All posts tagged "mark takano"
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Congressional Democrats Reintroduce the Equality Act
Congressional Democrats have reintroduced the Equality Act, a bill aimed at outlawing anti-LGBTQ discrimination across the United States.
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President Biden Recognizes LGBTQ Pride Month
The White House and several other government leaders have recognized June as Pride Month at a time when the LGBTQ community is under attack.
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U.S. House Bans Trans Athletes from Women’s Sports
On Thursday, the Republican-led U.S, House of Representatives passed a bill seeking to prohibit transgender women and girls from competing in female-designated athletic activities. The...
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LGBTQ Groups React to Pelosi Stepping Down
LGBTQ groups offered praise and accolades for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who announced on Thursday that she would remain in Congress but would step down...
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Equality PAC Urges Voters to Back LGBTQ Candidates for Congress
A congressional LGBTQ political action committee is urging voters to elect or re-elect 16 LGBTQ people seeking seats in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday. Equality...
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Democrats Introduce a “Trans Bill of Rights”
The bill will attempt to codify a Supreme Court decision that established employee protections for gay and transgender workers.
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Historic number of LGBTQ people sworn into Congress
Newly sworn Congress elects LGBTQ ally and Equality Act supporter Nancy Pelosi as Speaker
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2018 Elections: Number of LGBTQ Congressmembers rises to 9
Sharice Davids of Kansas made history as the first LGBTQ Native American woman elected to Congress
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National Coming Out Day celebrates its 30th anniversary
Celebrities, politicians, and LGBTQ organizations showed their support for the LGBTQ community
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Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus grows to 102 members
The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus has announced that its ranks have grown to 102 for the 115th Congress, which serves through January 2019. The caucus,...
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Gay political action committee endorses Clinton for president
Equality PAC nod continues Clinton's trend of wrapping up support from establishment figures
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DNC LGBT-themed web ad calls on Senate to fill Scalia’s seat
There’s nothing quite like election-year squabbling between the major parties, particularly when a Supreme Court seat hangs in the balance. Faced with a Republican-controlled Senate,...
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Veterans’ Affairs committee rejects LGBT amendments
Titus amendment would have eliminated statutory language defining a "spouse" as "of the opposite sex"
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Obama declares marriage equality a “civil right” in historic State of the Union
President Obama described same-sex couples’ right to marry as a “civil right” during his State of the Union address.
