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Trans Women Fight Eviction at South Charlotte Hotel
A group of black transgender women are at the center of an emotional legal battle between tenants and the owner of the Days Inn on Woodlawn Rd. in South Charlotte.
Discrimination remains differentiator for LGBTQ home buyers and sellers
Beyond the Carolinas
Housing discrimination (and the fear of it) along with a desire for safe and welcoming neighborhoods differentiate LGBTQ homebuyers and sellers from non LGBTQ homebuyers and sellers according to National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professional’s (NAGLREP) fourth annual LGBT Real Estate Report.
LGBTQ non-discrimination protections in healthcare
Beyond the Carolinas
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the Trump-Pence administration’s latest actions to undermine the rights and welfare of LGBTQ people, putting a vulnerable population at increased risk for discrimination.
Looking at Blood Donation Policies
Op-Ed
It’s been almost a decade since I was eligible to donate blood or platelets. I became ineligible when I came out as gay and had sex with a man for the first time.
Transgender woman appeals to America’s employers
Beyond the Carolinas
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union, released an open letter to America’s employers written by Aimee Stephens, the transgender woman who was fired because of her identity and whose case is now pending before the Supreme Court.
S.C. strikes outdated law
The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a consent decree that has declared South Carolina’s 1988 discriminatory anti-LGBTQ curriculum law unconstitutional and bars its enforcement.
N.C.’s trans employees, family members to have day in court
A U.S. District Court judge denied North Carolina state officials’ request to dismiss a lawsuit filed last March challenging North Carolina’s blanket exclusion of medically-necessary, transition-related healthcare from the state’s employee health plan.
How Discrimination Affects the LGBTQ Population
Legal Eagles
With more than 5.5 million LGBTQ individuals living in the United States, it’s important to recognize not only our progress in furthering equality efforts, but also the barriers LGBTQ people still face in fair and equal access to employment, housing, healthcare, and public accommodation.
Carolinas show rankings in HRC CEI
Beyond the Carolinas
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Alphonso David announced that a record 686 of America’s leading companies and law firms were continuing to advance policies and practices to protect their LGBTQ workers — both at home and abroad, according to the HRC Foundation’s newly-released 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
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- Under the Covers with Rachael Brooks May 8, 2020The post Under the Covers with Rachael Brooks appeared first on Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Digital Branch.Landis Wade
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