Over the last 24 hours, mayors and councilmembers of major U.S. cities have reaffirmed their bans on taxpayer funded travel to North Carolina in light of the sham “deal” on HB2 announced last Wednesday. These statements come as the NCAA weighs whether to reinstate future championship games in North Carolina, and as major national and…
RALEIGH, N.C. — The NCAA Board of Governors announced today that it will again consider bids to host championship events in North Carolina despite the fact that North Carolina has replaced HB2 with a new law that continues to bar protections for LGBT people and ensures that transgender people do not have clear access to…
WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC released the following statements in light of the NCAA decision to consider North Carolina for championship games, despite the discrimination against LGBTQ people that remains enshrined in state law. “The NCAA’s decision to backtrack on their vow to protect LGBTQ players, employees and fans…
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo instructed the Port Authority to light the One World Trade Center spire in the colors of transgender pride (blue, pink, and white) for the very first time March 31 — the International Transgender Day of Visibility. Cuomo tweeted: “Tonight @OneWTC shines in honor of #TDOV and for the rights,…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a legal motion today to defend the Boyertown Area School District’s practice of allowing students to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. The motion to intervene in the case was submitted in a federal lawsuit that is seeking to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the governors of the first four states to have regulated cannabis sales for all adults sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, urging the Trump Administration to maintain existing policies related to the enforcement of federal marijuana laws. In addition to providing justifications for maintaining existing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) led 86 Members of Congress in sending a bicameral letter to the U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney, expressing strong disapproval of the Census Bureau’s decision to…
A 20-year-old motorist will be sentenced April 17 after he pleaded guilty to hit and run in the death of an 81-year-old retired attorney who was killed Feb. 13 walking his two small dogs in National City. Robert Turner Gustafson, 81, worked as an attorney for 54 years and was a public defender with an…
WASHINGTON – On the eve of Transgender Day of Visibility, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Senate President Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore attempted to pass off to the public an egregious so-called “deal” that doubles down on the state’s HB2-like discrimination against LGBTQ people — particularly transgender people. Over the past several days,…
Gilbert Baker, the openly gay artist and civil rights activist who designed the rainbow flag has died at the age of 65. Fellow activist and friend, Cleve Jones broke the news in a tweet writing, “My dearest friend in the world is gone. Gilbert Baker gave the world the Rainbow Flag; he gave me forty…
