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Brandy Livingston claims that Hooters workers denied her job application based on her appearance and harassed her for using the bathroom.
People with gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act, said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, and their rights "are not given up at the jailhouse door."
It's the latest legal blow to those seeking a legal right to discriminate against same-sex couples — this time in upstate New York. Â
New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the first to take executive action to put in place such a sweeping ban.
A gay Republican group says the deal could be renegotiated to include human rights protections, but others say this is unlikely.
We want corporate America truly standing behind us, not just showering us with Pride magnets.
Alphonso David will succeed Chad Griffin at the helm of the nation's largest LGBTQ rights organization.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlines what he says is the next American civil rights crusade.
The owners of Liberty Ridge Farm, in appealing a discrimination verdict, say they were set up by the couple. Not so, the women respond.
Legal protections are better in the region than in Africa or Asia, but the lived reality is frightening -- and international advocates are looking away.
States must withdraw legislation seeking to exclude trans athletes from school sports, says an open letter from the NCAA Division III LGBTQ OneTeam Program and Working Group.
Civil rights groups lauded the court decision, saying it struck down a harmful policy.
Chris Herring claims the state's new antidiscrimination law would force him to go against his Christian beliefs.
GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign both flatly rejected a Change.org petition asking LGBT groups to dissociate with trans people and issues.Â
With same-sex marriage no longer grabbing front-page headlines and Lindsay Lohan's sexuality becoming old news, the media turns its attention to Obama, gay men who "suddenly realize they are straight," and some drag queens who were kicked out of Rockefeller Center.
The situation for gay Iraqis has never been more dire: With reports of torture, "anal gluing," and murder coming out of the Middle East, is the U.S. surge to blame for this sudden explosion of antigay violence?
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