Curtis Lipscomb, executive director of the nonprofit LGBT Detroit, told the paper that by the '90s, the spot had shifted to become more welcoming to the city's Black LGBTQ community. The Freep reported that William Karagas first opened the Woodward in 1954 and that, over time, it began to attract customers from nearby Wayne State's notable gay population. Mendez-Miro is the wife of the first openly gay chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Maite Oronoz Rodríguez, according to NBC News.ĭetroit fire officials are investigating a fire that destroyed The Woodward Bar & Grillthe oldest LGBTQ bar in Detroit, Eater Detroit noted. Puerto Rico Court of Appeals Judge Gina R. If confirmed, this slate would include the first Latino to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the first woman of color to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the first South Asian person to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the first openly LGBTQ+ federal district court judge in Puerto Rico. President Joe Biden announced seven new federal judicial nominees, according to a White House press release.
Gluckstern, a strong ally of the LGBTQ+ community, became the Palm Center's board chair in 2006 after facilitating a $1 million endowment grant from the Michael Palm Foundation.
He loved new ideas, was incredibly creative, and gave of his time generously," the statement read, in part. Steven was an ardent champion of the Palm Center for two decades. "Steven Gluckstern's passing is a crushing loss to the Palm Center family and to the worlds of philanthropy, the arts, and business. The Palm Center issued a statement about the passing of Steven Glucksternan entrepreneur and philanthropist as well as the Center's longtime board chair. Today, let us take a moment to reflect on this victory and then double-down in our fight for equality in all other spaces by passing the Equality Act." We know we have the right to be ourselves, and show up authentically, in the workplace. In a press release, HRC Interim President Joni Madison said, "As the rights of transgender and non-binary people are under attack in states across the country, Bostock has been critical for the LGBTQ+ community. Clayton County, which cemented the legal interpretation that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Supreme Court's historic ruling in Bostock v. On June 15, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) marked the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Among the people and issues discussed were WNBA player Brittany Griner (who is being detained in Russia) and Saudi Arabia. envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad, and State Department spokesperson Ned Price, who is openly gay, are among those who attended the roundtable with Blinken. It was the first time a secretary of state sat down with a group of LGBTQI journalists during Pride Month. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a roundtable with six LGBTQI reporters at the State Department, according to The Washington Blade. This article shared 482 times since Sunday