All posts tagged "nondiscrimination"
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D.C. councilmember’s bill would prohibit travel to states with anti-gay laws
A D.C. councilmember has introduced a bill that would ban official government-funded travel to any state with a law that could be interpreted as anti-LGBT....
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Advocates urge renewed effort to ensure LGBT progress
Local and national LGBT advocates gathered at a reception at D.C.’s Studio Theater on Thursday evening to regroup after a months-long onslaught of anti-LGBT legislation,...
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N.C. lawmakers pass bill overturning Charlotte pro-LGBT ordinance UPDATE: Senate Democrats stage walkout
North Carolina lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill overturning a pro-LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance passed by the Charlotte City Council last month. The ordinance, which was slated...
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California bill seeks to ban state-funded travel to anti-gay states
After spending the past few years attempting to beat back anti-LGBT legislation in multiple states, allies of the LGBT community are finding themselves on offense...
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McCrory threatens retaliation against Charlotte nondiscrimination ordinance
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his fellow Republicans from the GOP-dominated North Carolina General Assembly are on the warpath against a recently approved ordinance...
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Lawsuit challenging Fairfax nondiscrimination policy dismissed
A Virginia judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the addition of protections covering LGBT students, teachers and staff to Fairfax County Public Schools’ (FCPS) nondiscrimination policy....
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Virginia House subcommittee punts on LGBT bills
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee voted 5-2, along party lines, to table a number of LGBT-related bills this week, shuffling them off to the Code Commission...
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Exemption-filled “nondiscrimination” bill fails in Indiana Senate
Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate quashed a bill that purported to protect gay and bisexual Hoosiers from discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public...
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Virginia Senate passes pair of nondiscrimination bills
The Virginia Senate on Friday passed a pair of nondiscrimination bills with bipartisan support, sending them to the House of Delegates for consideration. The Senate voted to...
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Indiana Senate committee passes Trojan horse nondiscrimination bill
Despite attempts to give their state a much-needed public relations makeover, Hoosier lawmakers have fallen short in passing comprehensive protections for Indiana’s LGBT citizens. In...
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Virginia Senate committee approves nondiscrimination bills
A Virginia Senate committee has approved two measures that would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in public employment and housing, with both bills earning bipartisan support as...
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Illinois GOP congressional duo backing Equality Act
A pair of congressional Republicans up for re-election in blue-state Illinois have signed on as co-sponsors to the Equality Act, becoming the first members of...
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Court: N.Y. farm owners discriminated against lesbian couple
A New York court last week ruled that the owners of a farm used as a wedding venue violated the state’s nondiscrimination law when they...
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Montana governor issues trans-inclusive nondiscrimination order
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) on Monday issued an executive order extending nondiscrimination protections to state employees and state contractors based on sexual orientation and...
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Indiana’s Mike Pence attacked for “punting” on nondiscrimination law
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has attacked Gov. Mike Pence (R) for failing to call for the passage of LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections in his State...
