All posts tagged "ban"
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Florida governor signs bill repealing gay adoption ban
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed into law on Thursday a bill that repeals the Sunshine State’s nearly four decade-long law prohibiting same-sex couples from...
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AMA: No medical reason for transgender military ban
Supporters of allowing transgender individuals to serve openly in the U.S. military received a boost for their cause Monday, when the American Medical Association approved...
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Federal judge rules Alabama same-sex couples have right to marry
Latest order forbids probate judges from continuing to enforce unconstitutional same-sex marriage ban
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Oregon bans gay conversion therapy for minors
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D), the nation’s first out bisexual governor, signed into law legislation on Monday that prohibits the practice of conversion or “reparative”...
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D.C. Bans Gay Conversion Therapy for Minors
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit the use on minors of conversion or “reparative” therapy, or other “sexual orientation...
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State Department to India: Stop discriminating against homosexuality
“The international community and civil society are closely following the developments in India and are urging not to discriminate against homosexuality in India.” — Sarah...
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NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade lifts ban on LGBT groups
NBCUniversal has announced that OUT@NBCUniversal — an LGBT support group for the company’s employees — will be allowed to march in next year’s St Patrick’s Day...
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Equality Virginia Launches Second-Parent Adoption Blog
Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s major LGBT-rights organization, launched the first of five planned blog posts highlighting the stories of same-sex couples raising children who have...
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D.C. Council Mulls Reparative Therapy Ban
Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) presided over a nearly five-hour hearing on Friday where she listened to testimony for and against a bill pending before...
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McAuliffe rejects request for special counsel to defend Virginia’s gay marriage ban
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) on Monday refused to appoint a special counsel to defend a state law prohibiting recognition of any form of same-sex relationship...
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Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane refuses to defend law banning gay marriage
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) announced today she would not defend the state’s law prohibiting same-sex marriage. Kane’s satement came in response to a...
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Rhode Island senator introduces bill to ban gay marriage via referendum
Just as the Rhode Island House of Representatives takes up a vote on a bill to legalize marriage equality, a Rhode Island state senator has...
