All posts tagged "executive order"
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Virginia governor’s executive order prohibits discrimination by state contractors
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has signed into law an executive order that prohibits discrimination against LGBT people by state contractors, subcontractors and state employees. Executive...
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Anti-gay Louisiana Attorney General’s brother speaks out
This week, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) successfully argued to a judge that LGBT state workers are not entitled to the same workplace protections their heterosexual...
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Louisiana governor’s pro-LGBT executive order overturned
A Baton Rouge judge has thrown out Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ executive order protecting LGBT state employees, claiming that the governor was attempting to...
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Anti-LGBT amendment stripped from defense bill
The Republican lawmaker behind an anti-LGBT provision that was added to the annual defense bill has withdrawn his amendment, according to Bloomberg News. Rep. Steve Russell (Okla.) had...
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NBA moves All-Star Game to LGBT-friendly New Orleans
City's selection underscores economic benefits that North Carolina will lose due to its anti-LGBT HB 2 law
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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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N.H. governor signs executive order banning transgender discrimination
LGBT advocates praise Gov. Maggie Hassan's order as a first step, but say further protections are needed
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U.S. House blocks vote on LGBT nondiscrimination amendment
The U.S. House Committee on Rules has once again put the brakes on allowing a pro-LGBT amendment to be voted upon and attached to a...
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Louisiana governor signs LGBT nondiscrimination order
Gov. John Bel Edwards says order balances religious freedom and LGBT rights
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N.C. Gov. McCrory signs nondiscrimination order — with exceptions
After weeks of bearing the brunt of criticism over his signing of North Carolina’s HB 2 law into place repealing local LGBT ordinances, Gov. Pat...
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Atlanta mayor imposes travel ban to North Carolina
Atlanta has joined a host of other cities and states banning official government travel to North Carolina in the wake of passage of a sweeping...
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Louisiana Gov. Edwards to rescind Jindal’s anti-gay order
A spokeswoman for the office of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has told reporters that the governor intends to rescind an executive order targeting...
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Montana governor issues trans-inclusive nondiscrimination order
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) on Monday issued an executive order extending nondiscrimination protections to state employees and state contractors based on sexual orientation and...
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Kentucky governor removes clerks’ names from marriage licenses
In one of his first acts as governor, Kentucky’s Matt Bevin (R) issued an executive order on Tuesday that removes the names of county clerks...
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Louisiana Gov.-elect Edwards to sign nondiscrimination order
Louisiana’s incoming governor John Bel Edwards (D) will issue an executive order protecting LGBT individuals who are state employees or government contractors from employment discrimination...
