Met officer dismissed after anti-LGBTQ+ and misogynistic social posts
PC Alejandro Varela-Garcia breached professional standards after sharing footage that mocked LGBTQ+ people, women and disabled people, a misconduct hearing found.
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PC Alejandro Varela-Garcia breached professional standards after sharing footage that mocked LGBTQ+ people, women and disabled people, a misconduct hearing found.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed SB 430, a measure critics say could force educators to reveal sensitive information about students even when confidentiality is requested.
The LGBTQ+ group is expanding its policy, litigation, communications and state operations with hires tied to the Obama, Harris and Lambda Legal worlds.
A social media video from outside Trump Tower has drawn attention to a tense exchange over trans rights, HIV funding and workplace protections.
Stacy Lentz and Kurt Kelly said the author’s influence has contributed to misinformation and a wider backlash against trans rights.
Lawmakers in Senegal approved a constitutional amendment on 29 June that defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman, reinforcing a legal climate that already criminalises same-sex sexual activity.
After a decade-long legal fight, Aeliana Boyer can pursue damages again after a Brooklyn appellate panel restored a jury finding against the city.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s code of practice is due to finish its 40-day scrutiny period on 9 July, with critics warning it would force exclusion in single-sex services.
Officers are reviewing footage shared online after Jewish LGBTQ+ attendees said they were targeted during Saturday’s march in central London.
Newly released figures show more than 108,000 prescriptions were dispensed to active-duty personnel last year, even as the military continues to bar gender-affirming care for trans service members.
A federal appeals court has said two former flight attendants can continue their case after they were fired following intranet comments about the airline’s support for the Equality Act.
The two trans activists gave different readings of Burnham’s prospects and his approach to trans rights at the Attitude PRIDE Awards.
Police say Kevin Maxwell was taken into custody nearly three months after the attack near Baruch Playground on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
The longtime New York activist worked for years with the Anti-Violence Project and was present at the Stonewall Inn during the 1969 uprising.