Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "nondiscrimination"

  • O’Malley Signs Transgender Rights Bill

    Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) on Thursday, May 15 signed into law a bill prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in...

  • Squabble over Signature Gatherers

    Two Maryland transgender-rights groups have begun expressing disagreement about how best to respond to anti-equality activists who are collecting petition signatures to place recently passed statewide gender-identity/expression...

  • Maryland Gender-Identity Bill Enters Round 8

    Marking the eighth year in a row for the effort, LGBT-rights advocates testified Tuesday before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in favor of a...

  • Hyattsville, Md., Passes Human Rights Act

    The Hyattsville City, Md., Council voted 9-0 Monday to approve the Hyattsville Human Rights Act, a bill that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing and public...

  • LGBT Strategy To Stay the Course in Richmond

    LGBT allies and advocates in Virginia say they are committed to permanently banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public employment and...

  • HRC Gives Top Marks to Area Health Care Providers

    Washington-area hospitals and medical centers are at the forefront providing LGBT-competent patient service and care, according to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 2013 Healthcare...

  • Gender Rights Maryland Praises ACA Implementation

    Gender Rights Maryland, the local transgender advocacy and civil rights organization for the Free State, issued a press release Thursday praising the progress made in...

  • LGBT Issues Rising in Virginia AG Race

    State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), the Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Virginia, has launched an LGBT-rights offensive against his GOP opponent, state...

  • Virginia Supermajority Oppose Discrimination

    A supermajority of Virginians believe employers should not be able to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation, according to poll data released May...

  • Maryland Gender-Identity Bill Killed

    The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee failed Thursday to pass SB 449, the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2013, which would have prohibited discrimination...

  • Lay of the Legislative Land

    Equality Virginia last month released a scorecard listing where Virginia legislators stand when it comes to anti-LGBT discrimination. Among the specific items on which legislators...

  • Setting the Richmond Stage

    LGBT rights groups, led by Equality Virginia, the largest such group in the state, are rallying around an antidiscrimination bill ahead of the 2013 legislative...