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Human Rights Campaign “amicably resolves” former leader’s lawsuit accusing it of racism
HRC’s former president Alphonso David had accused HRC of underpaying, belittling, and firing him for being Black.
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HRC announces Kelley Robinson as new president
She will be the organization’s first Black woman president.
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The Human Rights Campaign is imploding when it couldn’t be needed more
As HRC’s former president fights to salvage his reputation and prove he was treated differently because he is Black, activists and former employees tell LGBTQ Nation the inside story.
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Alphonso David alleges racist treatment at the Human Rights Campaign in post-firing interview
“We can’t apply transparency only to white people,” David told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart.
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The Human Rights Campaign just fired its president Alphonso David
David was fired for allegedly working to discredit a sexual harassment accuser of New York’s former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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Alphonso David says HRC’s investigation clears him of wrongdoing but some still want him out
David says some in his own organization want him to leave, without the release of a report on his conduct alongside his former boss, Andrew Cuomo, because they now consider him a “distraction.”
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Human Rights Campaign launches investigation into leader over his role in Andrew Cuomo’s scandal
Alphonso David claims that his former boss and co-workers “tried to use me,” but the Human Rights Campaign is now investigating to determine his future.
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Lesbian Attorney General says she won’t accept HRC’s donations until the group’s president resigns
Alphonso David called on his former boss New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign this week, but now there are calls for David to step down too.
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Parents sue Tennessee for discriminating against trans students
One trans student avoids drinking water at school to avoid the bathroom entirely and then runs home. The lawsuit says that’s denying him equal educational opportunities.
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Ohio governor signs bill with exemption that could allow doctors to refuse LGBTQ patients
A religious exemption that could allow health care professionals and insurers to refuse care was inserted into an over 2000-page bill signed this past week. LGBTQ and women’s rights advocates are sounding the alarm.
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Louisiana Governor vetoes bill banning transgender girls from playing school sports
There still remains a risk the legislature could decide to circumvent Edwards’s veto, but doing so would be historic.
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President Biden establishes an initiative that will protect LGBTQ federal employees
The President is ordering all of the federal government to commit to advancing “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.”
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Florida celebrates first day of Pride Month with law attacking trans kids’ rights
Gov. Ron DeSantis held a ceremony at a Christian school to sign a bill banning transgender girls from participating in school sports. Happy Pride Month!
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“60 Minutes” blasted for implying YouTube is turning kids transgender
A segment on transgender healthcare devolved quickly to focus on people who stop transitioning instead of the actual health care problems trans people face.
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Tennessee bans doctors from treating transgender youth with lifesaving healthcare
Just after Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill to force businesses to warn customers if they allow trans people to use the bathroom, he’s banning health care access for trans youth.
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More anti-LGBTQ laws have been passed in the last year than any other time in American history
In less than five months, politicians have made attacking the rights of trans people the newest American wedge issue.
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Montana bans trans youth from sports & puts strict limits on LGBTQ education
Montana has now made it illegal to mention gender identity or sexual orientation in schools unless parents opt-in to it in advance. Montana also became the seventh state to ban trans youth in sports.
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Tennessee passes bill requiring anti-trans signs on businesses with trans-inclusive restrooms
A bill passed the Tennessee legislature that would require bathroom facilities that trans people are allowed to use be designated as allowing use by “either biological sex.” It now goes to the governor’s desk.
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West Virginia governor signs anti-trans law as ACLU threatens lawsuit
“We will see West Virginia in court,” the ACLU tweeted as Gov. Jim Justice signed the discriminatory law.
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Montana grants religious exemption to discrimination laws & hate groups are cheering
A hate group leader praised the “Big Sky leader” for making Montana the latest state with a law “restoring” religious exemptions to discrimination laws.