by admin | Feb 1, 2021 | Featured, Human Rights, News, Politics
In the United States, more than 8 percent of prisoners are housed in privately owned prisons, run for profit. CoreCivic (80,000 beds in 65 facilities) and the GEO Group (49,000 beds in 57 facilities) dominate the industry, making around a combined $3.5 billion a year....
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 | Dec 30, 2020 | Equality, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, International, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Sexuality
China has not yet legalized same-sex marriage, and same-sex sexual relations have only been legal since the late 1990s. Same-sex households have no legal protections, and can’t adopt children. Public opinion is moving from a very broad sort of ‘don’t...
by admin | Oct 16, 2020 | Articles, Equality, Featured, LGBTQIA+, Politics
Currently, this is the language in the code of conduct for Texan social workers defining illegal discrimination: “A social worker shall not refuse to perform any act or service for which the person is licensed solely on the basis of a client’s age; gender; race;...
by admin | Oct 9, 2020 | Equality, Featured, Gender, Homophobia, LGBTQIA+, Power LGBT
On September 25, the deputy leader of one of Hungary’s major political party stood on stage at a press conference and tore a children’s book page by page into confetti, calling it “filth” and “propaganda.” Why? Because it had a brown Snow White rescued by...
by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Bisexuality, Education, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Health, International, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Queer Community, Sexuality, Transgender
“Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people...
