The retailer also will no longer participate in an annual survey by the Human Rights Campaign that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees.
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Federal appeals court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban
Tennessee’s Republican-dominated Legislature advanced the anti-drag law last year with the support of Republican Gov. Bill Lee.
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Deere dials back diversity efforts, cuts ‘socially motivated messages’
The maker of farm equipment said it will stop attending ‘social or cultural awareness’ events and strip certain messaging from company training materials.
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New California law bans rules requiring schools to notify parents of child’s pronoun change
The law bans rules requiring school staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child’s permission.
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Prom event gives gay elders a do-over on teen tradition
Last week, the Los Angeles LGBT Center held its 27th annual Senior Prom event, which invites members of the LGBTQ+ community over age 50 to celebrate being gay – something many of them were ashamed of as teens.
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A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned
Beginning last May, she started raising money and looking for recipients. Becka Robbins’s books have gone to places like a pride center in West Texas and an LGBTQ-friendly high school in Alabama.
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Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban
The president’s use of his pardon powers is occurring during Pride Month and his action comes just days before he is set to hold a high-profile fundraiser with LGBTQ donors in New York on Friday.
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Portland Pride festival gets complaints about accessibility after failing to secure ASL interpreters
The chair of Pride Portland! tells the Press Herald: ‘We want to issue a public apology.’
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The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimes
Anderson Lee Aldrich again declined to apologize for the slayings on Nov. 19, 2022, or say anything to the victims’ families.
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Crowds pack downtown Portland for annual Pride parade
The festivities, which concluded in Deering Oaks on Saturday, continue a city tradition that began in 1987.