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…
SAN DIEGO — Throughout the month of April the University of California San Diego will recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) as part of the campus’s mission to provide resources, education and support for the prevention of sexual violence. This year’s SAAM theme, “Engaging New Voices,” was established by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center…
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,…
KEY WEST, Florida Keys — The Key West community is remembering Gilbert Baker, the creator of the iconic LGBT rainbow flag, who passed last week in New York City. On June 15, 2003, at that year’s Key West PrideFest, a special 25th anniversary edition of the banner was unfurled on Duval Street. A mile-and-a-quarter in…
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…
NEW ROCHELLE, NY —A new study demonstrates that gender dysphoria in individuals with coexisting psychotic disorders can be adequately diagnosed and safely treated with gender affirming psychological, endocrine, and surgical therapies. The study is published in LGBT Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the LGBT…
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…
