News + Politics
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Washington Human Rights Commission rejects petitions to repeal transgender bathroom rule
The Washington State Human Rights Commission has rejected petitions challenging a commission rule that allows transgender people to use restroom and changing facilities consistent with their gender...
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McAuliffe vetoes Virginia religious exemption bill
Activists in Virginia are breathing a sigh of relief, after Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a bill that would give people leeway to discriminate...
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Louisiana Gov. Edwards to rescind Jindal’s anti-gay order
A spokeswoman for the office of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has told reporters that the governor intends to rescind an executive order targeting...
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ACLU challenging North Carolina’s HB 2 that overturned LGBT ordinances
Here come the lawsuits, North Carolina. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina,...
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Cities and states ban official travel to North Carolina
San Francisco, Seattle, New York City and the state of New York are pushing back against North Carolina lawmakers’ decision to pass a bill overturning...
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Georgia governor will veto anti-gay “religious freedom” bill
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) will veto a bill that could allow individuals or businesses to discriminate against LGBT people. In a press conference on Monday...
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NBA and business community denounce N.C. anti-gay law
And it’s all just a little bit of history repeating. That’s what people are saying about a growing corporate backlash against the state of North...
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Pelosi: North Carolina moving against tide on LGBT rights
–U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), responding to a question from a reporter from The Charlotte Observer about North Carolina lawmakers’ decision to pass an...
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Advocates urge renewed effort to ensure LGBT progress
Local and national LGBT advocates gathered at a reception at D.C.’s Studio Theater on Thursday evening to regroup after a months-long onslaught of anti-LGBT legislation,...
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Twisted Jurisprudence: “Religious Freedom” threatens birth control, PrEP and more
Overly broad interpretations of religious freedom could have negative ramifications for the nation's LGBT community
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Kentucky prison’s “gay mail” ban being challenged
Legal advocates are challenging a Kentucky prison for adopting and enforcing a ban on books, magazines, letters and other mail that the warden alleges “promote homosexuality.” After...
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N.C. lawmakers pass bill overturning Charlotte pro-LGBT ordinance UPDATE: Senate Democrats stage walkout
North Carolina lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill overturning a pro-LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance passed by the Charlotte City Council last month. The ordinance, which was slated...
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Disney and Marvel to boycott Georgia if religious freedom bill passes
The Walt Disney Company and Marvel Studios have come out in opposition to an anti-LGBT "religious freedom" bill
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Liberty Counsel appeals dismissal of Fairfax County lawsuit
Lawyers representing the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) and an anonymous Fairfax County family have appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the Fairfax County School...
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North Carolina calls special session to block Charlotte LGBT ordinance
The North Carolina Legislature is convening a special session on Wednesday to block a pro-LGBT rights ordinance that was approved by the Charlotte City Council last...
