HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania State Senate has voted to advance a discriminatory anti-transgender amendment to the re-authorization of the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Introduced by State Senator Don White, the amendment would cut transition-related surgical services for transgender youth out of the program. HB1338 passed the Senate by a 37-13 vote and…
Yesterday, voters in Dallas approved nondiscrimination protections for LGBT city employees to the City Charter. The city charter amendment, which includes sexual orientation and gender identity, was passed by 77 percent of voters, according to Lone Star Q. Dallas received 81 on HRC’s 2013 Municipality Equality Index (MEI). The MEI examines the laws, policies and…
Israel’s Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is planning to promote an amendment to the Inheritance Law that would allow same-sex partners to be each others’ heirs when the Knesset reconvenes for its summer session May 11, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Love is love, and a family is a family, and it’s inconceivable that the law allows for institutional…
