All posts tagged "sexual orientation"
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Virginia delegate re-introduces hate crimes reporting bill
“One of the things you learn when you get sent to Richmond is that sometimes you have to take the long view,” says Virginia Del. Rip...
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Model legislation introduced for banning conversion therapy
Whether you call it cookie-cutter politics or a paint-by-numbers approach to legislating, proponents of ending sexual orientation change efforts are offering up model legislation aimed...
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North Carolina looks to prohibit pro-LGBT ordinances
In yet another anti-LGBT move this year, lawmakers in the North Carolina House of Representatives pulled a sneak attack through an amendment that would strip...
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Hillary Clinton to address Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign announced on Tuesday that former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will address the organization and more...
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Nepal approves pro-LGBT constitution
Nepal’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that grants explicit rights to LGBT and gender-nonconforming people. The new constitution, set to take effect...
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Maryland AG issues guidance against police profiling
After months of protest over police brutality and issues surrounding racial profiling, most notably through demonstrations and riots in Baltimore following the death of Freddie...
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Trump: No one should be fired because of sexual orientation
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sounded a note that has set him apart from his fellow contenders for the GOP nomination. In an interview with...
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EEOC: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited under federal law
Ruling says sexual orientation discrimination violates Title VII prohibition on sex discrimination
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Lieu bill would classify gay conversion therapy as “fraud”
Amid an increase in public support for banning the practice conversion therapy on minors, and news this week that Oregon has become the third state...
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Jeb Bush: Gay marriage is not a constitutional right, religious discrimination is valid
Jeb Bush appeals to conservative voters in a frank interview on marriage equality
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Rubio: Sexual preferences are not a choice
Presidential candidate Rubio discusses same-sex marriage on Face the Nation
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Norton hits back at Heritage Foundation over Human Rights Amendment Act
D.C.’s non-voting delegate to the U.S. Congress slammed conservative think tank Heritage Foundation for its attempts to convince the D.C. Council to abandon plans to...
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Va. House Hate Crimes Bill Shuttled to Subcommittee
One day after their Senate counterparts rejected a bill that would have added crimes committed against people because of their real or perceived sexual orientation...
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Hate Crimes Bill Dies in Va. Senate Committee
A bill that would have added sexual orientation and gender identification to the definition of what constitutes a hate crime failed to gain the necessary...
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Ohio trans teen commits suicide, leaves tragic note
Blames her parents and the isolation they subjected her to for her death
