Tag: New York
New York police accused of abusing homeless LGBT youth
Beating, choking, sexual assault and the rape of young gay people on the streets is allegedly being carried out by cops, a new study has revealed.
An Irish LGBT Group Will March In The St. Patrick’s Day Parade In New York
The Lavender & Green Alliance will become the first identifiably Irish LGBT group to ever march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City on March 17, 2016.
HRC Calls on NY Attorney General to Investigate Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Exploitative Price Gouging
Today, the Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation sent a letter to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asking him to investigate recent actions by New York-based Turing Pharmaceuticals to increase the price of the drug Daraprim (pyrimethamine) by 5000 percent.
Lesbian couple’s custody fight with two gay men who donated sperm
A lesbian mother and her partner became embroiled in a custody fight with two gay men who had donated sperm so they could all jointly raise the same child, it has been revealed.
Applauds New York State for New Guidance Designed to Protect Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students from Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) commends the New York State Education Department for releasing comprehensive guidance to help ensure that transgender and gender nonconforming students are safe in schools and able to learn in discrimination-free environments.
TLDEF Denounces New York State Senate’s Failure to Pass Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA)
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) denounces the New York State Senate’s failure to pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act. The bill would have added transgender people to New York’s hate crimes law and protected them from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.