Tag: New Orleans
Russell T Davies’ Queer As Folk lands reboot
Russell T Davies’ groundbreaking drama Queer As Folk is getting a fresh reboot by creator Stephen Dunn for American streaming platform Peacock.
Irish wrestler Finn Bálor’s entrance with LGBTQ fans during WrestleMania
Finn Bálor aka Fergal Devitt at WrestleMania – goes all in for LGBTQ community.
Spectacular Miss Gay America Female Impersonator Pageant Comes To New Orleans
From October 4-7 (four nights), the Hyatt Regency New Orleans will be the setting for the 47th national Miss Gay America pageant.
Transgender Woman Asks Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Allow a Path Forward for Her Title VII Discrimination Case
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund client Dr. Rachel Tudor has asked the New Orleans based United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn a nationwide injunction issued by a federal judge in Wichita Falls, Texas, which has disrupted transgender sex discrimination cases throughout the country, including her own.
2017 NBA All-Star Game Moved to New Orleans Due to North Carolina’s Anti-LGBTQ HB 2 Law
NBA sends clear message to lawmakers nationwide that the league will not tolerate discrimination.
DrupalCon New Orleans and Louisiana’s Religious Freedom Bill
Yesterday (May 19), the Louisiana Legislature’s House Civil Law and Procedure Committee voted 10-2 to return HB707 to the calendar, effectively voting it down, at least for the current session. The bill would allow businesses to refuse, in accordance with religious beliefs, to provide goods and services on the basis of a patron’s sexuality.