Could hospitals soon be required to implement anti-discrimination policies

According to the HRC, yes. According to the Human Rights Commission, the Joint Commission, the largest organization that accredits hospitals nationwide, announced recently that, in the future, all hospitals in America will need to have a non-discrimination policy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Once the new rules are in place, “the horror stories” […]

A must read on the failure of ENDA

Dr. Jillian Weiss is someone I admire greatly.  I've been in touch with her for months, trying my best to contribute to the passage of the Employment Non Discrimination Act on the federal level.  I was part of the ground troops getting commitments from our local electeds and I've written about it quite a bit. So […]

Pittsburgh Dyke March 2010: The Fifth Year

This was one of my favorite LGBTQ events of all time. It was joyful, fierce, unified and humbling to wind our way through Bloomfield yesterday afternoon.  The event kicked off with a call to action from Dykes on Bikes founder, Miranda Vey.  She uses the term “queer patriot” to describe the power within dykes and other […]

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