Rhode Island
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Providence enacts police protections for gender identity and race
Saturday, June 3, 2017The police union did not support the new protections for transgender people, immigrants, and minorities. -
Rhode Island House votes to ban gay conversion therapy
Wednesday, May 31, 2017It now moves to the state Senate. -
Attorneys general file brief in support of trans teen Gavin Grimm’s SCOTUS case
Saturday, March 4, 2017The friend-of-the-court brief, filed by 19 attorneys general, says that allowing transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender creates no public safety, privacy or financial burdens. -
Rhode Island lawmakers propose banning ‘ex-gay’ therapy
Tuesday, February 21, 2017The measure would ban so-called "conversion therapy," a practice aimed at changing young people's sexual orientation or gender identity. -
Training aims to help police officers better serve LGBTQ community
Sunday, January 15, 2017LGBTQ individuals are at greater risk of experiencing victimization and data suggest hate crimes have risen since the November election. -
Hundreds of women march in yoga pants after catty comments from gay man
Monday, October 24, 2016Some held up signs that said "Peaceful Pants Party" and "I've Got Passion For My Pants." -
No lesbians allowed: Rhode Island yacht club keeps ‘men only’ policy
Wednesday, June 22, 2016Single women and married lesbians are not admitted, even as associates, because they are not married to a man. -
Federal jury awards ex-firefighter $800k in antigay harassment suit
Monday, April 18, 2016Retired Providence Fire Lt. Lori Franchin accusing her male colleagues of harassing her because she's a lesbian. -
Brown University investigating anti-Semitic, homophobic graffiti
Saturday, March 19, 2016Homophobic and anti-Semitic graffiti was found in a campus building that houses a Jewish fraternity and a fraternity with many LGBTQ members. -
Former Rhode Island House speaker gets 3 years for corruption
Thursday, June 11, 2015The 53-year-old Democrat became the nation's first openly gay House speaker in 2010. He represented Providence for 11 terms in the state House.
Further Reading
Providence enacts police protections for gender identity and race
Rhode Island House votes to ban gay conversion therapy
Rex Tillerson declines to speak publicly about report on human rights abuses
Study: Sexual minorities more likely to be incarcerated, assaulted behind bars
Attorneys general file brief in support of trans teen Gavin Grimm's SCOTUS case
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