All posts tagged "human rights campaign"
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Arkansas governor signs bill barring transgender athletes from competing based on their gender identity
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed a bill barring transgender athletes from competing in sports based on their gender identity.
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HRC video highlights absurdity of Republican anti-trans athlete bills
The GOP's latest target is trans athletes, but HRC is highlighting the lack of evidence to support their legislation
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Five years after passing anti-trans “bathroom bill,” North Carolina lawmakers introduce anti-trans sports bill
Almost five years to the date of the passage of the HB 2 "bathroom bill," North Carolina lawmakers are pushing an anti-trans sports bill.
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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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Police and media outlets deadnamed and misgendered North Carolina trans murder victim
Research by HRC finds that three-quarters of trans or nonbinary crime victims are often misgendered.
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Mississippi lawmakers send bill banning transgender athletes from competing to governor
Bill heads to Gov. Tate Reeves, who has previously called for banning trans athletes from women's sports
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LGBTQ advocates praise reintroduction of Equality Act
Sweeping LGBTQ rights legislation is expected to pass the House easily, but faces an uncertain fate in U.S. Senate
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Tennessee governor: Transgender athletes will “destroy women’s sports”
Proposed bill would require athletes to prove their gender identity matches the sex on their "original" birth certificates
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Biden administration will investigate housing discrimination against LGBTQ people
HUD promises various actions to combat anti-LGBTQ discrimination in housing.
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Half of US states need to achieve ‘basic LGBTQ equality’
D.C. achieved the Human Rights Campaign's highest rating on the annual State Equality Index, while 25 states scored the lowest rating
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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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LGBTQ groups praise House vote to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments
Georgia's congresswoman walks back some of her controversial comments, saying she no longer agrees with QAnon
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Man indicted for fatally shooting transgender woman in the Bronx
The victim, Alexandria Winchester, is believed to be the 44th trans person killed in 2020
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Puerto Rico governor declares 18-month “state of emergency” over gender-based violence
Order creates committee to investigate killings of women, including transgender individuals
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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
