GLAAD CEO blasts anti-LGBTQ pols, social media companies after Club Q shooting

Sarah Kate Ellis shares her thoughts on the Colorado Springs massacre with GMA3 and called out rising anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Source: GLAAD CEO blasts anti-LGBTQ pols, social media companies after Club Q shooting

Colorado nightclub shooter revealed as grandson of MAGA politician

The gunman who opened fire inside of a Colorado gay club Saturday night, killing five and injuring 25 others, was not only previously arrested for threatening to bomb a neighborhood last year, but is the grandson of California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel – a Trump-supporting MAGA who compared the Jan. 6th insurrection to the Revolutionary…

International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM 2022 | Technology Networks

Pride in STEM is a charity with a goal of raising the profile and highlighting the struggles of LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) people in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). In 2020, the charity selected November 18 as the International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM, to reflect the anniversary of…

In Ohio, Trans Students Triumph Against the Odds

Going into the next several months, many states will begin their legislative cycles anew. Activists I have spoken to are afraid that 2022–23 will feature even more anti-transgender bills than previous record-breaking cycles. Republican governors have taken to bypassing the legislative process after legislative defeats of banner anti-trans legislation. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has…

What It’s Like to Lose Water in Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson Mississippi

Mississippi is the Blackest state in the Union, with a population that is 37.8 percent African American. Jackson is no different; 82 percent of the city’s population is Black. The neglect of the city’s water supply is part of a much longer, older story of the state government’s abandonment of public works after the end…

Hearing on Treatment of Women in Immigration Detention | C-SPAN.org

Hearing on Treatment of Women in Immigration Detention

A woman who was held in immigration detention for six months in 2020 at a Georgia federal facility gave emotional testimony at a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing. She detailed and accused a doctor of performing gynecological procedures against her will. Her complaint and others along with a 2020 whistleblower account sparked lawsuits and several…

Link to the Full article: Explaining the positive relationship between state-level paid family leave and mental health

As of April 2021, nine states and the District of Columbia had enacted state-specific paid family leave (PFL) programs, offering partial wage replacement to parents after the birth of a child. The Biden Administration also proposed the development of a national solution through the American Families Plan. Despite these advances, concerns with workforce disruptions and…

Iran Protesters Refuse to Back Down as 15,000 Face Execution

Nationwide protests continue in Iran for the 53rd straight day, despite nearly 15,000 Iranians having been arrested in connection to the demonstrations and who are now facing the death penalty.As thousands continue to rally across Iran’s capital city of Tehran, defying a brutal crackdown by Iranian forces, on Tuesday, the country’s parliament overwhelmingly voted in…

Native American Podcast – What Does Thanksgiving Mean to Native Americans?– ANGR Podcast [AUDIO]

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ad1Y16C_jw&ab_channel=Sof%C3%ADaSyntaxx[/embed] What’s the deal with Thanksgiving? Season 1, Ep. 1 On the first-ever episode of the ANGR Podcast, host Sofia Syntaxx discusses why she hates November and answers the ever-popular question, “Do Native Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?” Listen for an insider’s view on being indigenous in contemporary America. Sofia dishes on what it was like growing…

The Gisoo Tree – Longreads

The teenage girl stands at her mother’s grave, a middle-aged woman who was killed by the Iranian police during recent unrest in the nation. A white veil hangs around her neck. Her eyes shine with the same rage I’ve seen in the eyes of people who have lost a loved one during the Islamic regime’s…

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