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Equaldex Now Lets You Search for Countries, Regions, LGBT Organizations, and LGBT News

Equaldex’s new full search feature lets you search Equaldex for countries, regions, LGBT organizations, LGBT news, and Equaldex users.

Install an LGBT Rights Search in Your Browser

Equaldex’s search lets you quickly access information on LGBT rights in any country. Most browsers will automatically recognize Equaldex’s search after visiting the site. Simply type “equaldex.com” in your browser and then press TAB to start searching.

Alternatively, you can install these add-ons:

• Equaldex LGBT Rights Search for Google Chrome 
• Equaldex LGBT Rights Search for Firefox 

In case you missed it: Last week, Equaldex also launched a portal to find LGBT Kickstarter Projects.

Browse and Discover LGBT Kickstarter Projects on Equaldex

Equaldex just launched a new way to find and support LGBT creative projects. Equaldex’s portal of LGBT Kickstarter projects lets you browse and discover new and old crowdfunding projects about LGBT topics or by LGBT people.

Browse newest projects, most successful projects, or projects ending soon.

Is a project missing? Share it!

Equaldex is a collaborative platform for sharing and discovering information about LGBT rights around the globe. Join us!

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Today Is The Transgender Day of Remembrance

Take a moment to honor and celebrate those lives that were lost due to anti-transgender hate. Above is a list of the individuals who lost their lives this year. This is just a fraction of the trans people who were murdered this year — many more were documented but were unidentified in the media.

View the full list
Learn more on transgenderdor.org

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Join us: Equaldex is a crowdsourced knowledge base for the LGBT movement.

November 20th, 2014: The Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Korean University: No Jobs for Homosexuals

Korea Nazarene University, a Christian university in Cheonan, South Korea, is telling its job applicants that “drinking, smoking, and homosexuality are not allowed.”

The listing was published on Tuesday and spotted by The Korea Observer, who contacted the university:

Ahn Kwang-jin, a senior official at Korea Nazarene University, told The Korea Observer that his university has a strict policy against drinking, smoking and homosexuality.

“We are letting you know that even if you make an application, you wouldn’t get the job unless you meet the stated requirements,” he said.“

A clipping of the job listing for the Korea Nazarene University:

Further, the full job application includes a "self health check list” that requires applicants to disclose if they are HIV positive or have had a “transsexual operation.”

Learn more: LGBT rights in South Korea or LGBT rights by country

Equaldex Country Pages Receive Uplift

Equaldex’s country pages received a facelift! Check it out: LGBT Rights in Canada (or visit any country page on Equaldex).

The summary section of each country is a little more visual, highlighting homosexuality and same-sex marriage. The country’s shape animates as you scroll, and the visual design of the “history” and “subregions” sections were slightly cleaned up. The bottom of each page displays other countries in the same continent.

More examples:

• LGBT Rights in California
• LGBT Rights in Russia
• LGBT Rights in Russia
• LGBT Rights in Argentina
• LGBT Rights in Uganda

LGBT Rights Comic by Mike Elliott

will5nevercome:

The predictable ending to most marriage equality debates I’ve had. I love agreeing to disagree! Just… not when your beliefs are actively hurting other people.

Equaldex Billboards Go Up In Orlando, Florida

Thanks to a generous donation by Love Is Equality, Equaldex billboards are now displaying in 16 locations across Orlando, Florida.

The billboards highlight and important LGBT rights fact – that being gay is illegal in 77 countries around the world. 

The digital billboards will be rotating throughout 16 locations over the next six months.

If you’re in the area and happen to see one, please share it!

Love Is Equality is a non-profit corporation that produces apparel including t-shirts, tank tops, hoodies, and accessories to spread the message of Equality. 60% of the organization’s profits from each sale are donated to equality organizations in the state that the order is shipped to.

Visit Equaldex: LGBT Rights by Country

Introducing Equaldex News

With the ever-changing landscape of LGBT rights, headlines are surfacing each day ranging from groundbreaking laws being passed to small-town achievements.

Equaldex’s new LGBT News feature creates a platform to share and discover links to interesting stories about LGBT rights and LGBT culture. Equaldex’s new voting system surfaces the most popular and freshest stories.

Over the past months, Equaldex has been evolving into a comprehensive resources for information about LGBT rights across the globe, however, one area many users have asked for is to provide more insight into more than just the laws.

Earn Karma by Sharing Interesting Content

“Karma” are points you earn each time your posts or comments get upvoted. Once you receive enough karma, you gain the ability to downvote content.

Distribution of LGBT News

News submissions can be tied to a region, which then distributes those stories across the site (news tagged with Wisconsin will be distributed to the LGBT rights in Wisconsin page and the LGBT rights in the United States page). After some vetting, interesting news stories are also distributed to Equaldex’s Twitter account.

Try it out: Explore and submit LGBT News!