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Wagamama gender neutral toilets
Wagamama to introduce gender-neutral bathrooms in their restaurants

The Asian-inspired chain plans to celebrate London’s Trans Pride with the move

Google Gender fluid
Google is adding new non-binary emojis to their phones

‘It is an impossible task to communicate gender in a single image. It’s a construct.’

Virgin train Entrepreneur Richard Branson | Photo: Flickr / William Murphy
Richard Branson urges businesses to pledge support for LGBTI rights

The billionaire’s comments are in reference to anti-gay laws which were recently implemented in Brunei

A Docklands Light Railway train, operated by TfL, decorated in rainbow colors for Pride in 2015
11 anti-gay countries see their adverts halted on London transport network

TfL has previously carried campaigns by Pakistan Tourism, Emirates airline and Qatar Airways, but has put a hold on accepting any more

LGBTI business states Massachusetts
Massachusetts ranked the number one state for LGBTI-inclusive businesses

Massachusetts ranks ahead of California and New York as the state with the best LGBTI-inclusive business climate in the US

Taylor Swift wins GLAAD Award
Taylor Swift, Amazon calling to stop anti-LGBTI laws in Tennessee

Dozen of businesses have spoken up against Tennessee’s Slate of Hate

Sex robot Ken
Sex robot brothel to open in Japan as more men seek bisexual threesomes

Several clients ‘request an appointment with male dolls and female dolls at the same time,’ LumiDolls boss explained

Rainbow and American flags neighborhood
Tennessee Titans come out in opposition to proposed anti-LGBTI legislature

Football team hits out at discriminatory ideals which could affect businesses in the state 

Sabah Shell Station
Shell’s LGBTI support comes under scrutiny due to business ties with Brunei

The oil-rich nation was condemned for introducing extreme anti-gay laws earlier this month

One ofthe new trans pride Converse shoes
Converse unveils new Pride shoes, including ones with the trans flag

They’re available now for all upcoming Pride outfits

Food truck's sold out 'LGBTQ' shirt
‘LGBT’ stands for ‘liberty, guns, Bible, Trump’ according to restaurant’s shirts

People don’t have kind words for the Kentucky food truck

IMDb under fire for ‘deadnaming’ trans actors

Two well-known trans actors sent several requests to have their birth names removed from the site

Chick-fil-A restaurant
Chick-fil-A banned from a second airport in the US

This time it’s an international airport in Buffalo

Chick-fil-A restaurant
San Antonio votes to ban Chick-fil-A from their airport

‘We do not have room.. for anti-LGBTQ behavior’

The Growlr app is aimed at gay and bi members of the bear community
Men’s dating app Growlr sold in $12million deal

Growlr, which is aimed at the bears community, was launched in 2010 by Coley Cummiskey but has been sold to a big tech company

The Taillor group, an intersectional BDSM collective, is being forced to move out of their Bed-Stuy neighborhood
Brooklyn BDSM dungeon owner accuses angry neighbor of ‘kink shaming’

‘She’s against everything we are, from queer to kink to sex-positive and body-positive’

The Bum Bum Bar float in Pride 2008
Queens’ Bum Bum Bar closes down, leaving just three lesbian bars remaining in NYC

Bum Bum Bar in Jackson Heights closed unexpectedly late last year, leaving many to speculate on why

Drew Adams, a transgender student
Apple, Google, Tumblr and more businesses lobby US court for trans student

He’s suing his school to use the boys’ restroom

Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies, aged 85

The fashion designer had been suffering ill health for several weeks and was unable to attend Chanel catwalk shows last month

Texas AG wants to stop gay marriage
LGBTI chambers of commerce in Texas form coalition to combat discrimination

Chambers from Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and North Texas have formed the Texas LGBT Chambers of Commerce 

Promotional image for LGBTI documentary Words
Amazon removes LGBTI documentary, claims it didn’t meet Prime’s ‘quality standard’

The documentary about LGBTI identity went up on Amazon Prime over a year ago

two thirds will leave the workplace discrimination
Two-thirds of LGBTI Brits say they will quit jobs due to lack of diversity

Also, over 50% of gay men say they suffer discrimination at work

Allegra and Dane are suing Amazon for anti-transgender workplace discrimination
Amazon settles workplace discrimination lawsuit by trans woman and her husband

Allegra Schawe-Lane and Dane Lane sued Amazon in 2017 for anti-trans discrimination

Michigan governor Rick Snyder in 2016 | Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Michigan governor signs LGBTI workplace protection directive before leaving office

Rick Synder signed a directive banning LGBTI discrimination via state contracts just four days before the end of his tenure as governor

True Love campaign Phu Nhuan Jewelry
Vietnam’s largest jewelry company launch LGBTI-inclusive ad campaign

Phu Nhuan Jewelry showcase a same-sex couple in their ‘True Love’ campaign