All posts tagged "legislation"
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2016: The Year in Review
From the tragic shooting at Pulse to the tragic election of President Donald Trump, we take stock of the year just ended
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Illinois GOP congressional duo backing Equality Act
A pair of congressional Republicans up for re-election in blue-state Illinois have signed on as co-sponsors to the Equality Act, becoming the first members of...
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ACLU warns of coming wave of “religious exemption” bills
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning that social conservatives and anti-LGBT advocates could be intending to push laws and policies that would legalize discrimination...
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Dallas bans trans discrimination
Dallas City Council has unanimously voted to protect its transgender residents
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North Carolina legislature passes anti-gay marriage measure
The North Carolina legislature on Thursday approved a bill that would allow state officials to recuse themselves from providing marriage licenses or performing marriage ceremonies for...
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Laramie passes nondiscrimination laws 17 years after Matthew Shepard’s death
–Jeran Artery, head of Wyoming Equality, speaking with the Associated Press after Laramie City Council approved a law designed to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination....
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Utah approves Mormon-backed LGBT nondiscrimination bill
Utah to become latest state to protect LGBT people from discrimination in employment and housing
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Of Recalls and Coal Rollers
U.S. Senator proposes prison time for automakers and New Jersey lawmaker declares war on exhaust bandits
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Virginia's 2014 Session Setbacks
As Virginia's 2014 legislative session comes to close, activists are taking stock. Equality Virginia, the commonwealth's major LGBT-rights organization, came into this year's legislative session...
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Maryland Delegates Mizeur, Mitchell to Co-Host Town Hall Jan. 19 on Marriage Equality
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery County) announced she is partnering with Del. Keiffer Mitchell, Jr. (D-Baltimore City) to co-host a town hall meeting on marriage equality,...
