All posts tagged "congress"
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LGBTQ advocates launch national campaign to pressure Congress to pass the Equality Act
A coalition of 16 LGBTQ organizations has launched the Freedom and Opportunity for All campaign urging passage of the Equality Act
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66 Congress members call on HHS to reverse rule allowing service providers to turn away LGBTQ people
Sixty-six members of Congress have called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reverse a Trump administration rule that allows federally-funded social...
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Lauren Boebert calls Equality Act “supremacy” for “gays, lesbians, and transvestites”
Anti-LGBTQ Colorado Republican denounced the landmark LGBTQ rights legislation in an interview with Steve Bannon
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Married lesbian minister will challenge Rep. Madison Cawthorn in 2022
Buncombe County Commissioner Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara announces her entry into the 11th Congressional District race
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Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus introduces bill to stop criminalizing people with HIV
Bill would provide incentives to states to repeal laws that impose criminal penalties for alleged HIV exposure.
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WATCH: Rep. Mark Pocan calls GOP ‘bigots’ over Equality Act opposition
Gay lawmaker said a vote against the Equality Act was "a vote for discrimination, plain and simple."
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LGBTQ advocates praise passage of Equality Act
Landmark bill would prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in multiple areas of daily life
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Here’s every Republican who voted against the Equality Act
Democrats once again find themselves mostly alone on the side of LGBTQ rights.
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WATCH: Rep. Mondaire Jones remark on the Equality Act
The freshman Democratic congressman from New York shared powerful words during the House Debate on the Equality Act.
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Mckayla Wilkes, progressive challenger to Steny Hoyer, comes out as bisexual
The woman challenging Congressman Steny Hoyer, the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, in the 2022 Democratic primary has come out publicly as...
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Heather Mizeur announces challenge to Congressman Andy Harris
Former lawmaker needs to prove she can raise money and build name recognition in a Republican-leaning district
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Liz Cheney’s office uses tired homophobic trope to attack Matt Gaetz
Amid GOP civil war, Liz Cheney spokesperson joked about Gaetz wearing makeup, saying he could "leave his beauty bag at home"
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Gay congressman threatened after introducing articles of impeachment against Trump
David Cicilline's resolution accuses President Trump of inciting the riots at the U.S. Capitol last week
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LGBTQ advocates call for Trump’s removal from office following unrest at U.S. Capitol
Despite the unrest that occurred on Wednesday afternoon after right-wing protesters overran the U.S. Capitol Building, congressional lawmakers ultimately certified the results of the 2020...
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Sean Patrick Maloney, openly gay Congressman, wants to be Democrats’ elections “quarterback” in 2022
“I think we have become a country where it’s very hard for anyone to understand that there are people who don’t already agree with them,”...
