LGBT Business Report This Week 1/30/16: The FAA, Dot Gay, Grindr, Rentboy, and missives...
This week's round-up of news of consequence to the queer professional community: missives from The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Dot Gay, Grindr, Rentboy, and Indiana, Missouri, and Michigan.
FAA removes “disorder” label from transgender pilots
First, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
Middlesex Charitable Foundation supports LGBT youth supportive service group
The Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation presented $20,000 to OUT MetroWest, the Framingham-based LGBT nonprofit that provides supportive and educational programs for middle and high school-aged youth across metro- and western Boston.
“We are honored to receive...
Despite pending legislation, LGBT marriage equality in Italy remains uncertain
This news falls square into the category of "look how far we have come, America."
Italy remains one of the very few Western countries that does not recognize marriage equality for same-sex couples. All that...
THIS QUEER WEEK (1/23/16): HRC Endorses Hillary (And Backlash), Plus an LGBT Israeli Controversy
The LGBT news wrap up for January 23, 2016
Up this week: HRC endorses Hillary and the backlash. The Stonewall Workplace Equality Index releases rankings. And the Israeli controversy at the National LGBTQ Task Force’s...
First Senate Republican signs onto LGBT Equality Act
There's not much chance the LGBT Equality Act will pass the current Republican-dominated Congress this year, but it's gaining momentum on Capital Hill. The act would expand existing civil right laws to ban discrimination...
HRC board unanimously endorses Hillary Clinton for president
The Human Rights Campaign's board of directors unanimously endorsed Hillary Clinton for President this week in recognition of "her robust agenda for advancing LGBT equality, strong record, and ability to win in November."
Clinton will publicly accept...
This Queer Week: Jan. 16: Anglicans, Congress, and David Bowie
And now for our weekly roundup of recent LGBT news.
First up: Prelates of the Anglican Communion suspended the US Episcopal Church for three years because of its support for marriage equality, calling it a “fundamental...
Major New England sports teams unite in support for equal public accommodations legislation
Four of Boston's major league teams and the TD Garden rallied around state legislation this week that would include non-discrimination protections for transgender people in public places like sports stadiums, restaurants, shopping malls, and...
This Queer Week: January 9, 2016
Happy Saturday!
Just thought I’d try to brighten up your weekend with a brief round-up of the LGBT news this week — or perhaps depress or bore you with it!
I mean, why not? I’m the...
HRC advocates for LGBT refugees and asylum seekers from Middle East
The brutal murder of a 15-year old Syrian boy thrown from the top of a building during the first weekend of the New Year in Deir ez-Zor, a Daesh (or ISIS/ISIL) stronghold, is but one...
