These 7 major companies caved to the far right and stopped DEI programs
With the news about Molson Coors, Ford Motor Co., and others, it's clear that this is a trend — and it's being driven by right-wing extremists.
September 09 2024 4:00 PM
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Trudy Ring
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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The LGBTQ-inclusive lineup will feature celebrity presenters such as Melissa Etheridge, Steven Spielberg, and Sally Field.
September 06 2024 7:05 PM
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Jayden Tkaczyk, 16, believes he was targeted for being transgender.
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September 05 2024 6:04 PM
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The singer-songwriter has long been supportive of her trans son, Izaak.
September 05 2024 3:37 PM
Female couples are helping to keep Portland queer
Multnomah County, Ore., which includes Portland, has the largest proportion of female couples of any large or medium-sized county in the U.S.
September 05 2024 1:27 PM
Here are the 25 transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year
The epidemic of fatal violence against trans people in the U.S. continues.
September 04 2024 3:35 PM
A Virginia college bans transgender students — based on language from the year 1900
Sweet Briar College's founder's 1900 will stated that Sweet Briar would be a school for girls and women, and the college must abide by the understanding of gender at that time, administrators say.
September 04 2024 5:39 AM
Harris campaign, others call out Trump for holding events in towns with racist histories
Donald Trump has had rallies in some communities that were once "sundown towns" — where Blacks were warned to stay away after sunset.
September 04 2024 4:57 AM
American Bar Association files brief supporting legal challenge to Tennessee's transgender health care ban
The ban "is inimical to equality and equal dignity before the law," the American Bar Association's brief says.
September 03 2024 5:04 PM
Florida man who threatened judge over 'don't say gay' suit gets five-year sentence
Stephen Jay Thorn, a retired teacher, was incensed that the judge dismissed a challenge to the law and made light of bullying.
August 31 2024 12:30 PM
JD Vance wants gay tech billionaire Peter Thiel to fund Trump-Vance campaign
Thiel, who supported Trump in 2016, has said he wouldn't donate to any campaign this year, although he could change his mind.
August 30 2024 1:06 PM
5 key takeaways from Kamala Harris's first media interview as the Democratic nominee for president
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sat for their first interview with CNN. Here's what they said.
August 29 2024 11:26 PM
JD Vance once trashed a lesbian teachers' union president as a childless indoctrinator brainwashing kids
“If she wants to brainwash and destroy the minds of children, she should have some of her own and leave ours the hell alone,” Vance said of Randi Weingarten, who is a stepmother.
August 29 2024 5:16 PM
Coming out at work can lead to discrimination: Williams Institute
Companies need to do better at stopping anti-LGBTQ+ job discrimination — which the Supreme Court has ruled illegal, the think tank notes.
August 27 2024 7:53 PM
String of murders of gay men in Brazil, targeted through dating apps
At least five have been killed since March, and many more have been victims of armed robberies.
August 27 2024 5:07 PM
Watch Randy Rainbow take down 'shady' JD Vance in latest video
Rainbow lampoons Donald Trump's deeply unpopular running mate to the tune of a song from Funny Girl.
August 27 2024 5:02 PM
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August 27 2024 11:41 AM
'Lover of Men' explores the gay side of Abraham Lincoln
While historians have argued over the nature of the revered president's relationships with men, a new documentary concludes that they were indeed romantic and sexual.
August 27 2024 11:00 AM
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She adds that many women of color had to wait for the right to vote.
August 27 2024 10:22 AM