LGBTQ+ – Page 32 – 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.

With No Shortcut to a Green Card, Gay Couples Leave U.S.

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:37+00:00 February 19th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

Not long ago, Brandon Perlberg had a growing law practice and a Manhattan apartment he shared with his partner, who is British. They hosted themed dinner parties and wine tastings for a wide circle of friends.

College Health Plans Respond as Transgender Students Gain Visibility

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:38+00:00 February 13th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

Over the last decade, as activists started pushing colleges to accommodate transgender students, they first raised only basic issues, like recognizing a name change or deciding who could use which bathrooms. But the front lines have shifted fast, particularly at the nation’s elite colleges, and a growing number are now offering students health insurance plans

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Exclusion of LGBT groups from Tet parade a sign of cultural divide

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:38+00:00 February 8th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

The standoff highlights a struggle over gay rights in Orange County’s Vietnamese community. Some cultural experts point to a set of customs on morality.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ff-0208-tet-lgbt-20130208,0,2266007.story

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Brown U. Will Cover Transgender Surgery Under Student Insurance Plan

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:39+00:00 February 8th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

The university is joining a small group of other colleges, including Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, that cover at least some sex-change surgeries under their health-insurance plans, according to resources compiled by the Human Rights Campaign.

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Boy Scouts Postpone Decision on Admitting Gays

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:40+00:00 February 6th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

IRVING, Tex. — The Boy Scouts of America, which reconfirmed last summer its policy banning openly gay people from participation, then said last week it was reconsidering the ban, said on Wednesday that it would postpone until May their decision, as talk of gays in the ranks has roiled a storied organization that carries deep

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Boy Scouts delay decision on admitting gays

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:22:40+00:00 February 6th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

A decision on whether the Boy Scouts of America will keep its policy that excludes gay members and leaders will not be voted on until the organization’s annual meeting in May, the national executive board said Wednesday.

For more: http://www.latimes.com/news/la-naw-boy-scouts-delay-decision-on-admitting-gays-20130206,0,3545794.story

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From Fighting Same-Sex Marriage to Forging a Pro-Marriage Coalition for All

By Carmen Chandler| 2013-01-29T09:13:39+00:00 January 29th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

David Blankenhorn, a traditional-marriage advocate and star witness in the Proposition 8 trial in California in 2010, shocked his allies with an Op-Ed article in The New York Times last June announcing that he was quitting the fight against same-sex marriage. “Instead of fighting gay marriage,” Mr. Blankenhorn wrote, “I’d like to help build new

Gay rights bill clears a hurdle in Wyoming

By Carmen Chandler| 2013-01-29T08:16:28+00:00 January 29th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

The legislation, which would allow same-sex couples most of the legal rights of heterosexual couples, is approved by a subcommittee in the conservative state’s House.

Boy Scouts considers lifting ban on gays

By Carmen Chandler| 2013-01-29T08:15:18+00:00 January 29th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

The organization’s national board will discuss a proposal to retreat from its longtime prohibition and allow local groups to decide.

Ban on Gays May Be Lifted by Boy Scouts

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:12:13+00:00 January 28th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

The Boy Scouts of America, with its traditions of youth in uniform and the character-building virtues of honor, has always looked back to an older, more structured image of America, when gay and lesbian people were invisible and silent. It was a view reaffirmed in Scout policy as recently