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Chicago Blackhawks sued by former employee who claims he was fired for being gay

The Blackhawks' former PR manager accused his supervisor of "discriminating against him because he was a homosexual male."

Claire Foy To Receive $275,000 In Back Pay From 'The Crown'

It was recently revealed that the actress, who plays lead character Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix's The Crown, was paid less than co-star Matt Smith. 

Average LGBT Student Carries $16K More Debt Than Straight Peers

Lacking in financial support, queer students struggle to get hired and pay back their student loans.

Texas man arrested for threatening Pride parade as revenge for Charlie Kirk's death

"I say we lock and load and pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk," Joshua Cole wrote on Facebook.

Elon Musk sues OpenAI's Sam Altman for breach of contract

Musk is asking for a jury trial and for the company, Altman, and co-founder Greg Brockman to pay back the profit they received from the business.

Funeral Home That Fired Aimee Stephens Must Pay $250K to Estate, ACLU

Detroit-area company R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes owes back pay and damages, and must cease anti-trans discrimination going forward.

Same-Sex Couples Sue Social Security Over Benefit Snafu

The SSA overpaid some benefit recipients because it didn't recognize their marriages, and now it wants the money back -- but recipients say they shouldn't pay for the agency's mistake.

VA Refuses to Recognize Veteran’s Wife and Child

The Department of Veterans Affairs has frozen the disabled veteran’s benefits until she pays back the full amount the VA mistakenly awarded for her wife and child.

University Expels Lesbian, Demands She Repay Tuition

Danielle Powell, expelled for being lesbian, has begun a petition protesting her college's demands that she repay thousands in scholarship funds.

Louise Linton Is a Walking Ad for Communism

Mrs. Steve Mnuchin, a.k.a. the most hated woman in America, is so entitled and greedy, she makes '80s Russia look like a good idea.

How the government shutdown is affecting LGBTQ+ people — and what bad legislation is upcoming

Our community is suffering from the shutdown and has fights ahead.

Supporting Abortion Rights Is Part of My Pride Month

Fighting for abortion rights in the South as a lesbian requires a lot of perseverence.

New York pizzeria to pay $25,000 to settle harassment suit by transgender cook

The cook says owners and coworkers told him he wasn't "a real man," asked about his genitalia and transition, and equated being transgender with being a pedophile.

Betsy DeVos Screwed You Over Last Week

Our zero-experience Education secretary just made it harder for students and easier for student loan companies. Here's how to respond.

Gay Female Highway Patrol Officer Awarded $2.6M by Jury

The officer was subjected to abuse and discriminatory disciplinary practices.

Kim Davis is back in court because she doesn't want to pay a gay couple

The former Kentucky county clerk went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to a gay couple, and now she's gunning to overturn marriage equality in the U.S. Supreme Court.

In Trump's Sights: Dismantling Equality in Lending

Protecting Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau isn't as sexy as saving Obamacare and marriage equality, but it's nearly as imperative.

Charlie Morgan's Widow Can Finally Access Her Late Wife's Military Benefits

Karen Morgan, who was married to the late chief warrant officer and outspoken lesbian military activist Charlie Morgan, received a military ID card for the first time Wednesday.