All posts tagged "protections"
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President Biden endorses Virginia Delegate Danica Roem for re-election
President Biden has endorsed Danica Roem, along with 20 other Democrats in key districts, ahead of Virginia's November election.
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Equality Virginia PAC to donate $50,000 to House Democrats ahead of November’s election
Equality Virginia PAC is donating $50,000 to the Virginia House of Delegates' Democratic Caucus ahead of this November's election.
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Loudoun County School Board passes policy protecting transgender students’ rights
The Loudoun County School Board approved a policy laying out guidelines for how transgender children are to be treated in schools.
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Charlotte passes LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, five years after HB 2 debacle
Charlotte's City Council has unanimously approved an LGBTQ-inclusive ordinance, becoming the 10th locality in the state to do so.
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Fairfax County School Board unanimously adopts updated policy ensuring transgender students’ rights
On Thursday evening, the Fairfax County School Board unanimously adopted an updated Student Rights and Responsibilities document that, for the first time, enumerates essential rights...
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U.S. Department of Education confirms transgender students protected by Title IX
The Department of Education has said that transgender students have the right to be protected from sex discrimination under federal law.
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Arkansas lawmakers approve “sham” bill offering vague hate crime protections after passing anti-LGBTQ bills
Arkansas lawmakers are being accused of passing a "sham" hate crimes bill to thwart criticism of their support for other anti-LGBTQ measures.
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Iowa bills would bar schools from teaching gender identity or portraying it in a positive light
Schools would have to seek parental consent, and teach about "de-transitioning" when broaching issues of gender in class
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Mississippi trans woman’s slaying leads to calls for LGBTQ hate crime protections
Jackson Police have not determined a motive for, or named any suspects in 30-year-old Dominique Jackson's murder
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Biden issues memo calling for protection of LGBTQI+ rights abroad
Memo signals Biden administration's commitment to defending LGBTQI+ people from persecution and human rights abuses
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President Biden issues executive order protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination
Executive orders seek to reverse some of the Trump administration's more controversial policy decisions
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Whitman-Walker Health and others sue Trump administration for stripping LGBTQ health care protections from ACA
Lawsuit argues that rolling back protections will harm LGBTQ people, and overly burden the organizations that serve them
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Trump administration poised to rewrite Obamacare, without LGBTQ protections
HHS has long prioritized excluding transgender people from health care nondiscrimination protections
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California inmate sentenced to death for killing his transgender cellmate
A California inmate has been sentenced to death for killing his cellmate after they had lived together for only eight hours because she was transgender....
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Philadelphia mayor signs three bills protecting transgender and nonbinary residents
Bills protect trans and nonbinary youth from discrimination and provide for gender-neutral restrooms in city buildings
