LGBT Congressional Staff Association joins call for action to address sexual harassment

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

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

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

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

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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National LGBTQ Task Force: Masterpiece Cakeshop case could roll LGBTQ rights back a half-century

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force was out at full strength on the steps of the Supreme Court to rally for the court to uphold the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the lead up to the court hearing oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission….

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Supreme Court hears arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop case

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union appeared before the Supreme Court today in oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case that will have widespread impact on the future of anti-discrimination protection in the United States. The case centers on Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a gay couple who…

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Amida Care, NYS AIDS Institute and NYC community organizations publish ‘Hire Me! End AIDS with Jobs’

Amida Care has published a special community publication, “Hire Me! End AIDS with Jobs,” produced in partnership with Alliance for Positive Change, Alpha Workshops Studio School, Cicatelli Associates Inc., Exponents, The Fortune Society, GMHC, Housing Works, The LGBT Center, National Working Positive Coalition, NYS AIDS Institute, NYS Education Department, and Translatina Network. Improved health has allowed…

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