Tag: Arkansas
HRC Asks Sec. of Education Arne Duncan to Help Resolve Anti-Gay Discrimination against AR Student
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Americas’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, is asking U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to get involved in a case of anti-gay discrimination in Sheridan, Arkansas.
USA: Arkansas High School Refuses to Publish Gay Student’s Bio
Administrators at Sheridan High School, located just south of Little Rock, Arkansas, are refusing to include an interview with openly gay student Taylor Ellis in this year’s yearbook.
Arkansas High School Refuses to Publish Gay Student’s Bio
Administrators at Sheridan High School, located just south of Little Rock, Arkansas, are refusing to include an interview with openly gay student Taylor Ellis in this year’s yearbook.
Bipartisan Campaign Launched to Pass Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Today the bipartisan campaign Americans for Workplace Opportunity announced it had formed in order to take advantage of a historic opportunity to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act 19 years after its first introduction – a bill to ban workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Arkansas High Court Puts Best Interest of Children First
The Human Rights Campaign, the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today hailed the Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision upholding a lower court ruling that a law prohibiting adoption by unmarried couples who live together violates the Arkansas Constitution. On Nov. 4, 2008, Arkansas voters approved a statutory ban on adoption and foster parenting by unmarried individuals cohabiting with a sexual partner.
Wal-Mart CEO Has a Problem With Gays
Mike Duke, who has been chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores for just three months, is getting a lot of attention in the blogosphere. It’s not the kind of attention a new CEO wants.