Obama To Issue Executive Order Against LGBTQ Discrimination

Campaigners say White House move ‘will begin to undo one of the last vestiges of legally sanctioned discrimination’.

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams

In what is being hailed as a major victory for LGBTQ rights, the White House confirmed on Monday that President Obama is going to issue an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity. "Barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity with

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Conservative Christians Leave Boy Scouts As Nation Moves Toward Acceptance

After the Boy Scouts of America announced they would accept gay scouts, splinter organizations formed in protest.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

When the Boy Scouts of America announced they wouldn’t exclude males of homosexual orientation, Christian organizations began to second-guess their involvement in the American institution. Christian churches began to disassociate themselves with local Boy Scout chapters, particularly Catholic churches that had once offered their church buildings

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US Conservative Religious Groups Declare Support For Russia’s Anti-Gay Law

Conservative religious advocacy groups argue the law against “homosexual propaganda” promotes the rights of the traditional family.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

U.S. religious conservative groups are creating an unlikely alliance with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, publicly declaring support for Russia’s ban on “gay propaganda,” which outlaws promotion of same-sex relationships. The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, along with the World Congress of Families, the Population Research

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Are The Boy Scouts Perpetuating Bullying?

Discriminating against gay and obese Scouts isn’t simply deplorable in a vacuum — it goes against the very idea that Scouting should shape good character.

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant

Last week the Boy Scouts organization announced that children who were considered to be obese would be banned from this year’s National Scout Jamboree. The event, occurring every four years, is considered a highlight for youth participants. Additionally, the Boy Scouts said that scouts with lower levels of obesity would have to provide medical

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Defying Organizers, SF Pride Paraders Demonstrate In Support Of Bradley Manning

Imprisoned WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning’s supporters were the largest non-corporate contingent in the parade.

Sarah Lazare
By Sarah Lazare

Over one thousand marched in a boisterous Bradley Manning contingent at SF Pride Sunday, in a show of defiance against the Pride board's decision to exclude Manning as Grand Marshal and welcome in military recruiters. Manning's supporters—who appointed Manning 'Community Grand Marshal'—were the largest non-corporate contingent in the

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