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Supporters celebrate opening of Gay Games in Hong Kong, first in Asia, despite lawmakers’ opposition
Participants hold the rainbow flag at the AIDS Quilt Memorial Ceremony, ahead of the Gay Games in Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. The first Gay Games in Asia are fostering hopes for wider LGBTQ+ inclusion in the regional financial hub, following recent court wins in favor of equality for same-sex couples and transgender people. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
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Johannesburg Pride marches for LGBTQ2S+ Ugandans after anti-gay law passed
Attendees sing and dance while taking part during the Johannesburg Pride Parade on October 28, 2023. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP) (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Over 150,000 gather in Taipei as Taiwan celebrates east Asia’s largest Pride march
Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te marches during the annual Taiwan's Pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Wang
world
Japan’s top court rules mandatory transgender sterilization requirement unconstitutional
(FILES) A participant holds up a placard during the International Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Shibuya district of Tokyo on March 31, 2023. Japan's top court said on October 25, 2023 that requiring transgender people to be sterilised in order to change their legal gender was unconstitutional. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Cross-country rallies against ‘gender ideology’ in schools meet with counter-protests
People hold signs during a demonstration in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Saskatchewan LGBTQ+ group files legal action over government pronoun rules at school
A participant waves a rainbow flag as the crowd marches during Pride Parade in Saskatoon, Sask., on Saturday, June 18, 2022. A community organization representing LGBTQ+ people in Regina has filed legal action against the Saskatchewan government over a pronoun policy affecting children at school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
canada
Global Affairs Canada issues LGBTQ+ travel advisory for United States
FILE - A gay Pride rainbow flag flies with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., on Friday, April 19, 2019. As of June 2023, more than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
world
Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
FILE - North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper affixes his veto stamp to a bill banning nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy at a public rally, May 13, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. Transgender rights take center stage in North Carolina again Wednesday, Aug. 16, as GOP supermajorities in the General Assembly attempt to override the governor's vetoes of legislation banning gender-affirming health care for minors and limiting transgender participation in school sports. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)
life
Drag Race All Stars winner Jimbo hopes love will win over anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric
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world
Japan’s top court says government restrictions on transgender employee’s use of restrooms illegal
FILE- LGBTQ rights supporters march in a parade through the famed Shibuya entertainment district in Tokyo, on April 24, 2022. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP, File)
canada
As uncertainty looms in Halifax, Nova Scotia town prepares to host its first-ever Pride parade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, waves to the crowd while taking part in the annual Halifax Pride Parade on Saturday, July 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stringer
newsletter
Should you be worrying about ‘time theft’ at work? Plus, how to land a job with a competitive company
A hyper-suspicious, highly monitored work environment can take a toll on employees’ mental health.
world
Party and protest mix as Pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco
People participate in the 2023 NYC Pride March in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., June 25, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
u.s. business
Starbucks workers at more than 150 U.S. stores to strike next week over Pride decor dispute
FILE - The Starbucks sign is displayed in the window of a Pittsburgh Starbucks, Jan. 30, 2023. On Monday, June 12, jurors in a federal court in New Jersey awarded $25.6 million to a former regional Starbucks manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished by the coffee chain after the high-profile 2018 arrests of two Black men at one of the chain's Philadelphia locations. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
u.s. politics
Pride Month unfolds in the U.S. amid homophobic violence and anti-LGBTQ laws
Revelers surround a Christian who arrived to preach during a Pride rally in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery
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Why it’s okay for women to reject the traditional CEO role. Plus, should you use a headhunter to land your next job?
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report on business
Ottawa commits $25-million toward Canada’s first-ever LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship program
Darrell Schuurman, co-founder, chief executive officer of the CGLCC, a non-profit founded in 2003 as the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce poses for a portrait in front of the their logo in Kingston, Ontario, on Thursday June 15, 2023. Lars Hagberg/The Globe and Mail
world
In blow to Russian LGBTQ+ community, lawmakers weigh a bill banning gender transitioning procedures
FILE - Gay rights activists hold a banner reading "Homophobia - the religion of bullies" during their action in protest at homophobia, on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2013. Russian lawmakers on Wednesday June 14, 2023 approved in first reading a bill outlawing gender-affirming medical care and changing gender in official documents in yet another crippling blow to Russia's already beleaguered LGBTQ+ community. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman, File)
newsletter
When DEI programs are cut, everyone pays the price. Plus, how to deal with misgendering at work
Employers may see DEI as an easy target for cuts, but these actions could result in poor employee morale and loss of young talent.
world
Biden marks LGBTQ2S+ Pride Month with celebration on White House South Lawn
US President Joe Biden speaks during a Pride celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. politics
Liberals face growing calls to create LGBTQ envoy, modelled on Biden appointment
FILE - President Joe Biden signs an executive order at an event to celebrate Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, June 15, 2022, in Washington. Biden plans to sign legislation this coming week that will protect gay unions even if the Supreme Court revisits its ruling supporting a nationwide right of same-sex couples to marry. It's the latest part of Biden's legacy on gay rights, which includes his unexpected endorsement of marriage equality on national television a decade ago when he was vice president. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
opinion
The far right’s persecution of the trans community risks all the gains made in securing LGBTQ rights
John Ibbitson
canada
Why Pride is more than just a party
A person holds a sign during a pride rally in Saskatoon, Sask., on Thursday, June 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
u.s. business
Pride becomes a minefield for big U.S. companies, but many continue their support
MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 01: City of Miami police officers keep an eye on protesters outside of a Target store on June 01, 2023 in Miami, Florida. The protesters were reacting to Pride Month merchandise featuring the rainbow flag in support of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities that had been sold at Target stores. Target removed certain items from its stores and made other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise after a backlash from some customers. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
opinion
This Pride month, companies are shunning LGBTQ – they need to reconsider
Rob Csernyik
opinion
Pride flag flap shows why it is time to end public funding for Ontario Catholic schools
Konrad Yakabuski
world
Drag shows on U.S. military bases canceled by Pentagon after Republican criticism
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
u.s. business
Target on the defensive after removing some LGBTQ+ themed products from stores
Pride month merchandise is displayed at a Target store Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
international business
Why is Target pulling some Pride merch? The retailer’s response to backlash, explained
Pride month merchandise is displayed at the front of a Target store in Hackensack, N.J., Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
u.s. business
Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing
FILE - A worker collects shopping carts in the parking lot of a Target store on June 9, 2021, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
world
Ugandan lawmakers pass new version of tough anti-gay bill
KAMPALA, UGANDA - APRIL 24: A woman identifying as a lesbian makes jewellery to sell whilst at a shelter for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women on April 24, 2023 in Kampala, Uganda. The shelter aims to not only house sexual minorities, but to give the women skills training, counselling, and access to healthcare. Uganda's policymakers have yet to pass the pending anti-gay law that has caused backlash from the international community, with the hardline bill imposing capital and life-imprisonment sentences for gay sex.
sports
NHL’s Pride nights collide with LGBTQ+ political climate
A big screen shows "Blackhawks Pride Night," before an NHL hockey game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)