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LGBTQ+ group banned from marching in town’s Labor Day parade for the “safety of the public”
The group thinks the ban was a response to their plan to have a local drag performer join them in the parade.
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New Orleans braces for superspreader event as monkeypox vaccine remains scarce
Labor Day weekend’s Southern Decadence circuit party attracts 100,000-300,000 participants from around the world.
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Labor unions can protect LGBTQ workers even when the law fails
The best, most durable protection LGBTQ working people can obtain is a union contract.
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If LGBT community relies on business support, expect a hostile takeover
It’s great that corporations are coming out to support LGBT equality in droves, but their newfound support has more to do with increased profit margins than standing up for an ideal.
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The Last Holiday
Why are we celebrating the obligation to toil most of our lives? Seriously, why is Labor Day an American holiday? Is it an excuse for one last blowout before – before what? I’m tempted to research the origins of Labor Day, though I have no doubt that I learned all about it back in fourth grade. It’s never made sense to me to get a day off to celebrate work. Of course it’s never made sense to me…
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Revelers descend on New Orleans for annual ‘Southern Decadence’
Thousands of tourists, gay and straight, are descending on New Orleans this weekend for the annual Southern Decadence Festival, which organizers says is “one of the gay world’s major annual events.” In the almost four decades since it started, Southern Decadence has become a traditional Labor Day weekend, end-of-summer, event. But for two of the […]