The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has accused a Culver’s fast-food franchisee in Cottage Grove, Minn., of subjecting employees to a hostile work environment that included harassment based on race, sex, sexual orientation, and disability. Read on » Target is removing some Pride items in certain locations after threats were made to their employees’ safety, a company spokesperson has told The Advocate. Read on » Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed three more anti-LGBTQ+ bills into law, including one that activists are calling the “LGBTQ erasure act,” defining sex as binary and determined by reproductive capacity. Read on » The word courage can be tough to quantify. The synonyms for courage are words like bravery, pluck, and resolution, but somehow, they feel “less than” when compared with courage. Read on » By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb Read on » Authorities in Malaysia last week conducted a nationwide raid of Swatch stores to confiscate 164 watches from the Swiss watchmaker’s rainbow-themed and colored Pride collection. Read on » The federal government has concluded that removing books with Black and LGBTQ+ characters from a Georgia school district might have created a hostile environment for students, violating their civil rights. Read on » Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed a bill restricting gender-affirming health care and abortion into law. Read on » U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apparently doesn’t see the hypocrisy in campaigning against drag performances when she’s dating a man who once dressed in drag. Read on » 112 seconds. Read on »
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