All posts tagged "anti-LGBTQ"
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Parents of transgender children sign declaration of rights in response to political attacks
Parents call for greater nondiscrimination protections for members of the transgender community
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Victory Fund endorses Kyrsten Sinema in tough Arizona U.S. Senate race
The Victory Fund has endorsed Democratic U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in her bid to become Arizona’s next U.S. senator. If victorious, Sinema, who identifies as...
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Senate Judiciary Committee approves anti-LGBTQ lawyer’s nomination
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Gregory Katsas to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....
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Anti-gay Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore accused of sexually groping 14-year-old girl
The Republican nominee for the upcoming special U.S. Senate election in Alabama is the latest public figure to be accused of sexual indiscretion after a...
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Civil rights advocates upset over confirmation of anti-LGBTQ judicial nominees
Civil rights advocates are becoming increasingly alarmed at the Senate’s willingness to rubber-stamp President Trump’s federal court nominees, including some who have come under scrutiny...
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HRC opposes anti-LGBTQ Scott Garrett for Export-Import Bank post
Former U.S. representative amassed a strong anti-LGBTQ record over his 14 years in Congress
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Trump anti-gay Agriculture Department pick withdraws nomination
Sam Clovis has argued that homosexuality is a choice and has equated gay marriage to pedophilia
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Kentucky judge who refused to hear same-sex adoption cases resigns
A family court judge in Kentucky who tried to recuse himself from hearing cases involving LGBTQ couples has tendered his resignation. Judge W. Mitchell Nance,...
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HRC opposes Brownback for State Department religious freedom post
On Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign sent a letter to senators on the Foreign Relations Committee urging its members to oppose Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s...
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Sen. Murray urges “no” vote on Rep. Jim Bridenstine as Trump’s pick to head NASA
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has sent a letter to her colleagues on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, urging them to oppose...
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Hillary Clinton and Jeff Bezos to speak at HRC National Dinner
Selection of speakers signals HRC's commitment to opposing the Trump administration's actions on LGBTQ rights
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White House refutes story alleging Trump joked about Pence wanting to hang gays
White House Press Secretary: New Yorker story "relied on fiction rather than facts"
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Trump to meet with anti-gay Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore
GOP circling the wagons around Moore, who polls show is underperforming relative to other Republican candidates
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Trump will be first sitting president to address anti-gay Values Voter Summit
Members of Congress and top presidential advisers will also speak at the conservative conference
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HRC releases web video highlighting Jeff Mateer’s anti-gay statements
The Human Rights Campaign has released a web video highlighting a multitude of anti-LGBTQ statements made by Jeff Mateer, President Trump’s nominee for a federal...
