All posts tagged "LGBTQ protections"
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Right-Wing “Project 2025” Seeks to Eradicate LGBTQ Protections
"Project 2025," a proposed plan for a future Republican administration, calls for erasure of LGBTQ legal protections and trans visibility.
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Anti-Gay Website Designer
Court's 6-3 majority rules that Colorado's LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination law infringes on wedding website designer's First Amendment rights.
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LGBTQ Advocates React to Equality Act Reintroduction
LGBTQ advocates praised the reintroduction of the Equality Act and are urging federal lawmakers to pass the bill as soon as possible.
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Michigan Passes LGBTQ-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Bill
Michigan Democrats, now in power for the first time in four decades, amend the state's nondiscrimination law to include LGBTQ protections.
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TikTok updates guidelines to rout out anti-LGBTQ content
TikTok has updated its community guidelines to root out hostile ant-LGBTQ behavior and content, including misgendering and deadnaming.
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North Carolina Democratic congressional candidate apologizes for voting for anti-trans “bathroom bill”
A conservative Democrat running for Congress in North Carolina has apologized for supporting of HB 2, the state's infamous "bathroom bill."
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Charlotte City Council Republican proposes new LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance
Charlotte City Council member Tariq Bokhari has proposed a "conservative" approach to protecting LGBTQ residents from discrimination.
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Trans teen urges Senate to pass Equality Act, Republicans call it a threat to women
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on the Equality Act offered a glimpse of divergent views on the landmark LGBTQ rights bill.
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South Carolina lawmakers strip LGBTQ protections from hate crimes bill
Republicans say explicitly mentioning LGBTQ protections will endanger the bill's passage in a GOP-led legislature.
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U.S. House Democrats introduce bill ensuring religious freedom laws can’t be used to discriminate
Bill seeks to clarify that 'religious freedom' does not justify denial of services to LGBTQ people and others
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Three North Carolina cities pass LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances
Pro-LGBTQ laws are the first passed since a 2017 moratorium imposed as part of repealing the HB 2 "bathroom bill"
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Virginia Democrats introduce ban on gay and trans panic defense
Separate bill also ensures LGBTQ victims of crime can receive justice
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Texas social workers will no longer be allowed to turn away LGBTQ clients
Gov. Greg Abbott had requested religious exemptions for social workers with beliefs opposing homosexuality
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“Big Three” automakers back campaign to add LGBTQ protections to Michigan’s civil rights law
Organizers hope support from major auto companies will boost the number of voter signatures they can collect
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Virginia governor signs LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections into law
Law's protections for LGBTQ people, as well as pregnant people and veterans, will go into effect on July 1
