April 22, 2025
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Second Mississippi city passes major LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

MAGNOLIA, Miss. — Thursday, the Magnolia, Miss., Board of Aldermen unanimously enacted a city-wide non-discrimination protections that included sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, public accommodations and employment. The ordinance also includes a new LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes provision. Magnolia is now the second city in Mississippi to pass a fully-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance, joining Jackson,…

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Ben Carson’s HUD starts rolling back housing protections for LGBTQ people

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) issued two notices announcing the withdrawal of proposed information collection within two areas that directly impact the LGBTQ community. Published today in the Federal Register the first withdrawal is the Implementation Phase Review of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Youth Homelessness…

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Hundreds of LGBTQ advocates from across the country storm Capitol Hill for HRC’s 2017 Lobby Day

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) held its annual spring Lobby Day, joining hundreds of HRC members and volunteers on  Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress and encourage support for issues critical to the LGBTQ community — from passing the Equality Act to opposing the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to…

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HRC calls on Congress to reject the American Health Care Act

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) sent a letter opposing the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to the Congressman Greg Walden (R-OR), the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), the…

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Utah Legislature passes bill repealing anti-LGBT state public education law

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Today, the Utah Legislature passed a bill repealing a state law prohibiting supportive discussions of “homosexuality” in public and charter school curricula and classrooms. The legislation passed with bipartisan support by a 27-1 vote in the Senate and a 68- 1 vote in the House. The bill now goes to…

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Affordable Housing Funding Bill moves forward

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

SACRAMENTO, Calif., – The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee today approved Assembly Bill (AB) 71, a measure authored by Assemblymember David Chiu (D – San Francisco) that will create an ongoing, permanent state funding source for affordable housing by eliminating the state mortgage interest deduction on vacation homes. The bill received aye votes from…

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40 organizations protest in front of White House on International Women’s Day

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today,  the National LGBTQ Task Force joined 40 national organizations in taking part in a protest in front of the White House against President Donald Trump’s global gag rule. Trump’s global gag rule, one of the first actions he took as president, is a massive expansion  of a failed policy that prohibits non-U.S. organizations…

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On International Women’s Day UNAIDS is urging countries to stop 1 million women and girls from becoming infected with HIV every year

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

GENEVA— Today, on International Women’s Day UNAIDS has released a new report which shows that there is an urgent need to scale up HIV prevention and treatment services for women and girls. The report, When women lead, change happens, shows that globally in 2015, there were 18.6 million women and girls living with HIV, 1…

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Kentucky Legislature sends anti-LGBTQ SB 17 to governor’s desk

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

FRANKFORT, Kentucky —  An anti-LGBT bill has passed the Kentucky House in an 81 to 8 vote after passing through the Senate last month. SB 17, is a bill that would, among other things, allow student groups at colleges, universities, and high schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called…

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