Over the last few weeks, passionate arguments have been made in support of or against House Bill 2, the bill that requires transgender people in North Carolina to use the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate. I even saw a long, eloquent post on an acquaintance’s Facebook …
May, 2016
March, 2016
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23 March
N.C. House Votes To Outlaw LGBT Protections In Outrageous Move On Behalf Of Discrimination
On Wednesday the North Carolina General Assembly approved HB2, the bill which would block local governments from passing non-discrimination measures based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The legislation was able to clear the General Assembly in under nine hours. This comes primarily as an attack on Charlotte, which decided earlier …
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9 March
Missouri GOP Breaks Democrats 39 Hour Filibuster, Pass Anti-Gay Legislation
Republicans in Missouri’s state senate have broken a nearly 40-hour Democratic filibuster and voted to pass an anti-gay bill that would legally protect persons and organizations actively opposed to same-sex marriage. The GOP state senate passed the bill, Senate Joint Resolution 39 (SJR 39), with an overwhelming 23-9 vote Wednesday …
February, 2016
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22 February
Georgia Senate Passes Anti-LGBT ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill; Mississippi House Advances Anti-Gay Legislation
On Friday, the Republican-majority Georgia Senate passed a bill to allow legal discrimination of gays and lesbians as part of “religious freedom.” The bill, which passed 38 to 14 along party lines, would allow for faith-based organizations to refuse service to same-sex couples. The bill, which is a hybrid of …
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19 February
Black Officer Edwin Raymond Slams NYPD With Lawsuit Over Quota-Based Policing And Discrimination
Edwin Raymond, an eight year veteran of the New York Police Department, is heading a class action lawsuit involving 12 other black and latino police officers against ‘New York’s Finest,’ alleging that the NYPD is instructing its officers to satisfy predetermined numerary objectives for arrests and tickets every month. In other words, the quota system the department …
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17 February
Shots Fired Outside Of Corrupt Tennessee Sheriff’s Home, His Immediate Reaction: ‘Beyonce’s Video’ Made Him A Target
Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold told the press Tuesday that he suspects Beyonce’s Super Bowl performance and “Formation” music video may have led to a shooting outside his Murfreesboro, Tennessee home. The officer reported hearing eight gunshots outside of his house Monday around 9 PM. He yelled for his wife and two young …
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11 February
Restaurant Chain Denny’s Settles Another Discrimination Lawsuit For Making Black Customers Prepay For Meals
On February 5th Denny’s settled a lawsuit brought on by an African-American couple who say they were forced to prepay for their food. The manager of the L.A. location in Koreatown claims he feared the couple would dine and dash. Video evidence also shows the couple having to wait far …
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8 February
Indiana One Step Closer To Passing Hate Crime Bill
Indiana Senate Bill 220 passed the senate 34-16 and will now advance to the state House. This bill would offer the possibility of judges to impose harsher sentences to convicted criminals whose actions targeted victims based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry or sexual orientation. Indiana …
January, 2016
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27 January
Transgender Woman Sues Seattle Bank Because Employees Would Not Confirm Her Identity By Phone Because Of Her Voice
A transgender woman in Seattle has filed a civil suit against People’s Bank after repeatedly being denied service because her voice did not register as feminine enough to confirm her identity over the phone. According to Lizzi Duff, age 70, her masculine-sounding voice is the reason the bank’s employees would …
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19 January
Rick Snyder Says He Won’t Be Stepping Down As Governor Despite Negligence In Flint Water Crisis
Governor Rick Snyder, formally addressing the public for the first time since a Federal State of Emergency was declared in Flint, MI over the contamination of drinking water, says that its “fair” to call his negligence regarding the handling of Flint’s ongoing contamination his “Hurricane Katrina moment” but that he …
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19 January
Cop in St. Paul tells drivers to run over Black Lives Matter protestors on Facebook, tells them not to worry because they will win in court
A police officer, identified as Sgt. Jeff Rothecker in St. Paul, Minnesota, is under investigation for a Facebook post he made on Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday which suggest drivers encountering Black Lives Matter protestors on January 15 shouldn’t “slow down for any of these idiots who try and block the …
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18 January
Four Muslim-Americans From Brooklyn Kicked Off Flight For ‘Looking Too Muslim’
A flight attendant removed four Muslim-Americans from Brooklyn off a flight from Toronto-New York, supposedly for ‘looking too Muslim.’ The men in question are now seeking 9 million dollars in damages. Via NY Daily News: The four fliers from Brighton Beach were among six longtime pals who spent several days …
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13 January
Women in Tech: Study shows 60% of Silicon Valley women experience sexual harassment at work
The latest study from ElephantInTheValley.Com surveyed more than 200 women who have worked in Silicon Valley for at least 10 years. Their results are unequivocally negative for women in these careers. 60% of women have been sexually harassed at work, 65% of whom were subject to unwanted sexual advances from …
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13 January
What is a “complementarian” and why are women concerned about Marco Rubio’s new advisor?
Last week Marco Rubio announced the formation of a new religious liberty advisory board in his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. Among the fifteen members, Wayne Grudem stands out as the leader of “complementarianism,” a movement he created. Slate: “Within American evangelicalism, there are two broad camps when it …
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11 January
Islamophobia in America hurting women and children
Muslim women are speaking out that they feel particularly targeted by a section of the American population which has failed to distinguish Muslim-Americans from terrorists. Women wearing hijab may feel as if they might as well be wearing targets on their bodies. Sirin Kale reports on the recent incidents of …