November 23, 2024
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Texas House successfully halts anti-trans legislation by ending Gov. Abbott’s ‘Special Discrimination Session’

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

The Texas House of Representatives has ended Gov. Greg Abbott’s “special discrimination session” and halted any attempt to pass anti-transgender legislation at the Texas Capitol. After massive backlash by Texans and business leaders, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, Gov. Abbott’s hope to sign a so-called “bathroom bill” in this special session was defeated. Possible anti-trans…

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Texas and American business leaders call for Gov. Abbott to reject his ‘Special Discrimination Session’ agenda

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

Massive opposition to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s “special discrimination session” agenda targeting transgender Texans, including legislation that would bar them from public accommodations in accordance with their gender identity is mounting. This anti-LGBTQ agenda is opposed by the majority of Texans and has been vocally rejected by more than 50 Fortune 500 companies. Estimates show that, if passed, the so-called…

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Texas Senate approves anti-transgender bill

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 3, a bill that would bar transgender or gender non-conforming Texans from access to restrooms and students from participating in athletics in accordance with their gender identity. SB 3 also prevents political subdivisions from the adoption or enforcement of pro-LGBTQ discrimination protections already in federal…

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President Obama: NC and Mississippi laws ‘are wrong and should be overturned’

Steve Lee, Editor13 mins

President Barrack Obama spoke at a press conference in London Friday calling the recent laws passed in North Carolina and Mississippi “wrong” and that they “should be overturned.” Speaking alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron on his fifth visit to the U.K., President Obama was responding to a journalist who asked him to comment on…

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New study shows inconsistent marriage laws impose significant financial burden

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

SAN FRANCISCO — Today Freedom to Marry and Out & Equal Workplace Advocates released a new report estimating that the remaining patchwork of marriage laws for same-sex couples across the United States costs businesses in the private sector $1.3 billion every year. Over the next five years, the private sector is expected to spend $6.6…

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New punitive laws aimed at curbing homosexuality proposed in Chad

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Amnesty International (AI) said Wednesday that a draft anti-homosexuality bill in the Republic of Chad, a landlocked country in Central Africa, will represent a major step backwards for human rights in the country if passed into law. The proposed amendment to the penal code would criminalize same-sex conduct in Chad, carrying the threat of jail…

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