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.
Vatican to debate teachings on divorce, birth control, gay unions
Contraception, cohabitation, divorce, remarriage and same-sex unions: They’re issues that pain and puzzle Roman Catholics
CAHRO Conference 2014: Jackie Speier
Congresswoman Speier: If you look at it closely, we have so many human rights violations right here in the country. When I look at your program, you are right on it….
Food stamps: isn’t it a right in this country not to go hungry? There is an effort to cut food stamps by $40 billion. Let’s
CAHRO 2014 Conference: Uniting California for Human Relations & Human Rights is about to begin
People are checking in. The conference will begin shortly. On the day’s agenda: presentations by Congresswoman Jackie Speier and Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, and workshops include such topics as mental health and law enforcement; racial justice and building healthy communities; immigration; youth and human rights; human trafficking; and transgender non-discrimination, training and law enforcement.
Federal Court to Consider Utah Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
DENVER — In a case pitting arguments about the freedom to love against a conservative state’s right to limit marriage to one man and one woman, a federal appeals court here will hear arguments on Thursday over whether Utah violated the Constitution by banning same-sex marriage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/us/federal-court-to-consider-utah-ban-on-same-sex-marriage.html?hp
The New York Times
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of New Mexico gay bias case
WASHINGTON — In a victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a New Mexico photographer who claimed a free-speech right to refuse to shoot a wedding album for a same-sex couple.
Humor That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The University of South Carolina Upstate on Monday announced it was calling off a planned appearance by a lesbian humorist that was to have been the lighter side of a scholarly event on lesbian and gay studies.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/08/facing-legislative-pressure-south-carolina-upstate-calls-lesbian-humor-performance#ixzz2yJGlkco2
Inside Higher Ed
Questioned for Being Transgender?
When the U.S. Education and Justice Departments last year found that a California school district violated Title IX
US Recognizes Michigan Same-Sex Couple Marriages
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