February 20, 2025
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LGBT Congressional Staff Association joins call for action to address sexual harassment

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the LGBT Congressional Staff Association, Congressional Asian Pacific American Staff Association, Congressional Black Associates, Congressional Hispanic Staff Association, Congressional South Asian American Staff Association, Congressional Vegetarian Staff Association, Italian-American Congressional Staff Association, Professional Administrative Managers Staff Organization, Senate Black Legislative Staff Caucus, Senate GLASS Caucus, and Women’s Congressional Staff Association together issued the…

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Jeff Sessions joins anti-LGBTQ Heritage Foundation in a closed door meeting

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

NEW YORK – GLAAD today distributed research on the anti-LGBTQ record of the Heritage Foundation and their deep connections within the Trump Administration in response to Jeff Sessions’ closed-door drug policy roundtable with the organization. The drug policy roundtable, which will take place this morning, was announced by the Heritage Foundation on Wednesday. This Tuesday,…

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Civil and Human Rights Coalition speaks out on US failure to address misconduct by law enforcement officers

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights submitted comments to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as they held a hearing to examine the issue of extrajudicial killings by law enforcement officers, and the U.S. government’s failure to protect its people from such actions.  “Since the advent of modern policing and for…

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Australian Parliament legalizes marriage equality

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

CANBERRA — The Australian House of Representatives’ has voted overwhelmingly in favor of marriage equality legislation. The measure passed with only four votes against it. The Australian Senate previously passed the measure by a vote of 43 to 12. After the Governor-General gives the legislation official approval in a formality known as “Royal Assent,” marriage…

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HRC on Masterpiece Cakeshop case: ‘… a cynical effort to manipulate the First Amendment’

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the following statements ahead of oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case, which will be decided by next June, will either protect the fundamental equality of LGBTQ people — or it…

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HRC Equidad MX report recognizes 32 LGBT-inclusive workplaces in Mexico

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

MEXICO CITY — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with PEMEX, Mexico’s largest state-owned petroleum company, has launched the 2018 HRC Equidad MX Report, a first-of-its-kind assessment designed to increase LGBT-inclusion in workplaces across Mexico. Thirty-two major major employers earned top ratings in the inaugural report, reflecting their commitment to LGBT equality and adoption…

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Austrian Court rules to legalize marriage equality starting in 2019

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

Austria’s highest court ruled Tuesday to fully legalize marriage equality by 2019 after declaring the law restricting LGBTQ partnership to civil unions discriminatory. With this historic decision, the current restrictions on LGBTQ Austrians will be overturned on December 31, 2018 and marriage equality will be in full effect starting Jan. 1, 2019. “Today, the differentiation…

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GLAAD: Tony Perkins has no place in Masterpiece Cakeshop media coverage without his anti-LGBTQ record on full display

Steve Lee, Editor010 mins

NEW YORK – GLAAD today released research on Tony Perkins who announced he will be holding a rally and speaking to media outside the Supreme Court today during the hearing for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Perkins, who serves as the president of the Family Research Council, which the Southern Poverty Law Center…

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