The tech company removed a drag show from its series of LGBTQ Pride events after the group of employees found offense with headliner “Peaches Christ.”
Google is distancing itself from a drag show in San Francisco after hundreds of employees signed a petition calling the performance a “direct affront to the religious beliefs and sensitivities of Christians.”
An internal listing for the performance — which Google described as a way to “wrap up this amazing month” — was taken down shortly after the petition began circulating and Christian employees complained to the human resources department. “While the event organizers have shifted the official team event onsite, the performance will go on at the planned venue – and it’s open to the public, so employees can still attend.”
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Amid anti-LGBTQ hate, online groups offer safe spaces for parents of LGBTQ kidsSocial media groups like Mama Bears, Mama Dragons and Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) support families of LGBTQ children.
Read more »
Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rightsAdvocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’. MsReads via guardian
Read more »
Starbucks strike over Pride decor follows LGBTQ anger on hours, benefitsThe coffee chain said it has not removed rainbow flags and decorations celebrating Pride month.
Read more »
LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San FranciscoLGBTQ+ revelers and allies are partying coast to coast for the grand crescendo of Pride Month. Thousands of people filled New York's Fifth Avenue in celebration, with parades and parties cascading across the country through Chicago, Houston, and on to San Francisco. Organizers went out of their way to spotlight the importance of non-binary and transgender activists as new laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights proliferate in statehouses. Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver and Seattle are all hosting annual Pride parades. But while some people are whooping it up in celebration, many are mindful of the growing conservative countermovement to limit rights.
Read more »
Suspect set to plead guilty in attack that killed 5 at Colorado Springs sanctuary for LGBTQ+The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to plead guilty in an attack that killed five people and wounded 17 last year at the longtime sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community in the mostly conservative city
Read more »