Title VII, the seventh amendment of the Civil Rights Act 1964, protects five major classes from discrimination by employers. Those protected classes are based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Reprisal, sexual orientation…
LGBTQ+ Discrimination in the Workplace
LGBTQ+ workers face an evident wage compensation gap compared to non-LGTBQ workers. For example, it has been noted that about 22% of queer adults in the U.S. live in poverty. On the other hand, an…
No Pride in the LGBTQ+ Wage Gap
Pride Month is here, which annually commemorates the LGBTQ+ community. This celebration draws awareness and goodwill to LGBTQ+ people since the Stonewall Uprising in 1969. These riots transformed the gay liberation movement. While celebrations will be…
HIV Treatment Poses Risk for LGBTQ+ Community
Pride is celebrated every June in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. However, Pride started out as a riot and not exactly a celebration of queer love and joy. The riots began at the Stonewall Inn…
Finding Support in a Sea of Drugs
The Stonewall Uprising in 1969 transformed the gay liberation movement. Pride Month began the following year and still holds as tradition to this day – every June. It began at The Stonewall Inn: a gay…