LGBTQ News: Homosexuality Makes You Enemy of State in Poland – Bloomberg
Mikolaj Milcke is a writer and broadcaster in Poland, publishing half a dozen novels, hosting radio shows and starring as a commentator on reality show “Big Brother” last year. Yet when...
New data examines presence of LGBTQ people in STEM – Open Access Government
© Motorolka While US researchers are rightfully examining ethnicity and gender in their fields, the data for LGBTQ people in STEM fields has been notoriously lacking – until now
Currently, there are...
Happiest Season: A guide to the super gay cast of the Christmas rom-com. –...
Happiest Season, the heartwarming new Christmas movie about meeting your girlfriend’s parents for the first time—while having to hide that she’s your girlfriend—features more out LGBTQ stars than any studio romantic...
Will there ever be an HIV vaccine? – pharmaceutical-technology.com – pharmaceutical-technology.com
Infectious diseases that lead to long-term disability have been a persistent threat to humanity, but thanks to vaccination many have been confined to the annals of history. Viruses such as polio,...
New data examines presence of LGBTQ people in STEM LGBTQ people in STEM, research...
© Motorolka While US researchers are rightfully examining ethnicity and gender in their fields, the data for LGBTQ people in STEM fields has been notoriously lacking – until now
Currently, there are...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual communities more at-risk for dementia, study finds – MSUToday
Lesbian, gay and bisexual — or LGB — people are more vulnerable to one of the fastest-growing health concerns in the country: dementia, according to new research from Michigan State University....
Daylight launches first LGBTQ+ digital bank in United States – Fast Company
advertisementNeobanks have emerged as not only a tech-forward solution to many of the industrialized woes of traditional banks, but also as a way to serve the needs of marginalized communities.advertisementadvertisementLast month,...
St. Thomas Stands Behind Gay Professor – Inside Higher Ed
The University of St. Thomas in Minnesota is standing by an adjunct professor of theology who is gay after a man with a history of harassment reportedly walked around campus demanding...
Singapore’s Leader Welcomes LGBTQ People in Tech Talent Pitch – Bloomberg
Gay and lesbian people are “valued members of society” and welcome in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Wednesday, in a statement that is at odds with his government’s resistance...
The Gay Goods Launches With Veteran Editor Mark Peikert at the Helm – PRNewswire
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the launch of new online destination, The Gay Goods. With former Playbill Editor-in-Chief Mark Peikert leading the charge, the subversive, NSFW gay editorial...
For the LGBTQ community, family brings extra benefits and costs – CNBC
John and David Auten-Schneider on their wedding day. The couple married after more than 13 years together.Studio LemusJohn Auten-Schneider and David Auten-Schneider came out about their finances about two years after...
Hamilton County elects first female, openly gay sheriff – American City & County
After claiming to have been fired in 2017 partly for being openly gay, a former Hamilton County (Ohio) major has since defeated her supervisor to become the county’s first female and...
Facebook pulls ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ group which trolled Trump supporters – Mashable
Whatever you do on Facebook, make sure you don't change your group name to mock deluded users who've gone all in on the baseless claim that voter fraud tipped the 2020...
Facebook Removes Pages Linked to Bannon for Pushing Misinformation – The New York Times
Facebook said on Monday that it had removed a network of pages affiliated with the former Trump strategist Stephen K. Bannon that worked together to push false information about the presidential...
3 HR Leaders Discuss the Significance of Unconscious Bias Training – Built In Chicago
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Though a spotlight on racial injustice this year has brought awareness to unconscious bias in the workplace, there’s still a long way to go. Whether it’s...
Trump backers tricked into joining ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ on Facebook – The Guardian
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters have unwittingly found themselves in a Facebook group called “Gay Communists for Socialism”, after being tricked by its creators into joining what they thought was a...
Mondaire Jones to become the first openly gay, Black member of Congress – Roll...
Mondaire Jones won the race for New York’s 17th District congressional seat Wednesday morning, making him the first openly gay, Black man elected to Congress. Ritchie Torres, who won his election...
Centinel Spine prodisc® C Patient-Ambassador Brian Gay Wins 5th PGA Title – PRNewswire
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Centinel Spine®, LLC, the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction, today congratulated Centinel Spine patient-spokesperson Brian Gay for winning the PGA...
How Fashion Embraced Queer Culture—On Episode 7 of ‘In Vogue: The 1990s’ – Vogue
How Fashion Embraced Queer Culture—On Episode 7 of ‘In Vogue: The 1990s’ Vogue
Kept out of traditional jobs, transgender people see hope in tech world – Reuters
By Oscar Lopez6 Min ReadMEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As a transgender woman living in Russia, where LGBT+ people often face abuse and state repression, Chloe Golovleva said she felt...
Openly Gay Catholic Priest Discusses Pope Francis’ Appeal For LGBTQ Protections – NPR
Rachel Martin speaks with Fr. Bryan Massingale, priest and professor at Fordham University, about Pope Francis' statements regarding the rights of LGBTQ people to civil unions.
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Pope Francis Calls For Same-Sex Civil Union Law In New Documentary – NPR
Pope Francis attends a interreligious ceremony for peace Tuesday in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome. ...
HIV response neglects gay men, bi men and trans women – Thomson Reuters Foundation
Gay and bisexual men account for about one in five new HIV infections, but they were only allocated 1% of the $57 billion spent to fight the virus between 2016 and...
Alyssa Gay, 28 – Business Observer
Owning a business wasn’t part of Alyssa Gay’s plan.“I had actually sworn for years I would never own my own business,” Gay says. She grew up seeing family members run businesses...
Everything we know about the newest US solar panel manufacturer — Violet Power –...
This fall, a brand new solar company announced a major addition to U.S. manufacturing with its gigawatt-production plans. Violet Power is setting up in a 600,000-sq.-ft facility across the street from...
Twitter Users Flood Far-Right Proud Boys Hashtag With Gay Pride Images – Gadgets 360
Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag.Proud Boys, a far-right group founded...
California Pioneers New Quotas For People Of Color & LGBT People – Forbes
California’s state government is nothing if not famous for its progressive legislation. It’s no surprise then that on October 1st, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a mandate on California-headquartered corporations to...
Justices Thomas, Alito Blast Supreme Court Decision On Same-Sex Marriage Rights – NPR
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The gay community is beautifully reclaiming #ProudBoys – Mashable
In one of the first good plot twists of 2020, the #ProudBoys hashtag has become a thing of beauty.
On Sunday morning, #ProudBoys was trending on Twitter, but not for the reasons...
Group: Egypt police arbitrarily arrest, torture LGBT people – Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — A prominent human rights group Thursday accused Egyptian police of arbitrarily arresting and torturing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and urged authorities to end prosecutions for adult,...
Ban on Gay Men Donating Corneas May No Longer Be Supported by Evidence –...
“At the time of the policy’s introduction, HIV screening tests were unreliable up to 6 months after viral exposure, so it was argued that a categorical exclusion policy for sexually active...
Why the only openly gay heavy metal superstar, Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, hid his...
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has always lived a loud and proud heavy metal life, but only in 1998 during an MTV interview did he become the first metal icon to...
New report shows it could take 12 years to reach equal representation of women...
Like many industries, tech is still struggling when it comes to gender diversity. Overall, women technologists make up 28.8% of the tech workforce today. Though this number is a steady increase...
Technology & real estate: How COVID propelled industry forward – Washington Blade
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Technology has transformed the real estate industry, enabling contact-less viewings and sales.
Over the past six months, nearly every industry in our economy was accelerated by technology due to COVID-19. Whether...