Businesses advancing protection policies for LGBT employees
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced...
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Newly enacted HB 1523 being appealed to Supreme Court
The Religious Liberty Accommodations act (HB 1523) went into effect on Tuesday, and it is now being appealed to the Supreme court by the Mississippi....
Mississippi native recounts experience in Orlando club terrorist attack
ORLANDO, FL.– Omar Mateen called 911 to pledge allegiance to ISIS before shooting over 100 people at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. One Mississippi native...
First Clinic in Mississippi to Serve Primarily LGBT Community Opens, Doctors Not to Be Judgemental
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JACKSON, Miss.–How would you feel if your doctor was making moral judgements about who you are while you were getting treatment. Some LGBT people in...
First NCAA Diversity Award Given to Ole Miss Leaders
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OXFORD, Miss.–A university that was the site of perhaps the most infamous attempt at integration is now being recognized for inclusion of ethnic minorities through...
Apple Executive Donates Big Slice of Money to Take Bite out of Deep South Biases
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BRIMINGHAM, Ala. – The CEO of Apple is giving a large amount of money to help with the cost of a gay rights initiative in...
Same Sex Divorce before MS Supreme Court, Gov. Against It
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JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has filed a friend of the court brief in a case involving a same sex couple. The two...
They Say It’s About Equal Rights: Same Sex Couples to Record Out-Of-State Marriages in Miss.
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HATTIESBURG, Miss.–Same-sex couple plan to record their out-of-state marriages in eight counties in Mississippi Wednesday, said a news release from the Campaign for Southern Equality....
LGBTs in Bay St. Louis: City Becomes the Next on the Resolution List
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BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.–Mark Bay St. Louis down as city number six in Mississippi to pass a resolution recognizing the “dignity and worth of all...
Another LGBT Resolution Passes, Add Magnolia to the List
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MAGNOLIA, Miss.–Another Mississippi city has passed a resolution recognizing the “dignity and worth of all city residents – including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual...