All posts tagged "nbjc"
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NBJC Honors 11 Extraordinary Black LGBTQ Women at Wisdom Awards
The National Black Justice Coalition, the nation’s leading civil rights organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ people, will host its Third Annual Legendary Elders Wisdom Awards...
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Montana Republicans Ban Zooey Zephyr from House Chamber
The transgender lawmaker was punished by House Republicans for an impassioned speech condemning a ban on gender-affirming care.
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LGBTQ organizations react to the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin
NBJC, HRC, The Task Force, GLAAD, Victory Fund, and other LGBTQ organizations react to the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin's murder of George Floyd.
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LGBTQ advocates praise passage of Equality Act
Landmark bill would prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in multiple areas of daily life
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Metro Weekly Magazine: 2020, November 11 — We Voted! The Election’s Historic LGBTQ Wins
In this week's issue, we talk to Sarah McBride and Brian Sims about the 2020 election and its historic wins.
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NBJC’s David J. Johns on race, justice, and the importance of replacing Trump
As the Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition, David J. Johns tirelessly promotes social change.
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NBJC’s David J. Johns: “What Pride Looks Like” – Opinion
The public demonstrations are more in line with Pride's roots than the parades that have been canceled due to COVID-19.
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Celebrating Bayard Rustin
On behalf of the National Black Justice Coalition and the black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, I applaud President Barack Obama for giving the...
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Transgender Homicides in Baltimore and Elsewhere Raise Alarm
The New York-based National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and the D.C.-based National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) are calling for action after recent killings of...
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NAACP Gets to Yes
A group calling itself the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hardly sounds cutting edge. Yet 62 of 64 board members for the...
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Praise for HRC's Donna Payne
Donna Payne, the D.C.-based associate director of diversity for the Human Rights Campaign, as well as a founding board member of the National Black Justice...
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Investigators Probe Hazing, Homophobia In Beating Death Of Florida A&M Drum Major
A recent hazing-related death at Florida A&M University has raised questions about both ongoing problems of hazing at the university and whether sexual orientation played...
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NBJC Takes the Hill
Following on an annual outing begun last year, the National Black Justice Coalition will be returning to Capitol Hill next year for ''Out on the...
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NBJC Transitions
Since 2003, the National Black Justice Coalition has served as the sole national group whose primary mission is to advocate on behalf of GLBT African...
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Poison Pews
African-American leaders, students and activists gathered for nearly two hours inside Howard University's Howard Thurman Chapel in Northeast D.C. recently to discuss homophobia in African-American...
