All posts tagged "penalties"
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United Methodist Church Lifts 40-Year Ban on LGBTQ Clergy
The United Methodist Church's steps toward LGBTQ inclusion may prompt its more conservative congregations to disaffiliate from the religion.
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High School Fined $16,500 for “Breaking” Transgender Athlete Law
The Florida High School Athletic Association penalized Monarch High for allowing a transgender girl to play on its girls' volleyball team.
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Florida Colleges to Fire Employees Who Use Gender-Affirming Restrooms
The Florida State Board of Education unanimously voted earlier this week impose harsher penalties for transgender student and staff at state colleges who are found...
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Ugandan Law Criminalizes People Who Identify as LGBTQ and their Allies
Ugandan lawmakers have passed a bill that would not only imprison out LGBTQ people, but those who support them or spread pro-LGBTQ messages.
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Uganda Pushes Hateful Bill Targeting LGBTQ Citizens and Supporters
A new bill introduced in Uganda seeks harsher penalties for homosexuality, and criminalizes those who "promote" LGBTQ visibility.
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Anti-Drag Bill Might Force ‘Miss Gay America’ Out of Arkansas
A bill declaring venues with drag performances to be "adult-oriented businesses" could force the Miss Gay America Pageant to leave Arkansas.
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West Virginia Could Criminalize Trans Visibility
LGBTQ advocates claim a pair of West Virginia bills seeking to protect children from obscene content could punish transgender visibility.
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Teachers Could Lose Licenses for Violating “Don’t Say Gay” Law
On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Education adopted a rule that would yank licenses from teachers found to have addressed subject matter related to LGBTQ...
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Tennessee Forces Schools To Police Student-Athletes’ Gender
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law that strips funding from schools that fail to verify student-athletes' assigned sex at birth.
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Lawmakers in Senegal reject bill to double penalties for same-sex relations
Lawmakers in Senegal rejected a bill that would have doubled the penalties for those convicted of engaging in same-sex relations.
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Nellie’s faces $5,000 fine and suspension for June incident
Nellie's faces $5,000 fine and 7-day suspension for Pride Weekend incident.
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Louisiana governor opposes bans on trans athletes and transition-related health care for youth
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has come out in opposition to three proposed bills targeting trans athletes and health care for trans youth.
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North Carolina Senate president says there will be no vote to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth
North Carolina Senate President Phil Berger says he will not hold a vote on a bill banning trans youth from receiving gender-affirming care.
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LGBTQ students from faith-based colleges sue Education Department for discrimination
Several dozen LGBTQ students and alumni have sued the Education Department over Title IX exemptions for religiously affiliated colleges.
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Minnesota bill would impose criminal penalties on transgender athletes
A proposed bill in Minnesota that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports would impose criminal penalties on trans female student-athletes who...
