The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa’s July 23 natnal electn.
Contents:
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg . * gay voting rights *
“The stak the midterms are enormo — not jt for gay and trans people, but for all of as Amerins.
“The stak the midterms are enormo — not jt for gay and trans people, but for all of as Amerins, ” says Freedom to Marry Print and Founr Evan Wolfson, one of the chief archects of the movement for marriage equaly. The Supreme Court’s 2015 cisn legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi elimated one of the primary ways state ernments discrimated agast gay people, tearg down barriers to equaly areas like child ctody, adoptn, taxatn, and herance. Gays n marry all 50 stat, but discrimatn is still the law of the land for most queers.
Gays n marry all 50 stat, but discrimatn is still the law of the land for most LGBTQ+ people.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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If you’re gay or bisexual, your employer n legally fire you and your landlord n evict you bee of your sexual orientatn 28 stat; trans people n lose their job or hog 30. Acrdg to the Williams Instute at UCLA’s School of Law, 27 percent of gay, lbian, and bisexual workers have experienced discrimatn employment: 18 percent have been passed over for a job, 10 percent have been nied a promotn, and 7 percent have been fired bee of their sexual orientatn.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, is releasg the fdgs of the first of an ongog seri of polls to gge and track motivatn, enthiasm, and issu ahead of the 2022 midterm electns takg place November. The poll measur how motivated LGBTQ likely voters are * gay voting rights *
Acrdg to a survey nducted by the Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly 2011 and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, 90 percent of trans people have experienced discrimatn at work: 44 percent have been passed over for a job, 23 percent have been nied a promotn, and 26 percent were fired bee of their genr inty. Wh no employment protectns for gay, bi, or transgenr people, victims nnot sue state urts, and state civil rights offic nnot impose penalti on dividuals or anizatns that discrimate agast LGBTQ+ people.