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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC)  reported  that at least 16 transgender or gender-nonconforming individuals have lost their lives by either a firearm or other forms of brutality in 2020. Unfortunately, the organization believes that number might not be completely accurate because crimes that fit
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Trump Threatens Military Troops to Stop Protesters; Invokes Insurrection Act of 1807
President Trump announced that he would invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 law to halt the protests that have erupted around the country following the murder of George Floyd and employ active military to police the
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Transgender people find refuge in Haitian Center | New York Carib News
Despite widespread prejudice and discrimination against transgender people in Haiti, one organization is providing a haven where they can feel welcome. The Kay Trans Haiti center located in the capital, Port-au-Prince, is funded by a Spanish healthcare company and the United Nations Development
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Lady Gaga Shares Her Instagram To Give A Voice To The Black Transgender Community
Recording superstar Lady Gaga selected The Marsha P. Johnson Institute to take over her Instagram account and called on her 42.5 million followers to advocate for Black transgender women to help end the daily fight they endure against systemic racism. This date signifies the 50th anniversary of the
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Meet the Black Republican Woman Trying to Unseat Civil Rights Icon John Lewis – Free Press of Jacksonville
Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of
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New York City To End Solitary Confinement By The End Of The Year After Death Of Layleen Polanco - Blavity
New York City will stop placing medically vulnerable incarcerated people into solitary confinement, according to Mayor Bill de
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individuals race, children, national
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Egyptian LGBTQ Activist, Who Dared to Raise the Pride Flag, Takes Her Own Life Aged 30
Sarah Hegazi, a prominent queer Egyptian feminist, committed suicide on Saturday in exile in
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Sister Of Riah Milton Decries Deadnaming By Police: Using The Right Pronouns 'Cost You Nothing' - Blavity
The grieving sister of Riah Milton, a 25-year-old Black, transgender woman killed in Ohio earlier this month, is speaking out against the deadnaming of her
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In Bostock v. Clayton County, the United States Supreme Court ruled, this week, that the federal employment discrimination statute (Title VII) barred discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in places of
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Google Doodle Honors Iconic Trans Activist Marsha P. Johnson As Pride Month Comes To A Close
Marsha P. Johnson was honored with a Google doodle for Pride Month.
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“I am honored and energized as I take on these new responsibilities to lead this incredible team that I am convinced will build United into a thriving industry leader,” Hart said in
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Munroe Bergdorf Accepts Position On LOréal Paris Diversity And Inclusion Advisory Board
Trans activist and model Munroe Bergdorf accepts a position on L'Oréal Paris' diversity and inclusion advisory board after falling out with the company three years ago for speaking out against racism.
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Boston city councilors are pushing to ban facial recognition, a surveillance software that disproportionately misidentifies people of color and may violate civil rights and basic
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Halle Berry pulls out of transgender film role after backlash - DefenderNetwork.com
Halle Berry has pulled out of a role in an upcoming film in which she’d play a transgender character after facing backlash online. In an Instagram live interview on Friday, the actor said she had been preparing for the role, but had not been officially cast. “[It’s] a character where the woman is
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PBS Celebrates Pride Month with PRIDELAND, a Short-Form Digital Series and New One-Hour Special with Host and Actor Dyllón Burnside, Exploring LGBTQ+ Identity in the U.S. South
Digital episodes premiered May 26 on PBS Voices, a new documentary-focused YouTube channel from PBS Digital Studios; one-hour broadcast special premieres Friday, June 12 at 9:00 pm ET on PBS
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HBO’s Human By Orientation Launches Digital “Pride” Site With Daily LGBTQIA+ Programming And Events Through The Month Of June
HBO’s Pride 2020 festivities kick off this Thursday night with Por Detroit x Ostbahnhof, two of LA’s most notorious warehouse parties coming together to show off the city’s diverse and colorful
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Bangladesh Opens First Madrasa for Transgender Students – The Wilmington Journal
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In an historic and majority 6-3 decision this morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled that workplace discrimination against LGBTQ workers is prohibited by federal
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Former Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit on Sunday to the site in Wilmington, Del., where protests took place the night before, one of dozens of protests across the country following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police
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Trans woman Merci Mack killed in Dallas - TheGrio
Merci Mack, a 22-year-old trans woman became part of a sobering statistic she is one of the four Black transgender women who was killed during Pride Month this year reports the Dallas Morning News. Mack was found unconscious in the parking lot of a Dallas apartment complex with gunshot wounds in
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