All posts tagged "LGBTQ rights"
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HRC endorses Doug Jones in Alabama Senate race
The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Democratic nominee Doug Jones in Alabama’s special U.S. Senate election, scheduled for Dec. 12. Jones, a former U.S. Attorney...
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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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Birmingham becomes first city in Alabama to pass pro-LGBTQ ordinance
On Tuesday, after nearly a decade of planning and a public hearing, the Birmingham City Council passed a nondiscrimination ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on...
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Jennifer Roberts, Charlotte mayor amid HB 2 debacle, loses re-election bid
The Charlotte mayor who oversaw the city during the contentious debate over North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ HB 2 law, and the resulting loss of revenue that...
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Family and friends launch GoFundMe to send Gavin Grimm to college
Family and friends of Gavin Grimm have launched a GoFundMe page to help the transgender teenage advocate pay for college, reports the Daily Press. Vanessa...
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LGBTQ rights icon Edie Windsor passes away at age 88
LGBTQ rights icon's lawsuit against the federal government led to full recognition of same-sex couples' marriages
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Nancy Pelosi slams Trump’s transgender military ban at GLAAD gala
Lead House Democrat says ban "hurts and humiliates" patriotic Americans who serve in the Armed Forces
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Liberty Counsel head: Anti-gay groups being treated like Jews in Nazi Germany
Mat Staver takes issue with Southern Poverty Law Center's characterization of his organization as a "hate group"
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Petition: Pride flag in Alabama classroom creates “hostile learning environment”
Signatories crib from conservative pundit Star Parker, comparing rainbow flag to the Confederate flag
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Task Force to honor Gloria Estefan at Miami gala in October
The National LGBTQ Task Force will honor singer, international superstar and producer Gloria Estefan at its annual task force gala in Miami on Saturday, Oct....
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Donald Trump throws support behind anti-gay Arizona U.S. Senate challenger
President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Ward, who’s challenging Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in a Republican primary in 2018,...
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Chechnya accuses gay men of being terrorists to block them from fleeing
Authorities in Chechnya have begun accusing men suspected of being gay or bisexual of being terrorists affiliated with ISIS, in order to prevent them from...
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HRC endorses Danica Roem for Virginia House of Delegates
Months after the Victory Fund threw its support behind the woman who could be the first out transgender person to be seated in a state...
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American Muslims more accepting of homosexuality than white evangelicals
Acceptance of LGBTQ rights has increased among all Muslim subgroups, as it has among Americans overall
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Sam Brownback could be Trump’s most anti-gay appointee yet
Kansas governor tapped to head State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom
