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"Deeply Concerned": Apple CEO Tim Cook Red Flags New US Laws On Gay Rights
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has frequently spoken out against discrimination of the LGBT community, stepped into the debate over a controversial education bill in Florida that reportedly targets the LGBTQ youth.
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US Navy Names Ship After Assassinated Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk
One of the first openly gay politicians in the United States, who was assassinated four decades ago, will have a ship named after him this weekend, as the US military looks to keep step with modern-day social attitudes.
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Google Celebrates American Gay Rights Activist Frank Kameny With Doodle
Google Doodle today celebrates American gay rights activist Frank Kameny, widely recognised as one of the most prominent figures of the US LGBTQ rights movement, in celebration of Pride Month.
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Whodunnit? US Library Baffled By Mystery Of Vanishing 'Liberal' Books
For more than a year, books critiquing Donald Trump, advocating gun control or supporting gay rights have been vanishing from a US library -- only to be found later, mysteriously hidden in dark corners of the wrong shelves.
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US Supreme Court Tosses Ruling Against Wedding Cake Bakers Who Rebuffed Lesbians
The US Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling against the owners of an Oregon bakery who refused based on their Christian beliefs to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in another case pitting gay rights against religious rights.
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US Embassies In Delhi, Chennai Show Pride Flags Despite Washington's Note
Since the State Department began rejecting all embassy requests to hoist rainbow flags outside the mission buildings during Gay Pride Month this year, some U.S. diplomats have been finding ways to defy, or at least get around, the new policy.
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US Supreme Court To Weigh In On Gay, Transgender Rights
The US Supreme Court said Monday it will take up the question of whether gay and transgender workers are protected by federal law that bars discrimination in the workplace.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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US Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Baker Who Refused To Serve Gay Couple
The US Supreme Court delivered a historic but limited victory Monday to a Colorado baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, in a closely-watched case pitting gay rights against religious liberty.
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Baker May Deny Wedding Cake To Same-Sex Couple, Says US Judge
A California court has recognized a pastry chef's right to refuse to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple, as the Supreme Court debates a similar case with weighty implications.
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US Supreme Court Hears 'Gay Wedding Cake' Case
Can a baker refuse to make a wedding cake for two men for religious reasons? The US Supreme Court hears arguments in the most significant case for gay rights since it approved same-sex marriage two years ago
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"I'm A Criminal," Said Indian Transgender Activist. Barack Obama's Response
In New Delhi for a town hall, former US President Barack Obama today had no dearth of tricky questions to answer. About forty-minutes into the event, a transgender rights activist's wringer about discrimination against the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community put the retired US commander-in-chief especially close to the line of...
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Apple, Google Among Firms Urging US Supreme Court to Weigh Gay Workers Rights
Gay rights is the latest issue to cause a rift between the business community and the Trump administration.
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Teacher Explains Decision To Be 'Visibly Queer' In His Photo With US President Donald Trump
Nikos Giannopoulos cocked his head ever so slightly away from the president, toward a black lace fan he'd brought with him. He wore a rainbow pin on his lapel, a ring through his nose and a gold anchor around his neck.
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New York Protest Pushes Back Against Donald Trump, Supports Gay Rights
About 3,000 people demonstrated in New York Saturday against Donald Trump, voicing solidarity with LGBT groups, Muslims and others they fear the US president could target.
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"Deeply Concerned": Apple CEO Tim Cook Red Flags New US Laws On Gay Rights
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has frequently spoken out against discrimination of the LGBT community, stepped into the debate over a controversial education bill in Florida that reportedly targets the LGBTQ youth.
-
US Navy Names Ship After Assassinated Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk
One of the first openly gay politicians in the United States, who was assassinated four decades ago, will have a ship named after him this weekend, as the US military looks to keep step with modern-day social attitudes.
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Google Celebrates American Gay Rights Activist Frank Kameny With Doodle
Google Doodle today celebrates American gay rights activist Frank Kameny, widely recognised as one of the most prominent figures of the US LGBTQ rights movement, in celebration of Pride Month.
-
Whodunnit? US Library Baffled By Mystery Of Vanishing 'Liberal' Books
For more than a year, books critiquing Donald Trump, advocating gun control or supporting gay rights have been vanishing from a US library -- only to be found later, mysteriously hidden in dark corners of the wrong shelves.
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US Supreme Court Tosses Ruling Against Wedding Cake Bakers Who Rebuffed Lesbians
The US Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling against the owners of an Oregon bakery who refused based on their Christian beliefs to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in another case pitting gay rights against religious rights.
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US Embassies In Delhi, Chennai Show Pride Flags Despite Washington's Note
Since the State Department began rejecting all embassy requests to hoist rainbow flags outside the mission buildings during Gay Pride Month this year, some U.S. diplomats have been finding ways to defy, or at least get around, the new policy.
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US Supreme Court To Weigh In On Gay, Transgender Rights
The US Supreme Court said Monday it will take up the question of whether gay and transgender workers are protected by federal law that bars discrimination in the workplace.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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US Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Baker Who Refused To Serve Gay Couple
The US Supreme Court delivered a historic but limited victory Monday to a Colorado baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, in a closely-watched case pitting gay rights against religious liberty.
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Baker May Deny Wedding Cake To Same-Sex Couple, Says US Judge
A California court has recognized a pastry chef's right to refuse to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple, as the Supreme Court debates a similar case with weighty implications.
-
US Supreme Court Hears 'Gay Wedding Cake' Case
Can a baker refuse to make a wedding cake for two men for religious reasons? The US Supreme Court hears arguments in the most significant case for gay rights since it approved same-sex marriage two years ago
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"I'm A Criminal," Said Indian Transgender Activist. Barack Obama's Response
In New Delhi for a town hall, former US President Barack Obama today had no dearth of tricky questions to answer. About forty-minutes into the event, a transgender rights activist's wringer about discrimination against the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community put the retired US commander-in-chief especially close to the line of...
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Apple, Google Among Firms Urging US Supreme Court to Weigh Gay Workers Rights
Gay rights is the latest issue to cause a rift between the business community and the Trump administration.
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Teacher Explains Decision To Be 'Visibly Queer' In His Photo With US President Donald Trump
Nikos Giannopoulos cocked his head ever so slightly away from the president, toward a black lace fan he'd brought with him. He wore a rainbow pin on his lapel, a ring through his nose and a gold anchor around his neck.
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New York Protest Pushes Back Against Donald Trump, Supports Gay Rights
About 3,000 people demonstrated in New York Saturday against Donald Trump, voicing solidarity with LGBT groups, Muslims and others they fear the US president could target.
