All posts tagged "human rights campaign"
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HRC Press Secretary Sarah McBride is running for Delaware State Senate
If successful, McBride would become America's first openly transgender state senator
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More than 200 businesses file brief with Supreme Court in support of fired LGBTQ workers
Corporations argue that uniform laws prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination are beneficial to their success
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Human Rights Campaign names Alphonso David as new president
Former civil rights lawyer becomes first person of color to head nation's top LGBTQ organization
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Senate narrowly confirms anti-LGBTQ judge Matthew Kacsmaryk
Repeating a pattern of behavior that has occurred over and over again during Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. Senate narrowly voted to confirm a judicial...
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UPDATE: U.S. House votes to defund Trump’s transgender ban
Amendment to defense appropriations bill would bar Defense Department funds from being used to enforce ban
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Detroit man accused of targeting LGBTQ victims in triple homicide
Suspect allegedly murdered three victims and shot two others because they were gay or transgender
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Every Child Deserves a Family Act would prohibit discrimination in adoption and foster care
Bill would prohibit religiously-motivated discrimination against prospective parents, including same-sex couples
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Trump tries to justify military ban by saying transgender people take “massive amounts of drugs”
President also cites cost of, and recovery time after, gender confirmation surgery in defending the ban
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Senate confirms LGBTQ opponent Howard Nielson to lifetime federal judgeship
Nielson once argued that a gay judge weighing in on the Proposition 8 case could not be impartial
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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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Nyle DiMarco: We need the Equality Act, because LGBTQ people have “no absolute protection from the government”
As a deaf LGBTQ person, DiMarco is highlighting the importance of the Act as a member of two marginalized communities
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Civil rights groups rally after Trump’s judicial nominees won’t say whether segregation is unlawful
Civil rights groups rally in protest of Wendy Vitter and other Trump nominees who are silent about landmark desegregation case
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Social conservatives proposing “compromise” to weaken Equality Act’s protections
Civil rights groups are worried that any compromises would weaken protections for LGBTQ people
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Mississippi Republican calls for LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes law
Recent crimes against men perceived to be gay have cast light on the refusal of lawmakers to amend the law
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WATCH: Jane Lynch urges Congress to pass the Equality Act
Actress is the latest celebrity to endorse sweeping LGBTQ rights legislation
