{"id":2894,"date":"2017-04-04T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2017-03-30T14:41:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T18:41:37","slug":"lgbtqia-rights-roundup-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2894","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA Rights Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LGBTQIA-Rights-Roundup-033017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LGBTQIA-Rights-Roundup-033017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"772\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Thomas Maxheimer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/20\/technology\/youtube-lgbt-videos.html?_r=0\">YouTube Filtering Draws Ire of Gay and Transgender Creators<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We?re still wondering why Google continues to block LGBT+ videos in its ?family-friendly? viewing mode. ?While admitting there is an issue, so far, Google has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2017\/03\/youtube-sends-regrets-lgbtq-users-making-videos-vanish\/?utm_source=LGBTQ+Nation+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=804544cf90-20170320_LGBTQ_Nation_Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c4eab596bd-804544cf90-429500585\">not indicated what they are going to do about it<\/a>. ?Meanwhile, LGBT+ voices continue being silenced. ?This comes at a particularly difficult time for Google who is also seeing a mass exodus of advertisers who <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/us-firms-add-to-google-ad-boycott-over-hate-videos-10811258\">take issue with their advertisements accompanying hate videos.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/critics-say-kentuckys-new-religious-freedom-bill-targets-lgbtq-students_us_58d2c64ee4b02d33b747f21a\">Critics Say Kentucky?s New ?Religious Freedom? Bill Targets LGBTQ Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republican governor of Kentucky, Gov. Matt Bevin, recently signed a law that could give religious students free rein to discriminate in public schools. ?The bill permits a wide range of religious activities in taxpayer-funded public schools and refuses staff and school board interference in their activities. The law also will allows students to ?voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in school assignments?.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2017\/03\/alabama-house-passes-anti-gay-adoption-bill-despite-protest-lesbian-lawmaker\/?utm_source=LGBTQ+Nation+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=bb8e54e9e7-20170317_LGBTQ_Nation_Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c4eab596bd-bb8e54e9e7-429500585\">Alabama House Passes Anti-Gay Adoption Bill Despite Protest By Lesbian Lawmaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alabama House members voted to protect faith-based adoption organizations who refuse to place children with gay parents. ?Many have called this bill an outright attack against gay people. ?The bill now moves to Alabama?s Senate. ?Georgia&#8217;s legislature is working on a similar bill, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2017\/03\/south-dakota-first-state-legalize-anti-lgbtq-discrimination-2017\/\">South Dakota<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2015\/06\/michigan-governor-signs-bill-allowing-adoption-agencies-to-reject-same-sex-couples\/\">Michigan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/category\/archive\/top-news\/nation\/north-dakota\/\">North Dakota<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2011\/12\/new-virginia-adoption-rules-permit-anti-gay-gender-disability-other-forms-of-discrimination\/\">Virginia<\/a> have already passed similar laws.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thomas Maxheimer YouTube Filtering Draws Ire of Gay and Transgender Creators We?re still wondering why Google continues to block LGBT+ videos in its ?family-friendly? viewing mode. ?While admitting there is an issue, so far, Google has not indicated what they are going to do about it. ?Meanwhile, LGBT+ voices continue being silenced. ?This comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glbt-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}