Tuesday, July 21, 2026
HRC releases 2018 Buyer’s Guide just in time for holiday shopping season
LGBT Congressional Staff Association joins call for action to address sexual harassment
Jeff Sessions joins anti-LGBTQ Heritage Foundation in a closed door meeting
Fourth annual Truth Awards to honor and recognize African Americans in the LGBTQ community

LGBT Weekly

HRC releases 2018 Buyer’s Guide just in time for holiday shopping season
LGBT Congressional Staff Association joins call for action to address sexual harassment
Jeff Sessions joins anti-LGBTQ Heritage Foundation in a closed door meeting
Fourth annual Truth Awards to honor and recognize African Americans in the LGBTQ community

LGBT Weekly

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HRC releases 2018 Buyer’s Guide just in time for holiday shopping season

LGBT Congressional Staff Association joins call for action to address sexual harassment

Jeff Sessions joins anti-LGBTQ Heritage Foundation in a closed door meeting

Fourth annual Truth Awards to honor and recognize African Americans in the LGBTQ community

Sen. Toni Atkins to become first woman to lead California Senate

HRC joins allies to demand a clean DREAM Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin honored with Jose Julio Sarria Civil Rights Award

The Studio Door’s latest exhibition to focus on local emerging and professional artists

Civil and Human Rights Coalition speaks out on US failure to address misconduct by law enforcement officers

Australian Parliament legalizes marriage equality

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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issues statement condemning recent state laws and pending proposals targeting the LGBT community

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today issued a statement regarding recent state laws passed, and proposals being considered, in the states of North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kansas. The full statement follows: The United States Commission on Civil Rights strongly condemns recent state laws passed, and proposals being considered, under the guise…

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22k+ demand Kansas reject bills discriminating against trans students

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

KANSAS — A Care2 petition with over 22,000 signatures is demanding the Kansas legislature reject two bills that would penalize transgender students for using a bathroom that does not correspond with their physical anatomy. The “Student Physical Privacy Act” would allow public school and university students who believe the law isn’t being enforced to sue…

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Kansas teacher asked to resign after showing anti-bullying movie (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

https://youtu.be/CnOJgDW0gPI A Kansas teacher has been asked to resign after showing his students an anti-bullying film. Tom Leahy, a social studies teacher at Conway Springs Middle School, showed his students the 2011 short movie Love is All You Need, an anti-bullying film that depicts a fictional world in which heterosexual children are bullied by homosexual…

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Kansas Gov. Brownback issues anti-LGBT executive order

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback today issued Executive Order 15-05, “Preservation and Protection of Religious Freedom,” protecting the religious freedom of Kansas clergy and religious organizations. EO 15-05 prohibits state government from taking any discriminatory action against any “individual clergy or religious leader,” or any “religious organization” that chooses not to participate in a marriage that…

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Kansas same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional

Steve Lee, Editor01 mins

A federal judge today ruled against the ban on same-sex marriage in Kansas. The Washington Blade reports that U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree, an Obama appointee, issued a preliminary injunction against the enforcement on Kansas law prohibiting of marriage rights for same-sex couples. The injunction is warranted, Crabtree writes, because of legal precedent and because…

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Top Romney adviser compares LGBT people to drug users and polygamists

editor02 mins

TAMPA, Fla. – Kansas secretary of state and Mitt Romney advisor Kris Kobach has compared LGBT people to drug users and polygamists. Kobach made the remarks while debating the GOP platform’s marriage equality language yesterday in Tampa. While arguing against an amendment, introduced by Pat Kerby – a Republican National Convention delegate from Nevada –…

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