lgbtq discrimination
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Dwyane Wade Reveals His 12-Year-Old Will Go By 'Zaya,' Use Female Pronouns: 'This Is Our Opportunity to Allow You to Be a Voice'
It’s not even June yet and Dwyane Wade is already making a serious bid for Father of the Year. People reports that during his latest visit to Ellen, the three-time NBA champion discussed his personal journey to become an exceptionally supportive parent and also made a big reveal: His 12-year-old child will use the name…
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Not Like This, Kanye: Yeezus Christ to Headline Massive Prayer Rally With Anti-LGBTQ Pastors and Activists
Kanye has some explaining to do. Since abandoning secular music in favor of saving souls and rapping about Chick-fil-A, his crusade for Christ has garnered praise and acclaim from pastors like Adam Tyson to profiteers like Joel Osteen. And while he’s made plenty of new friends and bad music along the way, it appears that…
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Tennessee Governor to Sign Adoption Bill Targeting LGBTQ Couples
So I guess the takeaway here is that Republicans don’t like kids. I mean, how else do you explain this? NBC News reports that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced plans to sign a bill into law that would protect taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they discriminate against LGBT…
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United Methodist Church is Considering A Split Over LGBTQ+ Clergy and Gay Marriage
Same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ clergy has long been a contentious point within the church. The United Methodist church is considering an unusual way to address it. CNN reports that leaders in the United Methodist Church are considering splitting into multiple denominations in an effort to resolve years of debate. The proposal comes from a group…
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Why Some Black LGBTQIA+ Folks Are Done 'Coming Out'
‘Inviting in’ is a way to complicate what is normally thought about as ‘coming out.’ —David Johns text David Johns’ issue with how society frames “coming out” stories stems from who we expect to tell them—and who we don’t. “I would be OK with the idea of coming out if it meant that everyone was…
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Dwyane Wade on How Son Zion Pushed Him to Become a Better Parent: ‘I Had to Look at Myself in the Mirror’
Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade has collected plenty of accolades throughout the course of his illustrious career, but his greatest accomplishment is being a loving husband and parent. To that end, neither role has been without its share of challenges, and as TMZ reports, he recently made a pitstop on the All the Smoke podcast…
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It’s Time to Fully Welcome LGBTQ Members Into the AME Church
A hand grasped the supplicator’s shoulder and pulled him upright in the middle of his “Our Father.” Absalom Jones, a regular parishioner at St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, along with Richard Allen, prayed at their usual space in the lower pews at St. George’s, but this particular Sunday was different. The leaders at…
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Worst Father Ever Allegedly Abandons Son on the Side of the Highway Over Concerns About His Sexual Orientation
During a week in which future NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade made headlines for demonstrating his love and support for his child Zion, on the other end of the spectrum we have Evenaud Julmeus of Haines City, Fla., who did the unthinkable when he allegedly abandoned a boy on the side of a highway…
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Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Is a Civil Rights Issue: Why Black People Need to Get Behind Title VII
This month, the Supreme Court heard arguments around a case that could transform how businesses across the country handle anti-LGBTQ discrimination. Anyone who purports to care about the black community should be concerned about efforts to ensure equal protection under the law to black LGBTQ+ people, including efforts to question the application of Title VII…