Search results for "Jackie Speier"
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House members introduce bill to halt transgender military ban
Measure serves as a companion bill to similar Senate measure introduced last month
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LGBT Equality Caucus relaunches Transgender Equality Task Force
On Thursday, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus announced it was re-launching the Transgender Equality Task Force to advance and push back against the erosion of...
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Proponents embolded by White House support for ban on conversion therapy
For Apryl Prentiss, the news out of the White House last Wednesday was a validation. That was the day the White House responded to an...
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Congresswoman Introduces Resolution Against “Ex-Gay” Therapy
Following a series of challenges to “ex-gay” reparative therapy practices across the country, Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier (Calif.) introduced a resolution this morning urging Congress...
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Uphill Battles
Sen. Jeff Merkely (D-Ore.) re-introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to the Senate on Wednesday, and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Patrick...
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Senators Kerry, Leahy, 10 Others Ask DOJ, DHS to Hold Same-Sex Bi-National Couples’ Immigration Petitions
Following up on the March 31 letter that Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) sent to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano seeking a stop on deportations of...
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Married lesbian couple with children to be separated by deportation
”The kids have been crying. It’s sad because they know mommy is leaving…. We already fought our families for our relationship common. Now it’s no...
