The Fight for Fertility Equality – The New York Times
While plenty of New Yorkers have formed families by gestational surrogacy, they almost certainly worked with carriers living elsewhere. Because until early April, paying a surrogate to carry a pregnancy was...
The varying American fortunes of Grindr and Blued – The Economist
America’s government viewed one gay-dating app with Chinese ties as a national-security concern. Can another that has just listed in New York expect similar treatment?BusinessJul 18th 2020 editionJul 18th 2020“I ...
Opinion | DCPS LGBTQ+ programming: Finding ways to connect in a pandemic – Washington...
Despite technology integrations in our classrooms and the more wide-scale availability of educational tech platforms, few school districts were logistically prepared for the pandemic fallout. DC Public Schools—despite being more prepared...
Mondaire Jones poised to become first gay Black man in Congress – Roll Call
Attorney Mondaire Jones is poised to become the first openly gay Black man in Congress after winning a crowded Democratic primary in New York’s 17th District. But he may share that distinction...
Facebook and Instagram ban all posts related to gay conversion therapy – India Today
Facebook and Instagram announced a ban on all gay conversion therapy content on the social media platforms. The conversion therapy attempts at forcefully changing an individual’s sexual orientation. The ban is...
How Many Software Developers Identify as LGBTQ+? – Dice Insights
How many software developers identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community? Stack Overflow recently surveyed tens of thousands of developers about everything from their favorite programming languages to their educational...
Grindr’s new owners are straight. They say that’s OK – Los Angeles Times
The international ownership saga of America’s most popular gay dating app, Grindr, came to a close last month when a group of American investors took control of the West Hollywood company.China-based...
5 Responses to “How Safe Do LGBTQ+ Individuals Feel in Tech?” – Dice Insights
Do LGBTQ+ individuals who work in tech feel safe in their workplaces? Blind, which anonymously surveys technologists, went out and asked—and received some interesting answers in return. According to Blind’s report...
Gay Pride for me celebrates the freedom to enjoy an open relationship – NBC...
The very act of being a Queer person is radical. Who we love and who we have sex with are acts of political defiance. Being visible, being proud, refusing to hide...
‘Online community’: Streaming short-play series commemorates Gay Pride – Albuquerque Journal
The cast of “It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Pink Lady Sings,” clockwise from upper left: Alix Hudson, Zoe Margolis and Zoe Burke. (Courtesy of Almost Adults Productions)In mid-March, theater productions came...
Teacher: I Was Fired for Being Gay. Now It Can’t Happen to Anyone Else...
The simple truth of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Bostock v. Clayton County is that, for the first time ever, it has been ruled that all people in the...
25 LGBTQ+ founders, entrepreneurs and VCs you should know – PitchBook News & Analysis
Pride Month 2020 has been different. Although we’ve still been able to celebrate and affirm the LGBTQ+ people in our lives and across the US, this year’s Pride has also provided...
Pride Month 2020: Here’s how big tech is celebrating – The Indian Express
Here’s how major tech brands are celebrating and supporting Pride month. (Image credit: Apple)
June is celebrated as Pride Month, when lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community members come together to...
Supreme Court extends employment protections to LGBT individuals – Roll Call
The Supreme Court on Monday extended broad workplace protections to gay, lesbian and transgender employees, in a decision that found a 55-year-old anti-discrimination law covers them even if Congress did not...
Supreme Court rules that workers cannot be fired for being gay or transgender –...
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that employers cannot fire employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Why it matters: The...
Read it here: Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ employee rights – Fast Company
advertisementIn a sweeping victory for LGBTQ civil rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that an employer could not fire someone on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.advertisementadvertisementThe...
US Supreme Court endorses gay, transgender worker protections – Business Insurance
(Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights, ruling that a landmark federal law forbidding workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees. The 6-3...
Contact tracing technology must protect against discrimination – STAT – STAT
South Korea confirmed dozens of new Covid-19 cases last month, most of them linked to an individual who had visited several nightclubs in Seoul’s Itaewon district before testing positive for the...
How lavender became a symbol of LGBTQ resistance – CNN
How lavender became a symbol of LGBTQ resistance CNN
Gay people in Myanmar have adopted a secret language – The Economist
May 30th 2020YANGONWEDNESDAY HAS just turned into Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, and pleasure-seekers are on the prowl in a glitzy neighbourhood. Drivers slow down to inspect sex workers waiting...
Louis Sheldon, anti-gay Christian group founder, dies at 85 – Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, who founded the Traditional Values Coalition, a lobbying group that was largely known for opposing homosexuality and gay rights, died Friday. He was...
Fast Company Queer 50 2020 – Fast Company
01Rose MarcarioPresident and CEO, PatagoniaAs president and CEO of outdoor clothing company Patagonia, Marcario is not afraid to do things differently. Since joining the company in 2008, Marcario has not shied...
Opinion | How technology can reduce isolation for LGBTQ elders – Washington Blade
Today we are all adapting to the complications of COVID-19 and its impact on our daily life. As we abide by current “stay-at-home” orders, we are learning how this reality may...
Is China changing its views toward the LGBT community? – South China Morning Post
Is China changing its views toward the LGBT community? South China Morning Post
Cooper Gay confirms acquisition of Meteo Protect brand & tech – Reinsurance News
Cooper Gay France, the European brokerage and wholesale managing general agency (MGA), has acquired the brand and technology of parametric and weather index insurance specialist and Lloyd’s of London coverholder, Meteo...
TikTok has become the soul of the LGBTQ Internet – The Washington Post
Now the campus had emptied out for the December break, and Carly had nowhere to go.But as she scrolled through TikTok, she realized she wasn’t alone.She saw videos from other young...
I Fell For a “Progressive” Church, and It Was a Mistake – FASHION Magazine
I Fell For a "Progressive" Church, and It Was a Mistake FASHION Magazine
OPINION: Steal my aesthetic? You’re pathetic – The Student Life
OPINION: Steal my aesthetic? You’re pathetic The Student Life
A scientific study has established that there is no “gay gene” – The Economist
Aug 31st 2019IN 1993 A region of the human genome called Xq28 was linked to male homosexuality, and the controversial notion of a “gay gene” was born. Those research findings have...
Study of Almost Half a Million People Finds There Is No Single “Gay Gene”...
Researchers have conducted a genome-wide association of over 470,000 people to explore whether there are genetic variants that predict whether an individual will engage in same sex behavior."Taylor Swift tells us...
A New Age of Gay Genomics Is Here. Are We Ready for the Consequences?...
This post is part of Outward, Slate’s home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read more here. I Revisited Colton Underwood’s Bachelor Season Now That He’s...
Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’ – The New York...
The researchers also looked at answers to other questions in the 23andMe survey, including people’s sexual identity and what gender they fantasized about. There, they found considerable genetic overlap between those...
A right-wing YouTuber hurled racist, homophobic taunts at a gay reporter. The company did...
In an edited video compilation, Crowder calls Maza a “lispy sprite,” a “little queer,” “Mr. Gay Vox,” “Mr. Lispy queer from Vox,” “an angry little queer,” “gay Mexican,” “gay Latino from...
The 23 most powerful LGBTQ+ people in tech – Business Insider
Tim Cook is arguably the most prominent LGBTQ+ person in tech, but he isn't the only one.There are LGBTQ+ identifying individuals in prominent roles as venture capitalists, diversity in tech advocates,...
The most powerful LGBTQ+ people in tech – Business Insider
Tim Cook is arguably the most prominent LGBTQ+ person in tech, but he isn't the only one.There are LGBTQ+ identifying individuals in prominent roles as venture capitalists, diversity in tech advocates,...