November 23, 2024
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Indiana

Over 50 Notre Dame graduates walk out during Vice President Pence’s commencement address to protest Pence’s anti-LGBTQ history

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

More than 50 graduates of Notre Dame University in Indiana participated in a walkout protest during Vice President and former Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s commencement address Sunday. The students cited his history of anti-LGBTQ actions including passage of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 2015, which legalized discrimination against LGBTQ people and families. Video…

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GMCLA teaches young LGBT Hoosiers that it does indeed get better

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

INDIANAPOLIS – As Indiana’s GOP-led Senate Rules Committee once again moved to advance anti-LGBT legislation this week, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) is at the heart of the Hoosier State bringing its message of hope and inclusiveness to LGBTQ youth. Through its “It Gets Better” tour, GMCLA, in collaboration with the It…

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Non-discrimination bill advances in Indiana Legislature with religious refusal language incorporated

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

Last night the Indiana Senate Rules & Legislative Procedure Committee voted to advance legislation that would  exclude any and all protections for transgender Hoosiers, would undermine existing protections for race and religion and would remove the authority of municipalities to pass any new, fully inclusive LGBT non-discrimination protections at the local level. In addition, the…

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Indiana’s ‘Super-RFRA’ dies in committee

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Indiana’s Senate Bill 66 – an anti-LGBT “Super RFRA” that would create sweeping exemptions encouraging people to pick and choose which laws they’re going to follow, has reportedly died in committee. The proposal would have allowed anyone who claims a religious exemption the right to discriminate against LGBT Hoosiers, visitors and other minorities. The legislation…

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New survey reveals Indiana lost at least $60 million due to RFRA fight last year

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

A brand new survey from Visit Indy is set to be released on Thursday that shows Indiana lost as much as $60 million in convention revenue alone because of last year’s disastrous and divisive Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) fight. As reported by the Associated Press late last night, “12 out-of-state groups were surveyed and…

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HRC calls on Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to support LGBT non-discrimination protections in his state of the state address

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) urged Indiana Governor Mike Pence to join the overwhelming majority of Hoosiers and endorse fully-inclusive non-discrimination protections for all LGBT people in Indiana during his State of the State address tomorrow night. In the year since Gov. Pence threw Indiana into chaos by signing a law allowing…

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Equality Federation: Indiana Nondiscrimination Bill ‘a cynical piece of legislation that would promote and codify discrimination’

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

Equality Federation is concerned Indiana’s Senate Bill 100, introduced by Senate Republicans, would not cover many Hoosiers from discrimination. While the authors are framing the bill as nondiscrimination legislation, it includes broad exemptions allowing discrimination by a host of organizations and businesses. The bill discourages people from filing discrimination complaints and would preempt many towns…

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Newly released emails reveal damage Mike Pence’s anti-LGBT RFRA law had on Indiana’s economic climate

Steve Lee, Editor09 mins

Emails just released by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) reveal the tremendous damage Gov. Mike Pence’s anti-LGBT “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) inflicted on Indiana’s economic climate. In light of the fact that there is still no law in Indiana at the state level protecting LGBT Hoosiers from unjust discrimination, the emails reveal the…

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New poll shows Indiana Gov. Pence’s re-election on the ropes because of anti-LGBT legislation

Steve Lee, Editor13 mins

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…

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