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LAS VEGAS — (07-14-21) — Amazon employees have called it quits over the past few weeks in protest to Amazon's e-commerce's decision to sell a book that promotes the idea that transgender people suffer a mental illness. So far two employees have submitted their resignations following a complaint that was posted internally and as of [...]
LANSING, MI — (07-09-21) — The Michigan elections bureau on Friday announced that a ballot drive effort to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination has failed again, thanks to the Republican who have a track record of blocking such initiatives. ABC News reported that according to Republicans, the Fair and Equal Michigan failed to collect enough [...]
PAKISTAN — (07-09-21) — Pakistan turned heads this week when it opened its first government-funded school for transgenders who are routinely bullied out of mainstream education in the conservative country. The country's Khawaja Sira community (Khawaja Sira, the equivalent of transgender in the Urdu language), dates back hundreds of years and are treated as a [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (07-08-21) — Wells Fargo has begun informing customers it will no longer be offering personal credit lines, with all existing personal credit lines being shut down in the coming weeks. In a six-page letter sent to customers and obtained by CNBC, Wells Fargo said it had “recently reviewed its product offerings [...]
TBILISI, GA — (07-05-21) — Anti-LGBT protesters turned violent on July 5 against a planned LGBT Pride march in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The anti-LGBT protesters attacked LGBT activists and journalists, including two RFE/RL reporters. The insecure anti-LGBT protesters accused journalists of spreading and promoting "anti-Georgian sentiments". They also ransacked the Tbilisi Pride March office. [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA — (07-03-21) — Fights nearly broke out on Saturday between protestors and counter-protestors in Los Angeles over an incident at a spa involving a transgender woman. Last week, a woman complained to staff at the Wi Spa located at 2700 Wilshire Blvd in Koreatown, after a transgender woman disrobed in a designated [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (07-02-21) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, declined to review a case over a Washington state florist's refusal to service a wedding for a same-sex couple, letting stand Washington state court's ruling that the florist engaged in unlawful discrimination over sexual orientation. The case, Arleans Flowers v. Washington, No. 19-333, began [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (06-30-21) — A grand jury in Manhattan has indicted the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg on multiple charges, according to sources familiar with the case. The criminal charges are expected to be unsealed on Thursday during a press conference. The indictments are part of a long-running investigation [...]
PHILADELPHIA, PA — (06-30-21) — Bill Cosby is set to be released after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2019 sexual assault conviction on Wednesday. The court ruled that a “non-prosecution agreement” with a previous prosecutor should have prevented him from being charged in the case. The 83-year-old comedian actor has served more than two [...]
ST HELENS, MERSEYSIDE UK — (06-29-21) — An LGBTQ Pride mural was defaced with a homophobic slur and now, police are treating this incident as a hate crime. The LGBTQA mural in St Helens, Merseyside, that was painted by volunteers and artists to celebrate Pride month, was sprayed with black paint on Monday night. This [...]