Tag: LGBTQ discrimination
Straight people are getting more uncomfortable with LGBTQ people each year
A new survey shows that young people’s support for LGBTQ people has dropped for the second consecutive year.
The Harris Poll and GLAAD just released the results of their yearly survey in their Accelerating Acceptance report.
The survey was conducted this past January and involved 1970 respondents, including 1754 non-LGBTQ respondents. They were asked about whether they would be comfortable with an LGBTQ person in various situations, like having an LGBTQ doctor, their kid having an LGBTQ teacher, or a family...
$100 million for gay purge victims as PM apologizes for LGBTQ discrimination
Compensation comes after former federal government employees launched class-action lawsuit
The Trudeau government has earmarked more than $100 million to compensate members of the military and other federal agencies whose careers were sidelined or ended due to their sexual orientation, The Canadian Press has learned.
The money will be paid out as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement to employees who were investigated, sanctioned and sometimes fired as part of the so-called gay purge.
An agreement in principle in the court action...
