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The town of Pocatello, Idaho has approved a bill that protects LGBT residents from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations. A similar bill had deadlocked the city council 3-3 in April. Voting for the ordinance that contains only three modifications compared to one that failed in April were Roger Bray, Gary Moore, Steve Brown and Eva Nye. Those opposed …

Here’s a Tumblr devoted to the shittiest apartment shares offered in New York City. Above: “East Village, Manhattan. $700.00. Loft Bed Above Closet in Kitchen.”  Not even close to the worst ones on the site.  Remember, these are shared apartments. Hit the link for others.

Over one hundred Pennsylvania legislators have cosponsored bills that will extend housing and workplace anti-discrimination protections to LGBT citizens. The bills have 77 sponsors in the House and 25 in the Senate. The bills will end the last vestige of legal discrimination in Pennsylvania, “discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression,” said Rep. Dan Frankel, …

Via Cleve Jones.

Montana’s capital city yesterday unanimously approved broad anti-discrimination protections for LGBT residents. In a unanimous vote Monday night, the Helena City Commission passed an ordinance to prohibit discrimination in housing, employment and many kinds of public accommodation based on sexual orientation. Hundreds of people turning out to support or oppose the measure, with the commission opening two additional rooms in …

Last night the city council of Idaho’s capital met to debate the passage of an LGBT anti-discrimination bill. Dozens of city residents spoke in support of the measure. Though support was overwhelming Tuesday night, at least one person spoke in support of “traditional marriage” and warned of the dangers of sodomy. Boise resident Curt Vieselmeyer urged the council to reject …

Philadelphia’s tourism agency sends us the above photo of today’s groundbreaking for a new LGBT seniors housing center. Among those pictured: U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, Union boss John Dougherty, PGN Publisher Mark Segal, Mayor Michael Nutter, and City Councilman Mark Squilla. Photo credit: Patrick Hagerty.

The Council for Community and Economic Research has produced its quarterly ranking of the 300 most and least expensive major American cities in which an average cost is given a score of 100. The Cost of Living Index measures regional differences in the cost of consumer goods and services, excluding taxes and non-consumer expenditures, for professional and managerial households in …

New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board will vote today on how much to allow rents to increase for the city’s one million rent-stabilized apartments. Advocates for the poor are calling for a rent freeze. The city’s escalating rents are eating away at as much as one-half of low-income New Yorkers’ paychecks, a new study has found. Low-income tenants now fork …

The city council of Lincoln, Nebraska endured seven hours of testimony yesterday as they considered a new ordinance that would protect LGBT residents from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations. The usual asshats were on hand. Opponents said the ordinance would impinge upon their religious freedoms by requiring them to accept behavior they consider immoral. “Our faith is something …

Despite the efforts of One Colorado and the JMG readers who pitched in to fund the battle, today anti-gay Christian hate group Focus On The Family won their battle to place a legalization of anti-gay discrimination on the statewide November ballot. If the ballot measure were to win, LGBT people could be denied housing, employment, access to services, anything. All …

Focus On The Family has launched a ballot petition drive that, if successful, will ask Colorado voters to make it legal to deny housing, employment, and services to any person on the basis of religious objections. (Gosh, who COULD they be talking about?) Focus has engaged the legal assistance of the Alliance Defense Fund. The Denver Post reports: Focus on …

(Via – Think Progress)

As I’ve noted here on several occasions, Brooklyn’s Hasidic communities have been increasing their attempts to impose religious law on their neighborhoods. We’ve seen demands that women sit at the back of public buses and we’ve seen street signs commanding women to step aside for approaching men. We’ve seen attempts to ban bike lanes so that “immodestly dressed” female bikers …

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New York City’s Ali Forney Center will host a rally at 6PM tonight in Union Square. As LGBT youth come out at younger ages, thousands face homophobia in their homes. Many are rejected by their families and driven from their homes. In New York City an LGBT teen is eight times more likely to experience homelessness than is a straight …

New York is considering selling ad space on the sides on the city’s thousands of public housing projects. Mayor Bloomberg supports the plan, with some caveats. The cash-strapped agency’s proposal to hire a consultant to advise it on how to make money by selling ad space has come under fire from residents and lawmakers, who are demanding City Council hearings. …

Supposedly liveable at a yard-wide at its narrowest point. (Source)

In square meters. (Source)