All posts tagged "pennsylvania"
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Three more municipalities move to ban anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy
Resolutions call on lawmakers to pass statewide laws banning sexual orientation change efforts
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Transgender nursing assistant sues former employer for discrimination
Plaintiff requests that her identity not be disclosed for fear of violence and retaliation
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Lesbian couple responds to homophobic neighbors by painting house in rainbow colors
Lisa Licata and Sherry Lau were fed up with their neighbor's homophobic slurs and actions
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GOP candidate for Pa. governor says transgender people should use bathrooms matching their biological sex
Scott Wagner says biological "plumbing" should determine which bathroom people use
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Federal court reaffirms Pennsylvania school district’s pro-transgender restroom policy
But four of the 12 judges say it's still unclear whether Title IX requires schools to adopt such policies
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Bethlehem City Council approves ban on conversion therapy
The Bethlehem City Council has taken a second vote to approve a ban on conversion therapy, making the city the eighth jurisdiction in Pennsylvania to...
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Pennsylvania school board comes under fire for showing LGBTQ anti-bullying videos
A Pennsylvania school district is under fire after parents objected to a local high school airing a series of videos on LGBTQ bullying during the...
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Bethlehem, Pa., votes to ban conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth
Council is expected to take a second vote to approve ban in the next month
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Brian Sims welcomed anti-gay Mike Pence to Philadelphia with his middle finger
The gay lawmaker took issue with anti-gay and bigoted Pence visiting his district, calling Philly a city of "soaring diversity"
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Pennsylvania Republicans bemoan removal of “mother” and “father” from state birth certificates
A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers is objecting to a bureaucratic change that replaced the terms “mother” and “father” with “parent,” demanding that the state Department...
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Pennsylvania’s Children’s Health Insurance Program held hostage by anti-transgender amendment
A Pennsylvania Senate committee has tacked on an anti-transgender amendment to a bill aimed at renewing the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, through...
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Pine-Richland School District settles lawsuit over transgender bathroom policy
School board reverses policy limiting transgender students' access to facilities based on biological sex at birth
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Pennsylvania governor signs two nondiscrimination orders
As the adage goes: “If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.” In the case of Pennsylvania, since the...
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Brian Sims ending run for Congress: “Not an easy decision”
"I am so grateful for your help and support over these past few months."
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Brian Sims exploring congressional run
Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims is weighing the possibility of heading to Washington. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sims, Pennsylvania’s only openly gay lawmaker, is...
