by Beth Holmes | Apr 2, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gender, Human Rights, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
In July 2017, former President Trump casually ordered a ban on allowing transgender troops to transition while serving in the American armed forces via his Twitter account. A panel in the Defense Department drew up official regulations, and the ban fought through the...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 26, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, Science
On June 23, 2021, the Bank of England will celebrate the 109th birthday of Alan Turing, the English mathematician, by putting his face on the new £50 note. Turing’s codebreaking skills were instrumental to the victory of WWII and to the early days of compute...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Articles, Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Politics
On Thursday, February 25, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act for the second time. The House first passed the Equality Act in 2020, but it predictably died in the Oval Office under President Trump and never moved to the Senate. This time, it...
by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Articles, Education, Equality, Featured, Transgender
Georgia is one of more than twenty states where gender identity is not a protected class, leaving trans men and women vulnerable in their employment, their housing, and their schools. Three cities in the state have employment protections for trans people, five...
by admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Equality, Featured, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
For many transgender people, a visit to the doctor is a fraught experience. Whether it’s a teenager’s pediatrician, the nurse practitioner prescribing flu medication, or a trauma surgeon in the ER, trans people every day run into medical professionals who...
by admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Equality, Homophobia, News, Politics, Transgender
In 2017, Addison Perry-Franks was running a computer repair shop in Scurry County, Texas, when the Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, tried to force a ‘bathroom bill’ through the state lawmakers, even conducting a special session (on the taxpayer...
