Day: July 28, 2015
GLAAD and DignityUSA call on Pope Francis to meet with Catholic LGBT families
As news outlets across the globe prepare to report on the Pope’s upcoming visit to the United States, GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organisation, and DignityUSA, America’s foremost organisation for LGBT Catholics and their supporters, today called on Pope Francis to meet with Catholic LGBT families during his September 2015 visit to the United States.
Google forced to apologise after contractor threatens to remove gay bars from search engine
For a company that prides itself on being a pride ambassador, this was an awfully embarrassing gaffe at the hands of a contractor thousands of kilometres away.
TLDEF Challenges Discriminatory Health Insurance Coverage Denial
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has demanded that Aetna Life Insurance Company reverse its decision to deny coverage for a Colorado transgender woman’s medically necessary gender reassignment surgery.
As Boy Scouts of America Takes Historic Step, Local Exemptions Will Allow Discrimination To Continue
Following yesterday’s vote, HRC urges BSA to embrace full LGBT inclusion and reject religious exemptions that allow discrimination.