All posts tagged "human rights campaign"
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LGBTQ activists blast Trump’s record on transgender issues following SOTU Address
President's critics pan his proposed trans military ban and actions on HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
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Amandla Stenberg: It’s “strange” to be gay in the “very straight confines of Hollywood”
Nonbinary "The Hate U Give" actor commented on being gay in Hollywood while accepting the HRC's Visibility Award
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Virginia Republicans yank pro-LGBTQ bills from committee docket
Advocates cast blame on House Speaker Kirk Cox for blocking a vote on nondiscrimination protections
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Polls show even Virginia Republicans support nondiscrimination bills
Poll results underscore that anti-LGBTQ Virginia House Republicans are out of step with their own constituents
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New York lawmakers vote to pass transgender protections and ban conversion therapy
Activists celebrate two hard-won victories after more than a decade of obstruction
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LGBTQ ally Jennifer Boysko wins special Virginia State Senate election
HRC-backed Democrat wins by nearly 40 points over former Republican lawmaker
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Wisconsin governor signs executive order protecting LGBTQ state employees
State lawmakers plan to push for comprehensive nondiscrimination bill in the upcoming legislative session
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Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton displays Trans Pride flag outside office
Wexton, a former Virginia state senator, has a solid record of support for the LGBTQ community
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Education Department recommends rescinding Obama-era school discipline guidance
A federal commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is recommending rescinding Obama-era guidance that was intended to reduce racial discrimination in how students are...
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Arizona governor appoints Martha McSally to John McCain’s old Senate seat
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed Tucson-area U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by Sen. John McCain, reports The Washington...
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6 of 7 Republican vote-switchers who defeated pro-LGBTQ amendment lost re-election
As the final races for the U.S. House of Representatives were called this week, it became apparent that the new Democratic-led Congress that will take...
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Trump’s USDA tries to reverse 4-H organization’s pro-LGBTQ policy
The Trump administration has been pressuring the national 4-H youth organization to rescind a policy allowing LGBTQ participants — setting in motion a series of...
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Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin to exit organization in 2019
Griffin will stay in place until HRC's Board of Directors names his replacement sometime next year
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Nearly 180 companies oppose efforts to erase transgender legal protections
Business allies denounce attempt to redefine gender as "fixed, immutable" condition based solely on a person's genitalia
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In firing Jeff Sessions for Matt Whitaker, Trump swapped one anti-LGBTQ zealot for another
The new acting Attorney General "poses a grave threat to the rule of law and civil rights for everyone"
