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RIDGELAND, Miss. — The director of a Mississippi library system says a mayor is withholding $110,000 from his city’s library because LGBTQ books are on the shelves. Tonja Johnson, executive director of the Madison County Library System, told news outlets that Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee received citizen complaints about ...
... visibility, community, and advocacy.” Joe Halsch, president of the Jim Toy Community Center, told the NewsHour. WATCH MORE: House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people Toy often said he preferred to use the term “TBLGQI” instead of the more commonly used “LGBTQIA” in order to invert the power ...
Michael Adams: And what that means is that about half of our LGBTQ older adults are living in places where there are no such protections because there's no federal law and there's no state law. Ivette Feliciano: SAGE reports that more than one third of LGBTQ seniors fear ...
... a statement that it currently doesn’t have additional analysis to offer on the data, though it didpublish a report on the first set of LGBTQ+ data this summer, finding that LGBTQ+ people are more likely than non-LGBTQ+ people to face economic hardship. “The primary focus has been on ...
The men’s professional tennis tour is surveying players on LGBTQ issues. ATP CEO Massimo Calvelli says it is part of a “broader initiative” to create “an environment for players and staff that is inclusive, that is diverse and that is very safe and welcoming.”
The rights of Hungary’s LGBTQ people are increasingly under threat. Last month, a law came into force that restricts the depiction of homosexuality and sex reassignment to children in schools. The law has drawn intense opposition from other countries in the European Union, and has become a battleground on what the bloc stands for. Special...
The Tokyo Games are shaping up as a watershed for LGBTQ Olympians.
... but with characters that were stereotypical and which elicited negative reactions from many LGBTQ viewers," the group said. "There remains a huge opportunity for meaningful LGBTQ storytelling." Of the 20 LGBTQ characters, none were living with HIV and none with a disability. Since GLAAD began counting LGBTQ characters with disabilities ...
... Commission to start an infringement procedure ... because this is in clear contradiction not just with EU values, but also with binding EU law and the commission's LGBTQ strategy," Vig said. But he said that must be done in way that "does not affect the human rights of everyday Hungarians."
As climate change exacerbates the effects of weather events like flooding, hurricanes and wildfires, it increases the likelihood of more displaced people who are facing housing insecurity and homelessness.
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