homophobia Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/homophobia/ A platform for change Thu, 07 Sep 2023 04:14:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The World Bank funding freeze will harm the queer Ugandans it claims to defend https://flux.community/khatondi-soita-wepukhulu/2023/09/the-world-bank-funding-freeze-will-harm-the-queer-ugandans-it-claims-to-defend/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 04:14:30 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14194 Last month, the World Bank announced that it would suspend new lending to Uganda in light of the country passing its Anti-Homosexuality Act, which the bank said “fundamentally contradicts our values”. In response, president Yoweri Museveni accused the bank on X (formerly Twitter) of coercing Uganda into “abandoning our faith, culture, principles and sovereignty using money”. and claiming that the […]

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]]> The racist L.A. City Council tape wasn’t a surprise to this Black Angeleno https://flux.community/nadra-nittle/2022/10/the-racist-l-a-city-council-tape-wasnt-a-surprise-to-this-black-angeleno/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:00:29 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12643 For segments of the public, the city council scandal that continues to rock Los Angeles was a revelation. It upended their perceptions of a city that’s been both celebrated and lampooned for its progressive politics. It exposed the divisiveness that’s long existed between the groups lumped together under the BIPOC umbrella. But I’m one of […]

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]]> Texas has banned more books than any other state, new report shows https://flux.community/brian-lopez/2022/09/texas-has-banned-more-books-than-any-other-state-new-report-shows/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:06:26 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12356 Texas banned more books from school libraries this past year than any other state in the nation, targeting titles centering on race, racism, abortion and LGBTQ representation and issues, according to a new analysis by PEN America, a nonprofit organization advocating for free speech. The report released on Monday found that school administrators in Texas […]

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]]> Religious employers need not cover PrEP in their health plans, federal judge rules https://flux.community/becca-hawkins/2022/09/religious-employers-need-not-cover-prep-in-their-health-plans-federal-judge-rules/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:00:32 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12250 A federal judge in Fort Worth agreed Wednesday with a group of Christian conservatives that Affordable Care Act requirements to cover HIV prevention drugs violate their religious freedom. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor also agreed that aspects of the federal government’s system for deciding what preventive care is covered by the ACA violates the Constitution. […]

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