In this week’s podcast: • More LGBTQ candidates won elections this year than ever before • A US Supreme Court decision upholds high school transgender students’ rights • Switzerland is poised to…
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Aimee Stephens, Who Took Transgender Rights Case To Supreme Court, Dies At 59
NBC News reports that Aimee Stephens, the transgender funeral home worker whose firing led to legal proceedings that ended up at the U.S. Supreme Court, died Tuesday of renal failure. She was…
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Idaho Governor Signs Two Anti-Transgender Bills Into Law
After allowing two recently passed bills to sit on his desk for more than a week, Idaho Governor Brad Little chose to sign two anti-transgender bills into law on the eve of…
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News Round-Up: November 18, 2019
Some news items you might have missed: • Las Vegas: Donny & Marie Osmond concluded their iconic residency at Flamingo Las Vegas this past Saturday. The siblings’ 11-year residency began as a…
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SCOTUS Hears Arguments On Whether Federal Civil Rights Laws Protect LGBTQs
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday for three cases considering whether federal civil rights laws protect LGBTQ people in the workplace. Two of the cases (Zarda v. Altitude Express…
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SCOTUS Will Rule If Existing Civil Rights Laws Ban LGBTQ Discrimination
The current U.S. Supreme Court (image via SupremeCourt.gov) The United States Supreme Court has announced it will weigh in on whether existing civil rights laws prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or…
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New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Expanding Transgender Rights
New Jersey took positive steps forward on Tuesday when Gov. Phil Murphy signed new legislation into law providing important rights and protections for members of the LGBTQ community. Murphy campaigned on a…
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Alaska: Anchorage Voters Reject Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill
Voters in Anchorage, Alaska have rejected Proposition 1, an anti-transgender “bathroom bill” that would have forced folks to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their birth certificate gender. From Anchorage Press:…
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News Round-Up: March 30, 2018
(image via Instagram) Some news items you might have missed: • #TGIF! Israeli fitness model Shalom Bar (h/t Towleroad) • 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Stephen Reinhardt, who authored the majority ruling…
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News Round-Up: March 13, 2018
Some news items you might have missed: • How could I pass up sharing a pic of uber-sexy model Stuart Reardon and wine??? • A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that…