Thursday, by a vote of 4 to 2 in Senate Education Committee, South Dakota moved dangerously closer to being the first state in the nation to pass a law specifically attacking transgender children. H.B. 1008 would prevent transgender youth in public schools from using restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity and would put state…
Portugal’s parliament has passed a motion overturning the presidential veto on a bill legalizing adoption by same-sex couples, reports Reuters. President Anibal Cavaco Silva will now have to sign the bill into law before his term ends in March. The motion was passed by 137 votes in the 230-seat parliament, bringing together the ruling Socialists,…
Today, South Dakota lawmakers moved forward with two more pieces of discriminatory legislation targeting LGBT South Dakotans – HB 1112 and HB 1107. Both passed through the House State Affairs committee today by a vote of 10 to 3. HB 1112 could ban transgender students from participating in athletic activities consistent with their gender identity and HB…
Today, by a vote of 58 to 10, the South Dakota House of Representatives passed discriminatory legislation targeting transgender students. Seeking to prevent transgender students in public schools from using facilities consistent with their gender identity, HB 1008 would put state law in direct conflict with the U.S. Department of Education and force public schools…
SACRAMENTO – A bill by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to protect disabled workers from on the job discrimination was approved on a unanimous, bipartisan vote by the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment Wednesday. AB 488 would eliminate an exemption for employees of sheltered workshops and rehabilitation centers with special minimum wage licenses…
SACRAMENTO —Victims of domestic violence will soon be able to gain full control of the wireless telephone accounts they share with their abusers. Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1407 by Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins, which allows telephone service providers to transfer conjoined accounts or family plans away from those who commit domestic violence….
Today, a new poll revealed Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s deeply damaged political reputation continues to decline over two months after signing into law an anti-LGBT “religious refusal” bill – a law that put LGBT Hoosiers at risk of discrimination, causing an overwhelming outcry from fair-minded people and businesses demanding the bill be fixed. As the…
SACRAMENTO—Victims of domestic violence would be able to have their wireless providers transfer their account from their abusers under a bill by Speaker Toni G. Atkins. AB 1407, which authorizes a court to direct a wireless provider to transfer services to a requesting party in domestic violence cases, passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee today unanimously…
WASHINGTON – Today, Washington, D.C. Councilmembers David Grosso and Yvette Alexander will introduce a bill that would “require continuing education for licensed health professionals on the subject of cultural competence and appropriate clinical treatment for individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, or questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity and…
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) today signed a revised version of the “religious freedom” law. “Over the past week this law has become a subject of great misunderstanding and controversy across our state and nation,” said Pence in a statement Thursday evening. “However we got here, we are where we are, and it is important…
