All posts tagged "repeal"
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Massachusetts Senate Passes Bill for Anti-Sodomy Law Repeal
The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill to repeal an anti-sodomy law criminalizing same-sex intimacy and other outdated "morality" laws.
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California Repeals Travel Ban to Anti-LGBTQ States
The bill repeals a ban on state-funded travel, replacing it with pro-equality marketing campaigns in states with anti-LGBTQ laws.
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California Voters Have a Chance to Repeal Prop 8
A proposed constitutional amendment would repeal the ban on same-sex marriage and declare marriage a "fundamental right."
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Singapore Repeals Ban on Same-Sex Intimacy
Singapore’s parliament voted earlier this week to decriminalize same-sex intimacy, but amended the country’s constitution to prevent same-sex marriages from ever being recognized as legally...
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Pentagon Report: Fears of Out LGB Military Members Were Unfounded
An overlooked Pentagon report issued last year by the Joint Chiefs of Staff has debunked decades-old claims that integrating out LGBTQ soldiers into the ranks...
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Biden administration: LGBTQ military veterans discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to receive full benefits
Ten years after the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the VA will allow discharged LGBTQ military veterans to recoup the benefits they lost.
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Virginia House repeals constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
Vote is only the first step in a more complicated process to repeal anti-gay amendment
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San Francisco lifts its decades-long ban on gay bathhouses
Establishments will be allowed to have private rooms, but must provide free safe-sex materials and wash-up facilities
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Transgender service members react to repeal of Trump military ban
Transgender recruits and enlisted members look forward to serving without fear of being discharged for who they are.
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Nancy Pelosi honored for pushing to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
President-elect Joe Biden calls House Speaker "an American treasure," praises her commitment to equal rights
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New Jersey mayor calls teaching LGBTQ history in schools “absurdity”
A New Jersey township mayor has launched a campaign to repeal a law requiring schools to teach the contributions of LGBTQ people as part of...
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D.C. Council approves initial vote to repeal Initiative 77, the tipped hourly wage increase
On Tuesday, the D.C. Council preliminarily approved a measure to repeal the voter-approved Initiative 77, which sought to raise tipped workers’ hourly wages to $15...
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Federal court says HB 2 “repeal” law doesn’t bar transgender people from public facilities
Ruling allows plaintiffs to move challenge law's restrictions on local nondiscrimination ordinances
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D.C. Council introduces bill to repeal Initiative 77 and keep tipped wage system intact
Supporters and opponents of I-77 dig in their heels, but Councilmember Mary Cheh says a compromise could be in the works
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Bermuda Supreme Court reverses law repealing marriage equality
Tourism industry came out strongly against the new law, which would not recognize same-sex couples as "married"
