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W.Va. Senate to consider adding sexual orientation to Human Rights Act
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Jeffrey Kessler expects to introduce a bill by the end of the week that would prohibit firing or evicting anyone on the basis of their sexual orientation.
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Royal Oak, Mich., passes LGBT and HIV-inclusive Human Rights Ordinance
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The city commission in Royal Oak, Mich., a suburban Detroit municipality, on Monday approved an ordinance prohibiting discrimination against LGBT and HIV positive residents in the areas of housing and employment.
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Tiny Ky. town with gay rights ordinance fielding reality TV offers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A southeastern Kentucky town that attracted national attention when it adopted a gay rights ordinance is getting offers for a reality-based television show.
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Phoenix approves LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination law
PHOENIX — The Phoenix City Council on Tuesday evening approved a measure to expand the city’s anti-discrimination law to include protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in city contracts, housing, employment and public accommodations such as restaurants.
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Va.’s generally embarrassing assembly and treatment of the LGBT community
As an ally I find it difficult to believe how minimum and ironic the current Virginia government’s treatment of the LGBT community really is. Whether it is Virginia Delegate C. Todd Gilbert’s refusal to acknowledge LGBT oppression; another country’s use of a Virginia landmark civil rights case; or the failure of the House to even hear an amendment which would have given hope to same-sex marriages in the state. Delegates in Virginia have a lot to learn about human rights.
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Alaska lawmaker introduces bill to bar sexual orientation discrimination
JUNEAU, Alaska — House Minority Leader Beth Kerttula has introduced a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of traits that businesses, unions and landlords cannot discriminate.
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North Dakota state Senate kills bill to prohibit discrimination against gays
BISMARCK, N.D. — Lawmakers in the North Dakota state Senate had killed a bill that would have given gay and lesbian residents protections in the areas in the areas of housing, government, public services and the workplace.
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Phoenix to consider expanding anti-bias law to include LGBT residents
PHOENIX — The Phoenix city council is expected to vote this month on whether to expand the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance to prohibit discrimination against its LGBT residents.
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Bill protecting Virginia LGBT state employees killed in House subcommittee
RICHMOND, Va. – A measure to protect Virginia’s LGBT state employees from workplace discrimination, was killed by a state House subcommittee on Tuesday.
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North Dakota lawmakers consider bill to prohibit anti-gay discrimination
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota legislators are considering a bill that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, government, public services and the workplace.