LGBTQ+ – Page 17 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

LGBTQ+-related laws include but are not limited to: government recognition of same-sex relationships, LGBT adoption, sexual orientation and military service, immigration equality, anti-discrimination laws, hate crime laws regarding violence against LGBT people, sodomy laws, anti-lesbianism laws, and higher ages of consent for same-sex activity.

Gay rights groups halt support for ENDA workplace discrimination bill

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:51+00:00 July 9th, 2014|LGBTQ+|

Six national gay rights groups withdrew support Tuesday for what had been hailed as historic legislation to prohibit workplace discrimination, citing concerns over an exemption for employers who object to homosexuality on religious grounds.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gay-rights-20140709-story.html

Los Angeles Times

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Christian College’s President Seeks Exemption From Ban on Anti-Gay Bias

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:52+00:00 July 9th, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|

The president of a Christian college in Massachusetts is defending his decision to sign a letter requesting a religious exemption to a forthcoming federal ban on anti-gay discrimination by federal contractors.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/christian-colleges-president-defends-stance-against-ban-on-anti-gay-bias?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Gay rights groups wary of Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:52+00:00 July 3rd, 2014|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

Gay rights groups voiced cautious optimism Tuesday that this week’s Supreme Court decision exempting some corporations from offering contraceptive coverage for female workers will not trigger a widespread assault on same-sex benefits or anti-discrimination laws protecting gays and lesbians in the workplace.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-court-gays-20140702-story.html

Los Angeles Times

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Expert Sees AAPI Churches, Elders as Keys to LGBT Inclusion in Higher Ed

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:53+00:00 July 1st, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|

SAN FRANCISCO — Jess Delegencia came out as a gay man to his Baptist mother about six years ago, but she hasn’t actually said the word “gay” yet. It’s not as if she could have forgotten his sexual orientation either because, whenever she leaves her native Philippines to visit her son, she stays at the

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Transgender woman’s mother, ‘other family’ mourn her death

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:53+00:00 June 25th, 2014|LGBTQ+|

When her family had impromptu karaoke nights, Zoraida Reyes’ go-to song was “Todos Me Miran” — a song that spoke of overcoming rejection.

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0625-zoraida-20140625-story.html

Los Angeles Times

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Holding Off on Gay Faculty

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:11:09+00:00 June 23rd, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|

Eastern Mennonite University announced Saturday that is delaying formal action on rethinking its ban on hiring openly gay professors. The move disappointed those who had advocated for change. But those same critics noted that the university’s decision – which continued a suspension of the hiring policies in question – effectively reverses the ban for the

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Obama to sign executive order curbing discrimination against gays

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:11:09+00:00 June 17th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

President Obama plans to sign an executive order forbidding companies that do business with the federal government from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, fulfilling a goal that gay rights organizations have sought for years.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-discrimination-20140617-story.html#page=1

Los Angeles Times

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S.C. Governor Upholds Penalties for Gay-Themed Books in State Budget

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:11:10+00:00 June 16th, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|

Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina has opted not to veto a measure in the state’s 2014-15 budget that would penalize two universities by a total of nearly $70,000 for assigning books with gay themes, reports The State, a newspaper in Columbia, S.C.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/s-c-governor-upholds-penalties-for-gay-themed-books-in-state-budget/79865?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Department of Interior Enlisting Scholars’ Help to Incorporate LGBT History

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:11:10+00:00 June 10th, 2014|LGBTQ+|

The U.S. Department of the Interior is hosting a panel discussion of historians, scholars and preservationists today to discuss ways to educate the public about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history.

http://diverseeducation.com/article/64780/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=8e98f128d28d458ea51d154deeff4929&elqCampaignId=173

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Graduation Walkout at Louisiana Tech Protests Honor for ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:11:11+00:00 May 27th, 2014|Education, LGBTQ+|

An organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students at Louisiana Tech University hastily arranged a protest via social-media outlets on Friday after learning that the university’s commencement ceremony, on Saturday, would honor a TV personality who has come under fire for inflammatory comments about gay and black people, KNOE-TV, a CBS affiliate in

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