kids. A federal court just said "no." - LGBTQ Nation

She said she has a "free speech" right to try to turn kids straight. The judges said she doesn't.

www.lgbtqnation.com

Mind your own goddamn business.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

London unveils stunning artwork commemorating trans victims of violence - LGBTQ Nation

This artwork will gradually dissolve over the next 18 months.

www.lgbtqnation.com

 

[blueharvest]

Philadelphia teen hoped to make bombs for terror group and considered Pride attack, officials say

Officials said the suspect had considered placing bombs in trashcans along the route of last year’s Philadelphia Pride March.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Teenager told she had to strip by airport security [in Egypt] to prove she was a girl

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/teenager-told-strip-airport-security-29959146

Stop policing people’s genders.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Companies abandon LGBTQ+ rights report card system after backlash

Experts say the index has helped improve workplace benefits for LGBTQ+ people

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

GOP candidate slammed for saying the "+" in "LGBTQ+" means pedophilia - LGBTQ Nation

She has called for major Democrats to be executed in the past.

www.lgbtqnation.com

 

[squeekness]

GOP candidate slammed for saying the "+" in "LGBTQ+" means pedophilia - LGBTQ Nation

She has called for major Democrats to be executed in the past.

www.lgbtqnation.com

Oh, please....

 

[blueharvest]

This Christian minister made a case against same-sex marriage in the 90s. He just apologized. - LGBTQ Nation

"I want to repent of what I wrote before," he said, referring to his 1996 book that denounced homosexuality. Christopher Hays also says he is proud of his father for acting as a model. "

www.lgbtqnation.com

 

[blueharvest]

People are sending Texas the 'Bee Movie' script to protest it tracking transgender residents

Critics are using the iconic internet prank in response to Texas Department of Public Safety's policy barring trans citizens from updating IDs and tracking those who try.

www.lonestarlive.com

 

[blueharvest]

Right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ education activist exposed as former gay adult film actor: report

The revelation has triggered accusations of hypocrisy online, given Corey DeAngelis’ long-standing public stance against LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion..

www.advocate.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ education activist exposed as former gay adult film actor: report

The revelation has triggered accusations of hypocrisy online, given Corey DeAngelis’ long-standing public stance against LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion..

www.advocate.com

Saw this last night. The only thing that will blacklist a Republican in their party is being associated to the LGBTQIA.

 

[blueharvest]

Valentina Gomez booted from Instagram after 4 months of Reels littered with anti-gay slurs

The 'don't be weak and gay' former candidate had her X account demonetized recently, too.

www.dailydot.com

Good, now remove her from Twitter, too.

 

[Lily Adler]

Valentina Gomez booted from Instagram after 4 months of Reels littered with anti-gay slurs

The 'don't be weak and gay' former candidate had her X account demonetized recently, too.

www.dailydot.com

Good, now remove her from Twitter, too.

 

[Teelie]

Right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ education activist exposed as former gay adult film actor: report

The revelation has triggered accusations of hypocrisy online, given Corey DeAngelis’ long-standing public stance against LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion..

www.advocate.com

This is something I can never really understand. Is it a self hatred thing? Why would you decide to advocate against yourself?

 

[blueharvest]

Thailand to allow same-sex couples to marry in January

Activists hail ‘monumental step’ as Thai king signs the country’s marriage-equality bill into law.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[blueharvest]

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes rose in 2023, even while crime decreased overall: FBI report

LGBTQ+ activists say homophobic and transphobic political rhetoric bears a degree of blame.

www.advocate.com

 

[Lily Adler]

NPR: More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows

 

[blueharvest]

Hate preacher defends unhinged colleague's alleged wife-beating in shocking video - LGBTQ Nation

"I'm not going to disqualify a pastor over domestic abuse because the Bible is silent on that."

www.lgbtqnation.com

 

[squeekness]

NPR: More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows

Shocker! This is what happens when you make people feel like crap.