NYC Pride faced with unprecedented rise in anti-LGBTQ laws, rise in hate crimes
According to the Human Rights Campaign, there’s been more legislation passed targeting LGBTQ+ individuals in 2023 than there has been in the past five years combined.
Pride in History: LGBTQ+ figures who shaped history
FOX 5 NY has partnered with The Advocate magazine to take a look at the contributions members of the LGBTQ+ community have made over the course of history.
Touchdown for inclusion: Adults with disabilities join LIU football team for field day
The Long Island University Sharks teamed up with the Beautiful Lives Project to host a fun-filled field day for adults with disabilities.
Bud Light no longer America's top-selling beer as backlash continues
It's a milestone in Bud Light's months-long sales decline since early April, when critics who were angered by the brewer sending a commemorative can to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney vowed to boycott the brand.
Famed Saddleback Church rejected again by Southern Baptists for having women pastors
The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors.
Voices from violent civil rights era view attacks on voting rights as part of continuing struggle
With a Supreme Court decision expected on whether the Voting Rights Act will be reinforced or further eroded, people involved in the push for voting rights 60 years ago believe their struggles were worth it.
3 out of 4 Americans support LGBTQ ad campaigns, GLAAD survey finds
More than half of people polled said seeing LGBTQ people in ads makes them "more comfortable with people who are different than themselves."
Pride Month kicks off in NYC
June has been an important month for the LGBTQ+ rights movement since New York City’s first pride march — then dubbed the “Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day March" — on June 28, 1970.
Female CEOS at big companies saw tumultuous year for pay
Because only 20 CEOs at the S&P 500 companies are women, changes in pay for this small group can easily skew the overall figures -- and 2022 saw a slip.
Chick-fil-A gets heat from Twitter users over diversity position
Chick-fil-A is being criticized by conservative Twitter users who say the fast-food chain is "woke." They did so while pointing to the company's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) page.
New York City outlaws discrimination on the basis of weight, height
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion.
Target pulls some LGBTQ+ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers
Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.
Jordan Neely death: Daniel Penny arrested on manslaughter charge
Jordan Neely, who was homeless, died back on May 1 after Daniel Penny allegedly held him in a chokehold for several minutes aboard a subway. The lack of charges, until now, had prompted protests across the city.
Jordan Neely death: NYC Mayor Adams pledges more mental health support
Adams said Neely's death was “a tragedy that never should have happened."
Jordan Neely protests end in multiple arrests as victim's family speaks out
"It is a character assassination, and a clear example of why he believed he was entitled to take Jordan‘s life," attorneys for the Neely family said in a statement.
Jordan Neely: NYPD seeks 6 protesters accused of storming NYC subway tracks
The NYPD arrested 13 people over the weekend for fighting with officers during the protest that unfolded as a call for justice in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely.
Court ruling keeps Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr out of House
The ruling came after attorneys for the state of Montana asked the judge to reject Zephyr’s attempt to return. She was silenced two weeks ago then banished last week for admonishing Republican lawmakers and encouraging a raucous statehouse protest.
Queens street renamed to honor Clifford Glover, 10-year-old killed by police
The Glover family was also awarded a diploma from his fourth grade elementary school P.S. 40 where he was killed before he got to graduate.
Transgender Montana lawmaker silenced but not silent, vows to fight on
Zephyr is serving her first term representing western Montana. She will spend her first day in legislative exile when the Montana House reconvenes Thursday morning.
Montana GOP bars transgender lawmaker from 2023 session
Transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was barred from participating on the House floor as Republican leaders voted Wednesday to silence her for the rest of 2023 session after she protested GOP leaders’ decision earlier in the week to silence her.