Category: LGBTQ

ANZ Bank Gives Transgender Staff 6 Weeks of Paid Leave

The ANZ bank will allow transgender and gender-diverse staff in Australia and New Zealand to take six weeks of paid leave and up to 12 months of unpaid leave so that they could affirm their gender. The bank, which is Australia’s second-largest by assets with more than 40,000 staff globally, announced on Monday that the…


Add Barnes and Noble Booksellers to the Woke Club

Commentary Woke corporations risk losing business by focusing on social policies that detract from business growth. When will woke corporations ever learn that woke policies offend significant portions of their customer bases? Will stockholders finally be fed up with resultant stock losses due to the implementation of woke policies that turn off customers? Woke policies…


Parents Against Stupid Stuff

Commentary Adults deciding where to settle and raise their families once considered tax rates, job opportunities, and housing prices. Now they also have to ask themselves whether they want their children in schools that push gender fluidity, teach masturbation, and provide tampons in the boys’ room for females transitioning to become males. Several states have…


Disney Comes Under Fire in Turkey for Perceived Pro-LGBTQ ‘Propaganda’

As the Disney+ streaming service gears up to launch in 42 countries this summer, the Walt Disney Company controversy appears to have moved beyond the confines of America’s culture wars. In Turkey, where the service is set to begin broadcasting on June 14, some critics say that Disney content—given its increasing emphasis on lesbian, gay,…


Children’s Drag Queen Dance Party Draws Outrage in New England

A government-run drag queen dance party for high school kids has set off outrage among parents in an affluent seacoast New England community. Newburyport Mayor Sean Reardon did not return phone calls from the Epoch Times about the event titled “Over the Rainbow.” However, Reardon tweeted on Friday that “the event has been grossly mischaracterized…


Warner Bros. Censors Fantastic Beasts’ Gay Dialogue for China; Social Marxism With James Lindsay

Warner Bros. censors gay dialogue for China. Is it for profit? Meanwhile, they are committed to celebrating the LGBTQ movement in the West. Why are they promoting a double standard? I speak with James Lindsay, author of “Race Marxism” and the founder of New Discourse. He is a leading expert on critical race theory and…


Outrage Flares Over Florida Bill Blocking Gender, Sexuality Lessons for Early Grades

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Attorney Jeff Childers fumed as he read mainstream media banter and Twitter feed fury about what has come to be called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. It’s a misleading moniker, and deliberately so, aimed at sparking political outrage based on a lie, he and others told The Epoch Times. Childers has been especially infuriated…


Sponsor of Florida Bill That Blocks Gender, Sexuality Lessons in Early Grades, Responds to Misinformation Campaign

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Attorney Jeff Childers fumed as he read media banter and Twitter feed fury about what has come to be called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. It’s a misleading moniker, and deliberately so, aimed at sparking political outrage based on a lie, he and others told The Epoch Times. Childers has been especially infuriated to…


Transgender Indoctrination at School and in Kids’ Movies

Commentary Woke corporate CEOs seem to think they know better than voters what’s best for the country. These titans are throwing their companies’ clout and cash behind activists pushing gender-fluidity lessons for kindergarteners and other extreme political causes. Expect this corporate activism to backfire. Corporations should be serving their customers, not trying to override the…


Florida Law Is Pro-Freedom, Not Anti-LGBTQ

Commentary The distorted rhetoric—should I say lies?—labeling Florida’s legislation about parental rights in public schools as, “Don’t say gay” demonstrates the hypocrisy of LGBTQ activism. I say hypocrisy because this movement has always showcased itself as being about freedom, rights, and social justice. But the reality is that LGBTQ activism is not at all about…