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Lebanon: Entry Ban Follows Gender, Sexuality Conference
Lebanese General Security has banned a group of activists and academics from re-entering Lebanon following their participation in a September 2018 conference on gender and sexuality, Human Rights Watch, the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE), and Legal Agenda said yesterday.
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Lawsuit: Steuben County Jail Violates Rights of Transgender People
The New York Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the law firm BakerHostetler filed a lawsuit yesterday against Steuben County, the Steuben County Sheriff, and several officials and employees at the Steuben County Jail on behalf of a transgender woman whom jail officials housed in a men’s facility while she was awaiting trial.
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Pioneering Report Exposes Global Reach of So-Called Conversion Therapy
A groundbreaking report released by OutRight Action International last Thursday exposes the global reach of so-called conversion therapy.
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Catholic priest allegedly spent church donation on Grindr hookups
He allegedly stole almost $100,000 worth of church donations.
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Gay workers not covered by civil rights law, Trump administration tells Supreme Court
The Justice Department, in a brief submitted to the high court Friday, argued that Title VII «does not bar discrimination because of sexual orientation».
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Special prosecutor to investigate why charges were dropped against Empire actor Jussie Smollett
A judge has named a special prosecutor to look into why state prosecutors abruptly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett that accused him of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself.