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... America. In Mexico, a busy shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has been left without a doctor. A program to provide mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth fleeing Venezuela was disbanded. In Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala, so-called “Safe Mobility Offices” where migrants can apply to enter the ...
... and universities,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. The Biden administration sought to overhaul the rules and expand Title IX to protect LGBTQ+ students. It expanded the type of behavior that's considered sexual harassment — a reversal of the DeVos policy, which used a narrower definition. But ...
... Participants circled up for a prayer before the speeches began. Target, which long was viewed as a strong advocate for the rights of Black and LGBTQ+ people, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday on the call for a boycott. But in a memo to employees last ...
... out transgender people of all ages from all walks of civic life,” said Harper Seldin, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. Seldin said the ACLU is reviewing the order “to understand what, if anything, has immediate effect versus what needs to go through ...
... with Lukashenko, and I’m ready to serve as his vanguard,” said Communist Party candidate Sergei Syrankov, who came in second place. He favors criminalizing LGBTQ+ activities and rebuilding monuments to Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Candidate Alexander Khizhnyak, head of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, led a voting ...
... initiatives, Target's work to build a more inclusive workforce predated 2020, and the company also was long seen as a trailblazer with respect to LGBTQ+ inclusion. But the employee memo shared Friday said Target no longer would participate in surveys designed to gauge the effectiveness of its actions, including ...
... a judge's approval to take effect. In Thailand, marriage equality is now the law of the land. A historic bill took effect today granting LGBTQ+ people the same marital rights as heterosexual couples. By the end of the day, some 1,800 same-sex couples across Thailand had tied ...
LGBTQ+ rights advocates fear the next step is restrictions on care for adults. Florida is the only state that has done that, through there have been proposals in at least two other states. Mo Jenkins, a 25-year-old transgender woman who ran unsuccessfully for a Texas House seat in ...
... to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Tuesday. WATCH: ‘Have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants, Episcopal bishop asks Trump The department said Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued the directive Monday. The ICE guidance dates back to ...
... the interfaith service, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, used her sermon to send a message to Trump, urging compassion for LGBTQ+ people and undocumented migrant workers.“You have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you ...
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