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June 16, 2017

U.S. Department of Commerce excludes sexual orientation and gender identity in their 2017 Equal Employment Opportunity statement

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Commerce has excluded sexual orientation and gender identity in their 2017 Equal Employment Opportunity statement. Thursday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross emailed a statement to department employees outlining the agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, which read: “The Department of Commerce does not tolerate behavior, harassment, discrimination or prejudice based on…

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GLAAD releases background information on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ record of anti-LGBTQ activism

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

NEW YORK – GLAAD today released research on Alex Jones, the founder of the debunked InfoWars Web site, who will appear on the next episode of NBC’s “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.” Jones is known for falsely calling the Sandy Hook massacre a “giant hoax” and claiming the Aurora mass shooting was a “false flag,”…

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Texas governor signs discrimination into law

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

AUSTIN, Texas — Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 3859 into law  — a patently discriminatory bill which allows child welfare organizations, including adoption and foster care agencies, to turn away qualified Texans seeking to care for a child in need, including LGBTQ couples, interfaith couples, single parents, married couples in which one prospective…

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Lambda Legal announces DC office, ambitious campaign to thwart Trump attacks on LGBT rights

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Lambda Legal officially announced the opening of its first-ever Washington office at an annual event hosted at the Newseum, and previewed ambitious plans for its soon-to- launch $100 million campaign effort to oppose and derail escalating attempts by the Trump Administration to unravel LGBT rights. The Washington office is being led…

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