News Briefs for 01.08.21
Beyond the Carolinas
News briefs from across the globe for 01.08.21.
Transgender Woman Sues Georgia Department of Corrections
Beyond the Carolinas
On Nov. 23 Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for the second time for its failure to protect her from sexual assault and provide her with adequate healthcare while incarcerated.
Equality Forum’s LGBT History Month Icons: Oct. 8 – Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju
Indian LGBTQ Rights Lawyers
Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju are Indian lawyers who won a historic 2018 Indian Supreme Court case decriminalizing homosexuality.
Equality Forum’s LGBT History Month Icons: Oct. 1 – Nikolay Alexeyev
Russian Activist
Nikolay Alexeyev is Russia’s best-known and most quoted LGBTQ activist and the founder of Moscow Pride. In 2010 he won the first case on LGBT rights violations in Russia at the European Court of Human Rights.
Injunction Won on Health Care Rule, Impacts LGBTQ North Carolinians
Carolinas News Notes
On Aug. 18 Federal District Court Judge Frederic Block issued a preliminary injunction against a recently published regulation by the United States Department of Health and Human Services which would illegally strip away critical anti-discrimination protections in the Affordable Care Act.
Protected by a Temporary Restraining Order, Activists Return to Graham
Student-Led Sit-In Calls for Right to Peacefully Protest and the Removal of Alamance County’s Sheriff
The familiar cries of “no justice, no peace” returned to Graham on the afternoon of July 9 as more than 30 people gathered in front of the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office.
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