Tag: #HumanRightsCampaign
NYPD Investigating Possible Hate Crime • Instinct Magazine
Thousands of parade-goers fill Sixth Avenue near Chelsea during 2019’s World Pride celebrations in New York City / Image via Andy Carr
For the second time in the last two months, New York Police are investigating a suspected arson at Alibi Lounge as a possible hate crime.
As USA Today reported earlier this morning, a “rainbow flag was set on fire at the entrance to gay bar” in the early morning hours between 12:20 a.m. and 12:45 a.m. A little...
200+ Firms Sign Brief Against LGBT Firings • Instinct Magazine
The United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (via SupremeCourt.gov)
As Metro Weekly‘s John Riley reported earlier today, over 200 companies filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court “in support of three LGBTQ employees who were fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.” Oral arguments in the consolidated case, Altitude Express v. Zarda, will be heard October 8.
The plaintiffs in the combined cases include the late Donald Zarda, Gerald Lynn Bostock and Aimee Stephens. As Riley...
