All posts tagged "discrimination"
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You Oughta Know
I’m here to remind Ben Carson of the mess he made when he waylaid American Muslims
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Gay couple asked to leave N.C. bar after kissing
Owner maintains that they were making other customers uncomfortable
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Fayetteville voters approve civil rights ordinance
Voters in Fayetteville, Ark., reversed course from last December, approving a civil rights ordinance that includes protections for sexual orientation and gender identity in a...
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Tennessee store sells out of anti-gay merchandise
Perhaps it’s part of a backlash against advances for LGBT rights. Or maybe it’s just a sentiment that has never changed in a socially conservative...
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Federal judge rejects Virginia transgender student’s motion
A transgender male student in Virginia can no longer use the public restroom at his high school. Instead, he will be relegated to a staff...
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HHS rules prohibit transgender healthcare discrimination
New rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would effectively prohibit health care plans from denying coverage to transgender people for...
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Coalition to Obama: Rescind Bush-era “religious freedom” memo
A coalition of 130 LGBT or allied organizations is urging President Obama to rescind a memo from George W. Bush’s administration that they claim has...
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RNC resolution backs First Amendment Defense Act
Congressional bill would provide exemptions for people and businesses that object to same-sex marriage
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Transgender organization launches national U.S. Trans Survey
Researchers for the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) are taking a head count and asking transgender people to lend their voices the 2015 U.S. Trans...
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Equality Maryland to stay open, but at reduced capacity
LGBT rights organization has raised $10K as part of longer-term fundraising campaign to achieve financial stability
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Judge drops part of transgender nondiscrimination lawsuit
Part of a lawsuit challenging a bathroom policy adopted by a Virginia school board — as it pertains to a transgender high school student — has...
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Gay baker calls gay community “Nazis” over cake-related lawsuits
Jesse Bartholomew scolds LGBT community over nondiscrimination lawsuits against anti-gay bakers
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Anti-gay bakery ordered to pay $135,000 to lesbian couple
Sweet Cakes was given a final order to pay damages
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Bobby Jindal sued over anti-gay executive order
Bobby Jindal had better get the lawyers ready. The ACLU Foundation of Louisiana, the Forum for Equality Foundation and six individual plaintiffs have filed a...
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Department of Justice backs Virginia transgender student’s fight
The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in federal court that appears to bolster a Virginia transgender high school student’s fight to...
