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FCC Chairman Pai Proposes 988 Code for National Suicide Prevention
Dee Williams
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • 3 min

FCC Chairman Pai Proposes 988 Code for National Suicide Prevention

For LGBTQ+ people living in the United States, suicide is nothing less than a pandemic. For the general population, suicide is one of the top ten leading causes of death in the country, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). As high as that is, for LGBTQ+ people, the risk for suicide runs even higher. LGB youth in particular seriously contemplate suicide at almost three times the rate of their heterosexual counterparts, and are almost five times as likely to have
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LGBT Tech Files Comments on Restoring Internet Freedom
Carlos Gutierrez, Dep. Director & General Counsel
  • Jul 18, 2017
  • 3 min

LGBT Tech Files Comments on Restoring Internet Freedom

LGBT Tech has submitted initial comments addressing the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) In the Matter of Restoring Internet Freedom.[1] The NPRM seeks public comment on how to preserve the basic principles of net neutrality and in its comments, LGBT Tech reiterates that the FCC needs to establish rules that apply equally to all participants in the broadband space. The Internet has become an indispensable tool for members of
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For Homeless LGBTQ Youth, Simply Having A Phone Can Be Life-Changing.
LGBT Tech
  • Jul 7, 2016
  • 2 min

For Homeless LGBTQ Youth, Simply Having A Phone Can Be Life-Changing.

ThinkProgress has published a fascinating series on the state of homelessness in Washington, D.C. According to ThinkProgress there are more than 11,000 homeless people living in and around Washington, D.C. The series is meant to highlight their stories, examining policies and looking at how people bounce back from homelessness. LGBT Tech’s Connect 4 Life program, which has been providing cell phones to homeless gay youth in the Washington D.C. area since 2015 was featured p
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