John J. Sweeney, The Growg Alliance between Gay and Unn Activists, Social Text, No. 61, Out Front: Lbians, Gays, and the Stggle for Workplace Rights (Wter, 1999), pp. 31-38
Contents:
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- GAY NURSE, EX-UNN LEAR ESTEEN TAK ON ALAMEDA SUPERVISOR MILEY 2024
- DISNEY WORKERS WARNED AGAST BOYTT OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BY UNN LEAR
- GAY UNCILMAN LLS ON NYPD UNN LEAR TO RIGN AFTER 'HOMOPHOBIC' TWEET
- IN RSIA, GAY PEOPLE ARE ROUTELY TARGETED. THAT’S WHY THIS UKRAIAN SOLDIER IS FIGHTG.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay union leader *
Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Gay nurse and former unn lear Jennifer Esteen officially lnched her mpaign Monday to ot om office Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, who will be seekg a seventh four-year term on the primary ballot next March. But after Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) cid not to seek reelectn, Shawn Kumagai, a gay man then servg on the Dubl Cy Council, and labor lear Liz Ortega, who is straight, jumped to the ntt to succeed him and survived the primary.
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Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still crimalized.From homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100,000 people says is unr nstant threat.“Every LGBT person terviewed by Human Rights Watch said they wished to leave the untry immediately or had envisned their future abroad,” the report stated.In St.
GAY NURSE, EX-UNN LEAR ESTEEN TAK ON ALAMEDA SUPERVISOR MILEY 2024
Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean regn.While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.“The laws still have an impact,” said Jhua Bardoo, an ternatnal human rights lawyer om St.
“People feel embolned to discrimate or be vlent.”In July 2019, two gay men om St. Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down. “The (LGTBQ) muny the untry is very, very margalized and vulnerable.”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help.A 58-year-old bisexual man relled how someone h him the head wh a bottle an attack that cracked his skull and put him a a.
DISNEY WORKERS WARNED AGAST BOYTT OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BY UNN LEAR
One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. It is hard for me as a gay this untry.”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St.
Vcent Prime Mister Ralph Gonsalv was not returned.Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn.
Crics have said Disney has not done enough phg back agast Florida's Parental Rights Edutn act, more monly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. A unn central Florida has urged his members not to participate the planned boytts of the pany over the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Clton ma siar ments on Twter, postg that boyttg the pany bee of the Don't Say Gay bill would e wh moary nsequenc for some.
GAY UNCILMAN LLS ON NYPD UNN LEAR TO RIGN AFTER 'HOMOPHOBIC' TWEET
"If you are makg lls to #BoyttDisney over the Don't Say Gay bill, jt remember that you are impactg thoands of Cast Members the LGBTQ+ muny who will lose hours, wag, and gratui bee of your lls.
There are other ways to ph for change, " he webse, which lls out Disney for s "apathy the face of the bigoted 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill put forth by the FL state legislature, " has a schle and walkout stctns for employee walkouts to prott the bill. ”She is the first openly gay print of a major natnal unn, and a power broker the Democratic Party, bee of her unn’s prows raisg money and mobilizg workers for mpaigns. A gay New York Cy uncilman and U.
IN RSIA, GAY PEOPLE ARE ROUTELY TARGETED. THAT’S WHY THIS UKRAIAN SOLDIER IS FIGHTG.
”In a sce-leted post, the official Twter acunt of the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Associatn refers to openly gay ngrsnal ndidate Rchie Torr as a "first class whore. "@SBANYPDTorr lled Mulls’ remarks “homophobic, ” acrdg to the New York Daily News, as did fellow New York Cy Councilman Mark social media msage is jt part of an ongog war of words between Torr — who has lled the sergeants unn "a bona fi hate group masqueradg as a unn" — and the unn, which has acced Torr of supportg anti-police leted tweet clud a vio of Torr cricizg the NYPD for makg fewer gun arrts and solvg fewer gun-related s as the number of summertime shootgs doubled 2020 pared to last year. Today, Print Bin issued a proclamatn affirmg June 2021 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pri Month, markg a time a time of hope, progrs, and promise for LGBTQ+ Amerins across the untry.
Signg and Leadg Implementatn of a Printial Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World. ” As prevly highlighted by the Whe Hoe, Departments and Agenci are already makg progrs areas towards the goals outled the Printial Memorandum, cludg: strengthen existg efforts to bat the crimalizatn by foreign ernments of LGBTQ+ people and expand efforts to bat discrimatn, homophobia, transphobia, and tolerance on the basis of LGBTQ+ stat or nduct; protect vulnerable LGBTQ+ refuge and asylum seekers; help ensure the Feral Government has a swift and meangful rponse to ser cints that threaten the human rights of LGBTQ+ persons abroad; and build alns wh like-md natns to unter discrimatn agast LGBTQ+ people around the world.
The Bin-Harris Admistratn clus barrier-breakg LGBTQ+ lears, cludg Secretary of Transportatn Pete Buttigieg, who is the first openly gay Cabet Secretary nfirmed by the U.