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U.S: Lesbian slurs used by Grant County staff to describe job applicant
U.S: Lesbian slurs used by Grant County staff to describe job applicant
A Mount Vernon woman is suing Grant County and its director of community corrections, claiming she was called a “bad lesbian,” among other derogatory terms, by staff members while under consideration for a job in 2013 and was eventually passed over because of her sexual orientation. Terry Hanson, 54, contends county staff discriminated against her and violated her civil rights. In the suit filed…
U.S: Tesla Sued by Lesbian for Racism and Homophobia
U.S: Tesla Sued by Lesbian for Racism and Homophobia
A Black gay woman who worked at a Tesla Inc. factory accused the electric-vehicle maker in a lawsuit of “festering” racism by ignoring the racial and homophobic slurs and physical harm she endured.
Kaylen Barker, a former contract worker who inspected brake parts, is the latest to complain that Tesla ignores discrimination based on race, sexual orientation and gender at its plants. According to…
U.S: Lesbian National Guard member sues for discrimination
U.S: Lesbian National Guard member sues for discrimination
Fairness West Virginia reported that Technical Sergeant Kristin Kingery has filed a lawsuit alleging ongoing discrimination based on her sexual orientation and gender expression in the Air National Guard.
According to the complaint filed, Kingery was allegedly told by supervisors that her career would “suffer” unless she began wearing makeup and growing her hair long.
Documents say that the…
U.S: Lesbian couple gunned down trying to protect pregnant daughter
U.S: Lesbian couple gunned down trying to protect pregnant daughter
The Young Terrace community in Norfolk, Virginia is in devastation after a mass shooting on November 3 left three women dead, two injured, and several children traumatized from witnessing the murders first-hand — some seeing their own mothers gunned down in broad daylight — right outside their home.
Police report that Detra R. “Dee” Brown, 42, and Nicole Lovewine, 45, who were partners, came…
U.S: Man punches woman in lesbophobic attack
U.S: Man punches woman in lesbophobic attack
The NYPD is asking for help in its search for the man who attacked a young woman in the East Village because she was holding hands with her girlfriend.
On September 15, the 21-year-old woman was walking with her girlfriend near the corner of East 14th St. and 3rd avenue when the suspect began yelling anti-gay slurs at them, amNY reported.
The couple continued walking, but the suspect did not…
U.S: Lesbian couple win damages after company refused to rent to them
U.S: Lesbian couple win damages after company refused to rent to them
A same-sex couple who were denied rental housing in Evansville because of their sexual orientation won their complaint this week against a company that says God, not government, is the final authority.
The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Human Relations Commission ruled in favor of Kimberly and Chasity Scott in their 2020 filing, while Myers Family Rentals, the subject of the Scotts’ complaint,…
ILD: The Incredible Story of Del and Phyllis
ILD: The Incredible Story of Del and Phyllis
In 2008, after 55 years together, Del Martin, age 87, and Phyllis Lyon, age 84, were finally wed in San Francisco, but it was for the second time. Four years earlier, before same-sex marriage was legalized in the state of California, during a large ceremony honoring their long-standing contributions to LGBTQ activism, they were the first of 90 gay couples to be married illegally by the city’s…
ILD: Lesbian Olympian rocks the basketball court
ILD: Lesbian Olympian rocks the basketball court
July 16 2021: TUCSON, Az. – The global audience of the It Gets Better Project received a glimpse into the lives of LGBTQ+ athletes who won’t let setbacks keep them from achieving their dreams in its new series “Passion. Power. Performance,” which streamed last month.
The docu-series shares inspirational stories behind proud LGBTQ+ athletes who are out and training for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics,…
ILD: Lillian Faderman, The ‘Mother of Lesbian History’ Looks Back — and Forward
ILD: Lillian Faderman, The ‘Mother of Lesbian History’ Looks Back — and Forward
July 16, 2021: Lillian Faderman is a mother and grandmother, but these aren’t the only titles that make her proud: The La Jolla resident is known, depending on who you talk to, as the “mother of lesbian history” or the “foremother of gay and lesbian studies.”
Over the past four decades, Faderman’s books have revealed the hidden history of female same-sex romance and uncovered how American…
