All posts tagged "congress"
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi on celebrating Pride, advancing LGBTQ rights, and why everything in Trump’s life is a cover-up
Nancy Pelosi has deep, longstanding ties to the LGBTQ community. It's why passing the Equality Act is so important to her.
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Federal lawmakers reintroduce bill to protect LGBTQ college students from harassment
The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act would require colleges to make their anti-harassment policies more inclusive
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Religious leaders and people of faith rally in DC in support of Equality Act
Activists make last-minute push to lobby Republican lawmakers ahead of Friday's vote on landmark LGBTQ rights bill
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Knock Down the House offers a raw, emotional profile of four women who challenged the status quo in the 2018 midterms
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Jean Swearengin are the subjects in Rachel Lears' film
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Film Review: Knock Down the House
The astute political documentary "Knock Down the House" gets somewhat sideswiped by the AOC juggernaut
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WATCH: Video reportedly shows Aaron Schock with his hand down man’s pants at Coachella
Queerty releases video allegedly showing Aaron Schock stroking and making out with a man
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Former GOP Rep. Aaron Schock allegedly had his hand down a man’s pants at Coachella
Aaron Schock, who repeatedly voted against LGBTQ rights, reportedly partied shirtless with gay men at the annual music festival
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Betsy DeVos admits she knew transgender students would be harmed by revoking Obama-era guidelines
In a rare moment of transparency, DeVos said that she knew revoking protections for transgender students would impact their mental health
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Lawmakers introduce Equality Act in Congress
On Wednesday, congressional lawmakers introduced the Equality Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that would update the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include federal...
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Democrats in Congress introduce “Do No Harm Act” to amend federal RFRA law
Bill seeks to ensure "religious freedom" is not used as a justification for discrimination
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MSNBC commentator Hugh Hewitt calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a “transgendered” Joe Biden
Hewitt later apologized, calling it a "bad word choice"
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Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton displays Trans Pride flag outside office
Wexton, a former Virginia state senator, has a solid record of support for the LGBTQ community
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Historic number of LGBTQ people sworn into Congress
Newly sworn Congress elects LGBTQ ally and Equality Act supporter Nancy Pelosi as Speaker
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VIDEO: Floriana’s Nancy Pelosi tree celebrates the women of Congress
Pelosi stopped by to see #NancyPelostree -- and offer a few jabs at the Trump administration
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HRC: Midterm election was “clear rejection” of Trump’s “dangerous and divisive agenda”
Tuesday's midterm elections were largely positive for proponents of LGBTQ rights and supporters of the Equality Act
