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Still, security experts and LGBT advocates told BuzzFeed the app should have been more clear on how it handles the data, especially since it affects an already - vulnerable community that's often victim of harassment.

Actually, the problems with Nintendo fall on its quirkiness and with its caving into LGBT advocates, as well as what its Japanese parent company does.

When Nintendo seriously addresses those issues, and makes patches to tell the LGBT advocates to go pound sand, as well as apologize for its sinful things of the past, like the final boss of Mother 2 / Earthbound, Boswer and Peach drinking in the original Super Mario Kart, and for the sex hotels that it had before it got into the video game business, then it can be truly taken seriously by people of high moral integrity again.

Mirrored on the successful work by LGBT advocates and the PGA's producer mark, this recognition for positive progress will be a visible identifier for companies that have prioritized equal gender hiring practice and have financed or supported business opportunities for women in front of and behind the camera.

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Following a meeting with LGBT advocates last week, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has announced that same - sex couples will have the option of having their relationship officially recognized by the government.

But she said she believes that by taking executive action on conversion therapy and GENDA, Cuomo has relieved some of the pressure they would otherwise face from LGBT advocates.

For many LGBT advocates, this is the first shot across the bow in what they expect to be a large - scale assault by the Trump administration on rights and protections for LGBT individuals.

NY LGBT Advocates to Mount «Short, Disciplined, Intense» Campaign to Achieve Marriage Equality by June

The men, Nick Porto, 27, and Kevin Atkins, 22, of Brooklyn, were joined by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, State Senator Brad Hoylman and LGBT advocates on a crowded street corner just steps from where the suspects shouted gay slurs and left Porto with a broken nose and Atkins» wrist in a cast.

Hate groups including the National Organization for Marriage have already rolled out their agendas for a Trump presidency, and LGBT advocates both in the US and abroad are justifiably terrified.

NOM has also promised to spend $ 1 million in the next election to protect their allies and target their own enemies to combat against the threat that LGBT advocates would work to vote out state senators who oppose such a bill (as they did with two state senators in last year's election).

Like the other GOP lawmakers who voted for the law (Sens. Roy McDonald, Stephen Saland and Jim Alesi) Grisanti is flush with cash from LGBT advocates and other gay marriage supporters who backed the bill.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) prepares to lead roughly 700 LGBT advocates to the State Capitol in Albany for the group's annual Equality and Justice Day lobbying effort on April 30, supporters of a decade - old transgender civil rights measure are stepping up the push to secure Senate passage this -LSB-...]

LGBT advocates are unhappy with Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson.

Cuomo told LGBT advocates at the start of the year that he did not want a repeat of the failed 2009 in the Senate, when the disparate groups succumbed to in - fighting.

Veteran LGBT advocates are furious over the Empire State Pride Agenda's surprise announcement that it will cease operations next year, with one of the organization's original founders calling the move «a miscarriage of justice for the LGBT community.»

He was equally non-plussed when asked about the donations he's received from LGBT advocates, as have his fellow GOP yes votes, Sens. Mark Grisanti, Steve Saland and Jim Alesi.

Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Daniel Squadron is trying to force a vote on the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act in the Republican - controlled Senate, a measure that has taken on more urgency for LGBT advocates in recent weeks.

Cuomo has come a long way from the days (during the 2010 campaign) when some LGBT advocates questioned his dedication to pushing for same - sex marriage.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to hold a celebatory event with LGBT advocates in New York City on Sunday to mark the legalization of same - sex marriages in New York.

The meme following the passage of same - sex marriage was Democrats would suffer in the money game, since LGBT advocates, groups and gay marriage supporters maxed out quickly to vulnerable Senate Republicans that voted yes, including Sens. Jim Alesi and Mark Grisanti.

Grisanti's donors list is a who's who of gay rights and LGBT advocates.

But those plans were postponed after the governor's office received an overwhelming response from LGBT advocates who wanted to attend, but could not make the trek to Albany, spokesman Josh Vlasto said.

