State Equality Index

HRC highlights California LGBTQ protections, laws and legislative proposals in new national report

Steve Lee, Editor8 years ago8 years ago09 mins

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the Equality Federation, today released its third annual national report assessing the status of state legislation affecting LGBTQ equality across America, including in California. HRC’s State Equality Index reveals that in many states opponents of equality are ramping up efforts to sanction discrimination against…

LGBT groups launch campaign to highlight need to update state nondiscrimination laws

Steve Lee, Editor10 years ago10 years ago05 mins

Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people (206+ million) and their families live in a state that still needs to update or clarify its laws to include protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Yesterday, Equality Federation, alongside 30 statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) groups from Georgia Equality to…

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HRC highlights California LGBTQ protections, laws and legislative proposals in new national report

LGBT groups launch campaign to highlight need to update state nondiscrimination laws