All posts tagged "Equality Act"
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Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot decries anti-gay flyers handed out near churches
Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot condemned misleading flyers that have been distributed to parishioners at majority-black churches on the South Side that highlight her sexual...
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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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More than 160 major companies announce support for the Equality Act
Act would ensure protections for the 50% of LGBTQ people who live in 30 states without comprehensive civil rights laws
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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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House Democrats select Nancy Pelosi as their next Speaker in closed caucus
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has won the nomination of a majority of the Democratic caucus to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House...
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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
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Alabama Sen. Doug Jones co-sponsors Equality Act
LGBTQ advocates won a moral victory on Thursday when U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) signed on as a co-sponsor of the Equality Act. The Equality...
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Justice Department reverses policy protecting transgender workers
Courts have previously found that Title VII does protect discrimination based on gender identity and sex stereotyping
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More than 100 corporations publicly support the Equality Act
Despite support, the bill is likely to stall in a Republican-controlled Congress
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LGBTQ advocates reintroduce Equality Act in Congress
On Tuesday, members of Congress reintroduced a bill that would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include protections for people who are discriminated...
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Exclusive: Rep. Alan Lowenthal on why Congress must pass the Equality Act
Congressman Alan Lowenthal on one man's recent display of intolerance, and why Congress must pass the Equality Act
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Even Trump voters supported LGBT rights, poll shows
Even as Donald Trump was rolling to victory on Election Day, the electorate that elevated him into the White House was generally in favor of...
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Hillary Clinton woos LGBT voters during Florida campaign stop
During a campaign rally in Wilton Manors, Fla., where she admitted she was “preaching to the choir,” Hillary Clinton tried to stir up her most loyal...
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Human Rights Campaign rescinds endorsement of Sen. Mark Kirk
The Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) board of directors has withdrawn its endorsement of one of the few pro-LGBT Republicans in the U.S. Senate after he...
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Gay congressman: Trump will “eviscerate” LGBT rights if elected
–Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), speaking to SiriusXM Progress host Michelangelo Signorile about the danger that a Donald Trump presidency would pose to LGBT rights....
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