Cuomo's office says for now he plans to hold a celebratory event in New York City with LGBT advocates.

She noted that when Trump tried to replace Eric Fanning, the first openly gay Army Secretary with Mark Green — an anti-LGBT state senator from Tennessee — thousands of LGBT advocates fought back, forcing him to withdraw his name from consideration for the position.

In the intervening hours between her comments and the apology, the campaign and LGBT advocates conferred over the need to urgently address the comments, Richard Socarides, an aide to former president Bill Clinton and adviser on gay rights and AIDS issues in the Clinton White House, acknowledged in an interview.

Cuomo also banned the practice of «conversion therapy,» which seeks to reverse an individual's sexual orientation but has been widely panned by LGBT advocates and mental and medical health professionals as harmful.

LGBT advocates have pressed state elected officials to take up measures that would bolster rights for transgender New Yorkers, including the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently convened a summit of LGBT advocates at the Capitol to start mapping out a strategy to push for a vote on this issue after a budget deal is reached.

Outspoken Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. has been labeled a bigot by LGBT advocates and their allies for his anti-gay marriage stance, and the Bronx Democrat has taken some fairly controversial positions on a variety of other issues, too, including, but not limited to, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino.

The death of the Kentucky native struck many Capitol Hill staffers and LGBT advocates with grief and prompted fond recollections of his life this week.

Legal experts across the board are expecting the administration to appeal the decisions as many LGBT advocates grumble that the defense of DOMA in court undermines Obama's campaign pledge to advocate for same - sex couples.

March 12, 2009: South African LGBT Advocates Condemn Exodus.

Many LGBT advocates have been calling on the president to continue his evolution and back marriage equality.

LGBT advocates speaking with the Washington Blade couldn't identify any incidents of LGBT job discrimination at ExxonMobil, but nonetheless said a change in company policy is necessary.

A number of LGBT advocates are frustrated that ENDA didn't even see a House committee vote — let alone a vote on the House or Senate floor — during the 111th Congress when Democrats had control of both chambers of Congress.

Windsor's hearing, scheduled for March 27, is a moment that LGBT advocates think will be a defining one for their cause.

Hillary Clinton told an audience of LGBT advocates last night that the progress they've achieved in recent years may not be secure under the Trump administration, and urged them to keep fighting.

Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson is under fire from LGBT advocates who are increasingly disillusioned and unhappy with his stance on same - sex marriage.

LGBT advocates have delivered a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan urging him to take up the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act.

It's also worth noting here that the HRC's effort to push for marriage equality in NY is headed by a former Bloomberg aide, Brian Ellner, who removed his name from the running to become head of the Empire State Pride Agenda after some LGBT advocates protested his close ties to the mayor.

But the move backfired somewhat when WNY LGBT advocates noted that Stachowski had voted «no» on gay marriage.

But LGBT advocates would like Johnson to make some adjustments to more closely resemble the «pastor protection» bill passed in Florida, which applies more narrowly to clergy and religious organizations.

States such as Indiana, North Carolina, and Georgia have faced controversy from LGBT advocates when they proposed state versions of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren prayed Barack Obama into office in 2009, after receiving harsh criticism from both LGBT advocates and evangelicals who opposed Obama.

«It protects the religious liberty rights of all Americans in very tailored ways that address problems of today,» wrote Heritage Foundation researcher Ryan Anderson, listing and defending the provisions of Trump's draft order from criticism by LGBT advocates that the order is discriminatory and overreaching.

He is also one of the most influential LGBT advocates as part of his role as global executive sponsor of Google's LGBT employee - resource group, dubbed the «Gayglers.»

LGBT advocates are focused on Amazon's history as a progressive company that supports its LGBT employees.

Other LGBT advocates see the choice in starker terms: Amazon could send a better message and do more good simply by avoiding states without nondiscrimination laws.