Guide to LGBTQ tenants rights in Pennsylvania Nick Vadala, The Philadelphia Inquirer
If you identify as LGBTQ, you’re much more likely to face discrimination in many facets of your life. But what about for housing? Can a landlord evict you or refuse to rent to you in the first place because of your sexual identity or gender identity?
For LGBTQ people, housing discrimination is a big problem. A 2017 study from the Urban Institute found that landlords told gay men about fewer available apartments than straight men, and quoted them higher rent for those apartments. In another 2015 study, 23% of transgender people reported that they had experienced housing discrimination like being evicted or denied a rental in the past year because of their gender identity. And in the Philadelphia region, at least 40% of people aged 18 to 26 who experience homelessness identify as LGBTQ.
A lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations against an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge has been formally dismissed.
In March, the Abolitionist Law Center’s Court Watch program sued Judge Anthony M. Mariani in federal court alleging that he was refusing to provide access to proceedings before him.
The program alleged that its court watchers had requested virtual access to more than 100 proceedings in Mariani’s courtroom, but he refused them each time.
However, a few days after the lawsuit was filed, Mariani began granting remote access.
In late March, court administrators issued an order requiring all Common Pleas and magistrate judges to continue to offer the public access to remote proceedings through June 30.
Third public forum on citywide surveillance proposal slated for Tuesday
York Dispatch
A third public forum to discuss a proposed citywide surveillance system in York City will take place Tuesday evening.
The forum is a part of a feasibility study for the proposal, which has raised concerns from some city residents and civil rights groups. The event is slated for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene s York City campus, 350 Chestnut St.
The forum will be led by Montez Parker, a consultant who was hired by Better York, a local nonprofit organization. Better York, the city and the York County District Attorney s Office raised more than $30,000 to fund the study, which is expected to be completed by mid-June.
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When cheerleader Brandi Levy posted a Snapchat of herself giving the middle digit salute with a profanity-laced caption, she likely never thought she'd become the center of a Supreme Court fight.