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News (USA)
“Hero” librarian says bigoted supervisor harassed & fired him for being gay
The New Jersey man claimed his supervisor said “his lifestyle was not appropriate for the town.”
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News (USA)
LGBTQ rights legend Gerald Bostock’s case still hasn’t been heard almost a decade after he was fired
Gerald Bostock’s former boss accused him of visiting “former boyfriends — because he is gay” with work funds in firing him. Now he’s asking a court to rule in his favor.
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Life
Gay comedian Mario Cantone was kicked off a TV show for being too gay
Mario Cantone got canceled because a producer thought his “gay edge” would make Johnny Carson “nervous.”
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News (USA)
Anti-LGBTQ Republican accused of sexually assaulting his sister-in-law
The former speaker of the Michigan House lost a job due to his anti-LGBTQ record. Now his sister-in-law says he sexually abused her when she was a minor.
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Politics
Trump administration allegedly fired a gay Melania staffer for using Grindr
Melania Trump was angry the gay employee was fired, but “if she had been truly outraged, she could have done something. She didn’t.”
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News (USA)
Catholic school reverses decision to fire a gay coach after students erupt in anger
Benet Academy is now willing to hire a woman married to another woman after the school community showed they have her back.
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Life
Coach tells Ellen his boss told him to turn straight because gay men are a “danger” to kids
“Well how do you think that reflects on the school?” a school administrator berated him. “You’re a danger to put in front of the kids.”
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News (USA)
Teacher resigns after being told to sign a letter promising not to talk about being gay
“There is never a problem when a heterosexual teacher displays pictures of themselves and their spouses in a classroom but I have a flag and all hell breaks loose.”
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News (USA)
Firefighter sues after enduring years of anti-gay & racist abuse from coworkers & supervisors
He was called “faggot,” “sissy,” and “Sambo,” and his white coworkers would get up and leave the room when he entered.
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News (USA)
Lesbian firefighter says a male coworker groped her “almost daily” & she was fired after complaining
“I’ll make you straight again,” the man allegedly said to her.
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Politics
New Trump rule gives federal contractors a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people
He just made it a lot easier for businesses to claim a “religious exemption” to LGBTQ discrimination laws.
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News (USA)
Barista fired after telling coworkers they “need Jesus” if they wear a Pride t-shirt. She’s suing.
Starbucks handed out Pride t-shirts, and now she’s suing because the shirt she didn’t have to wear would “show her advocacy of a lifestyle in direct contradiction to her religious beliefs.”
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News (World)
EU’s highest court rules against lawyer who said gays “have physical & genetic anomalies”
He said he would never hire a gay person. Now he has to pay up for his discriminatory statements.
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News (USA)
Virginia is the first state in the South to make it illegal to discriminate against LGBTQ people
“No longer will LGBTQ Virginians have to fear being fired, evicted, or denied service in public places because of who they are.”
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News (USA)
Police chief suspended for blaming officer’s death from coronavirus on homosexuality
The chief went on a rant about how the gay officer died because of he attended “homosexual sexual events.”
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Bias Watch
Franklin Graham says his COVID-19 tent hospital won’t discriminate. A gay man says they refused him.
Volunteers are required to agree gay people will go to hell, but Franklin Graham promises they’ll treat queer people fairly. Has he already been proven a liar?
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Politics
Trump is trying to rescind LGBTQ worker protections at the National Labor Relations Board
A federal worker union is sounding the alarm about Trump appointees trying to take away LGBTQ protections.
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News (USA)
Lesbian prison workers harassed with slur & pictures of beavers & tacos
When one woman complained, her boss accused her of sleeping with a male prisoner to try to get her fired.
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News (USA)
Lesbian sues Burger King for harassment like asking who is “the man” in her relationship
Her manager would come up behind when she was at the cash register and whisper: “Do you like that woman?”
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News (USA)
Trump administration removed LGBTQ protections from Department of Interior guidelines
The Department says that the protections aren’t necessary… but that’s not what other Trump administration officials have been saying.