All posts tagged "ban"
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House passes National Defense Authorization Act with LGBTQ-inclusive amendments
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a largely party-line basis to approve the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs bill banning gay and trans panic defenses
Tactic is used to justify a defendant's violent reaction to discovering a victim's LGBTQ identity
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UPDATE: U.S. House votes to defund Trump’s transgender ban
Amendment to defense appropriations bill would bar Defense Department funds from being used to enforce ban
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9th Circuit rules lower court can reconsider halting Trump’s transgender military ban
Under the new legal standard being applied, the government will have the burden of justifying the ban's existence
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62% of Americans say they’ve become more supportive of transgender rights over past 5 years
63% of Americans say they support transgender people serving openly in the military, PRRI survey finds
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Trump tries to justify military ban by saying transgender people take “massive amounts of drugs”
President also cites cost of, and recovery time after, gender confirmation surgery in defending the ban
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Maine bans “harmful, widely discredited” anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy
Maine becomes the 17th state to ban conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth
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Chick-fil-A won’t stop donating to anti-LGBTQ groups, says it’s part of a “higher calling”
The fast food chain couldn't care less than organizations it donates to actively discriminate against LGBTQ people
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Maine House of Representatives approves ban on conversion therapy
For the second year in a row, the Maine House of Representatives has passed a bill banning the practice of conversion therapy on minors. But...
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American Medical Association calls Trump’s transgender troop ban medically “deficient”
AMA takes issue with classification of transgender status as a type of "deficiency" to be fixed
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Trump starts blocking transgender people from military service as “horrific” ban comes into effect
LGBTQ organizations slammed the ban, calling it a "stain on our nation's history"
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Congressman’s bill would prohibit taxpayer dollars paying for conversion therapy
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney's measure would crack down on fraudulent Medicaid billing practices
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Puerto Rico’s governor signs order banning conversion therapy on youth
The governor of Puerto Rico has signed an executive order banning the practice of conversion therapy on youth. Gov. Ricardo Roselló signed the order on...
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U.S. House votes to condemn Trump’s ban on transgender soldiers
Resolution calls transgender ban detrimental to national security and based on flawed medical science
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Trump administration to begin enforcing transgender military ban on April 12
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced its intention to begin moving forward with implementing the Trump administration’s plan to bar most transgender individuals from...
