All posts tagged "House of Representatives"
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Defense Funding Bill Stripped of Anti-LGBTQ Amendments
A "clean" version of the National Defense Authorization Act now heads to President Biden to sign into law.
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George Santos Survives Expulsion Vote
A measure to remove the openly gay New York Republican from office failed to receive sufficient number of votes.
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Congressional Democrats Reintroduce the Equality Act
Congressional Democrats have reintroduced the Equality Act, a bill aimed at outlawing anti-LGBTQ discrimination across the United States.
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Michigan Passes LGBTQ-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Bill
Michigan Democrats, now in power for the first time in four decades, amend the state's nondiscrimination law to include LGBTQ protections.
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Beyoncé is Honored in Congress by Rep. Robert Garcia
Openly gay congressman Robert Garcia paid stirring tribute to Beyoncé from the House floor on Wednesday, March 1.
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U.S. House Approves Final Version of Respect for Marriage Act
Congressional lawmakers approved a bill to recognize legal same-sex marriages as valid, sending it to President Biden to sign into law.
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Michigan Bill Would Jail Parents For Allowing Trans Children to Transition
A bill introduced earlier this month in Michigan could potentially sentence parents of transgender children to life in prison if they allow their child to...
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Democrats Introduce a “Trans Bill of Rights”
The bill will attempt to codify a Supreme Court decision that established employee protections for gay and transgender workers.
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WATCH: Rep. Mondaire Jones remark on the Equality Act
The freshman Democratic congressman from New York shared powerful words during the House Debate on the Equality Act.
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Mondaire Jones becomes first openly gay Black member of Congress
Mondaire Jones becomes first openly gay Black member of Congress
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Brian Sims has dedicated his life to achieving equality — and he won’t stop until it happens
The gay Pennsylvania state rep. is passionate, outspoken, and unwilling to censor himself
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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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U.S. House passes the Equality Act, a landmark LGBTQ rights bill
Bill prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination passes over Republican objections, and is now headed to the U.S. Senate.
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HRC is “disgusted” that President Trump opposes the Equality Act
Prospects for the LGBTQ rights bill's passage remain dim, even should it pass the House later this week
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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
