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...
GLAD prevails in precedent-setting civil and religious rights case
When Matthew Barrett applied to be Fontbonne Academy’s food services director, he wasn’t looking to set an historic precedent in civil rights law. But that's exactly what he did when he was hired then fired...
Bay State confirms Vickie Henry’s appointment to appeals court
"GLAD's loss will be the Commonwealth's gain," stated Janson Wu, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders in a press release on GLAD's Senior Staff Attorney and Youth Initiative Director Vickie Henry's appointment...
Providence rated fourth most LGBT-friendly city in America
Taking its cue from a Gallup national poll that studied the shifting attitudes toward LGBT rights across the United States and finding 60 percent of Americans supporting same-sex marriage—up 5 percent from the previous year,...
Groundbreaking LGBT Domestic violence program to dissolve at end of 2015
The GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project — an organization that for 22 years has been at the forefront of creating support services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault where there had been few to...
29 New England corps rated ‘Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality’ in 2016...
Twenty-nine New England-based corporations received perfect scores of 100 percent on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, the national benchmarking survey and report administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which calls its top-score winners "The Best Places...
Obama endorses adding LGBT protection to Civil Rights Act
Banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity may be added to an amended version of the landmark 1964 Civil Right Act if the Obama administration has its way. According to White House press...
Ireland officially recognizes same-sex marriages registered in other countries
Monday, November 16, marks the first day Ireland recognizes same-sex marriage licenses registered in other countries. Six months ago, the Irish pubic voted by 62.1 percent to allow gay unions in a historic referendum—the...
Boston-based LGBTQ prisoners-rights advocacy group turns 10
With several states considering "ban the box" legislation—making criminal status checks on job applications illegal—U.S. sentiments seem to be shifting in favor of a more compassionate approach towards those who have done their time. But not much...
