May 1, 2025
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New HRC report reveals unprecedented onslaught of state legislation targeting transgender Americans

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a report detailing an alarming onslaught of legislation nationwide targeting transgender people, and particularly children. An unprecedented 44 anti-transgender bills are being considered in 16 states, and the quantity of these harmful bills is as striking as their diversity: some undercut the ability of transgender people to access gender-affirming health…

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SDHDF to send representatives to U.S. capitol for AIDSWatch 2016

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

SAN DIEGO – With this year’s presidential election underway, San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) has announced that in addition to supporting local agencies and programs through grants, the organization will be partnering with the San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative to support six consumers living with HIV/AIDS through the national advocacy initiative, AIDSWatch. This is…

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Advocacy groups call on Georgia lawmakers to put a stop to discriminatory ‘First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia’

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

WASHINGTON –  The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Georgia Equality have called on House Leadership and Gov. Nathan Deal to put a stop to the so-called “First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia,” H.B. 757. The bill, which  passed the Georgia Senate Friday by a vote of 38 – 14 goes far beyond protecting the right to practice…

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Mississippi House passes ‘Religious Liberty Accommodations Act’

Steve Lee, Editor15 mins

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi House of Representatives has advanced H.B. 1523. Sponsored by House Speaker Philip Gunn, this piece of legislation will allow individuals, religious organizations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Mississippians, in some of the most important aspect of their lives, including at…

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Major child advocacy groups urge nation’s governors to reject attacks on transgender children by state legislatures

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

As South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard faces a decision on whether to veto HB 1008 – legislation that would prevent transgender students in public schools from using restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity – seven national health, education, and child advocacy groups joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in calling on Daugaard…

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‘Religious Liberty Accommodations Act’ advances in Mississippi

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

JACKSON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Mississippi, decried the decision by Mississippi lawmakers to move forward with H.B. 1523. Dubbed the “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act,” this horrific legislation would allow individuals, religious organizations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Mississippians, in some of the most…

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New polling shows a majority of Americans in all states support the Equality Act

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

New polling shows that a majority of Americans in all 50 states support a bill like the bipartisan Equality Act, which was introduced last year with an unprecedented number of original co-sponsors and would extend existing civil rights protections to LGBT people. The polling released by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute involved more than…

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EQCA sponsors two bills combating anti-LGBT discrimination

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

SACRAMENTO – Equality California (EQCA) is sponsoring two bills authored by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) that would prohibit the use of state funds to support entities that allow discrimination by creating exemptions based on religious beliefs. “I’m proud to be a voice for the LGBT community throughout the state and across the country,” Low said….

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Tennessee lawmakers advance symbolic anti-marriage equality resolution

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

A symbolic anti-equality resolution is advancing in the Tennessee State Legislature. Without debate in an entirely symbolic voice vote yesterday, the House Civil Justice Committee advanced House Joint Resolution (HJR) 529, a resolution that allows lawmakers to express their animosity for the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of nationwide marriage equality last June. “Though only…

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