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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A bill has landed on the desk of South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard, a Republican who has given the bill a positive nod in the past. Daugaard’s signature is the last remaining step before South Dakota could become the first state to specifically target transgender youth by passing a law …
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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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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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After spending 11 days visiting the US, a UN group issued a report stating that the U.S. falls behind international standards in women’s health, public and political representation, and lack economic and social rights. Key issues included reproductive and maternity rights, lack of female elected officials, and the 21% wage gap …
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A long-term study by the A.P. reveals over 1,000 police officers have been dismissed between 2009 and 2014 for sexual assault and misconduct. Daniel Holtzclaw, declared guilty last week of 18 counts of rape and sexual assault, preyed upon black women with prior arrests in the lowest social classes, knowing that …
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