All posts tagged "LGBTQ rights"
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Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, longtime LGBTQ ally, dies at 88
U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-New York) died on Friday morning after being hospitalized for a fall at her Washington, D.C. residence last week. The 88-year-old...
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NCLR’s Kate Kendell on retiring: “I have felt privileged every day to do this work”
On Thursday, Kate Kendell, the executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, announced she would be stepping down after 22 years with the...
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Lesbian Super PAC endorses straight woman in Illinois Democratic primary
LPAC, the country’s only lesbian political action committee, has endorsed a straight woman from Illinois for a seat in Congress. LPAC has thrown its support...
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VIDEOS: HRC ad campaign aims to foster tolerance of LGBTQ Southerners
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released two ads that will air in Mississippi designed to familiarize people with fellow Southerners who belong to the...
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Lebanese political party vows to decriminalize gay sex acts
A major political party in Lebanon has announced that one of its top priorities going forward will be advocating for the decriminalization of same-sex consensual...
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Trump appoints anti-gay Pompeo to head State Dept.
Trump fires Tillerson and announces anti-gay CIA chief Pompeo as his replacement
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Progressive coalition rallies at Supreme Court to protest Trump judicial nominees
On Tuesday, a coalition of progressive groups held a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court calling on U.S. senators to oppose the nominations...
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Mike Huckabee blames “the left” for loss of CMA Foundation board seat
Former presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is blaming “the left” for forcing him to resign from the board of the Country Music Association...
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Colorado GOP lawmakers withhold funding from state’s Civil Rights Commission
Advocates accuse GOP of punishing commission for siding with same-sex couple in Masterpiece Cakeshop case
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Norton introduces bill to protect LGBTQ rights from congressional meddling
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s non-voting delegate to Congress, has introduced a bill to protect D.C.’s LGBTQ rights and reproductive freedom laws...
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Turkish LGBTQ activist released from jail, but will continue to be prosecuted
The circumstances surrounding Ali Erol's arrest and the charges against him remain shrouded in mystery
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HRC endorses Kirsten Gillibrand for re-election in 2018 midterms
The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) for re-election this year, noting her perfect 100 rating on the organization’s Congressional Scorecard...
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Prominent LGBTQ activist in Turkey arrested at his home in Ankara
Ali Erol, a prominent Turkish LGBTQ activist, was arrested and detained in his home in Ankara on Friday, Feb. 2, according to human rights observers....
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HRC endorses New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for re-election
Longtime LGBTQ ally will also speak at HRC's New York gala on Feb. 3
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Trump’s State of the Union speech omits mention of LGBTQ rights
President Trump carefully avoided any mention of the LGBTQ community as he reflected on his first year in office in his State of the Union...
