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Alabama lawmaker to name workplace discrimination bill after Apple CEO
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s only openly gay lawmaker plans to name her bill to prohibit anti-LGBT workplace discrimination after Apple CEO Tim Cook. Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) said she will introduce “The Tim Cook Economic Development Act” when the legislative session gets underway in March 2015, in the hope that Alabama …
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Labor Department announces final rule for LGBT workplace executive order
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday announced the final rule for prohibiting discrimination against transgender federal employees and LGBT employees of federal contractors.
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Maine school district ordered to pay $75K in transgender discrimination suit
ORONO, Maine — A Maine court has awarded a transgender girl $75,000 in a settlement of her discrimination lawsuit against a school district where administrators made her use a staff, not student, bathroom. Nicole Maines won her lawsuit against the Orono school district in January before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Gay rights activists march in New Delhi to demand an end to discrimination
NEW DELHI — Nearly a thousand gay rights activists marched through central New Delhi on Sunday to demand an end to discrimination against gays in India’s deeply conservative society. Holding balloons, flags and placards, activists and their supporters sang songs and danced to the beat of …
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Couple files lawsuit after Florida cancels driver’s licenses over name change
ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Central Florida men whose driver’s licenses were cancelled because they changed their names using their out-of-state marriage license, have filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida, seeking to have their legal marriage recognized by the state.
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Iowa governor deposed in discrimination case of gay former state administrator
DES MOINES, Iowa — This was probably not the way Gov. Terry Branstad wanted to spend his Thanksgiving week: Being questioned under oath for hours about his treatment of a gay former state administrator.
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Homeless shelter in Kansas City won’t house married, same-sex couples
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A nonprofit homeless shelter in Kansas City will not allow legally married same-sex couples to stay overnight together because officials believe those relationships violate biblical principles. Leaders of the City Union Mission in Kansas City debated the decision for three or four years…
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Married, gay couple told they’ll lose their drivers’ licenses over name change
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida couple who used their New York marriage license to change their names on their Florida drivers’ licenses have been notified by the state Department of Motor Vehicles warning them that they are both in danger of losing their licenses.
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Texas lawmaker introduces bill to allow ‘religious’ discrimination against gays
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas state lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at making it legal to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
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N.Y. venue pays fine for refusing to host lesbian couple’s wedding, files appeal
ALBANY, N.Y. — A rural New York wedding venue’s owners have paid a $13,000 fine for refusing to host a lesbian couple’s wedding, and have since stopped booking marriage ceremonies while their case is appealed. Liberty Ridge Farm’s owners, citing constitutional rights to free speech and religious freedom, have appealed the August ruling…