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Who is Kevin McCarthy? Where does he stand on LGBTQ+ issues?
He may be tight-lipped, but his legislative record makes his anti-LGBTQ+ politics perfectly clear.
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Ian McKellen fears a return of Thatcher-era law banning “promotion of homosexuality”
The U.K. government may soon have its own version of ‘”Don’t Say Gay” in schools.
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Democrats reintroduce “long-overdue” Equality Act
After the bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, some have renewed hope that the Equality Act can make it to the President’s desk.
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Joe Biden condemns GOP’s “callous” attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans
“It matters a great deal how we treat everyone in this country,” Biden said.
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George Santos wants to end aid to countries that hurt gay people. Trans people are not included.
He is already using his bill to attack the Equality Act, which would ban anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
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Joe Biden calls for Equality Act at SOTU while GOP attacks trans people in response
He specifically mentioned the “safety and dignity” of trans youth.
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Madison Cawthorn tells Americans to be more manly in his farewell address
“Will you become a man to be feared, to be respected, to be looked up to, or will you let this nation’s next generation be its final generation?”
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Who is Hakeem Jeffries? Where does he stand on LGBTQ rights?
Most recently, he has supported the Equality Act and the Respect for Marriage Act, two important pieces of LGBTQ legislation.
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Five times Nancy Pelosi stood up for LGBTQ people
She has vocally supported LGBTQ Americans in numerous ways since the 1980s AIDS crisis.
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Republicans could try to pass these three anti-LGBTQ bills if they win the House
If the GOP takes the House, progress on LGBTQ equality will come to a halt. The only question will be how much damage Republicans will do.
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Sean Patrick Maloney is New York’s first openly gay congressman
“If Republicans in Congress and their radical judges get their way, my marriage will be made illegal,” Maloney said.
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If politicians want a brighter future for young queer people there’s an obvious solution
Just as flowers do not choose where they bloom, LGBTQ young people deserve the right to thrive everywhere we exist.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s husband quietly invested $295k into pro-LGBTQ and pro-BLM companies
Greene has called Black Lives Matter “terrorists” and LGBTQ people “child predators.” But her husband’s recent investments suggest that they’re perfectly willing to cash in companies profiting from diversity outreach.
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Joe Biden issues executive order to fight conversion therapy & LGBTQ fostering discrimination
Joe Biden promised to work to get a law passed banning conversion therapy on the campaign trail. Now he’s doing what he can on his own.
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Joe Biden meets with out LGBTQ lawmakers in historic first
The LGBTQ Equality Caucus just had its very first meeting with a sitting president.
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Amazon got booted from Seattle Pride sponsorship for donating to anti-LGBTQ lawmakers
Amazon even wanted naming rights to Seattle’s Pride celebration.
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Biden’s State of the Union address was a reminder of why he was elected
But the president has a long list of things he wants – including the Equality Act – that Republicans will ensure never happen.
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Madison Cawthorn demands Republicans be made a protected class, but not LGBTQ people
Calling anti-GOP discrimination “leftist abuse of our right to free speech,” Madison Cawthorn wants the law to protect conservatives from political affiliation discrimination.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene complains “it just bothers me so much” that people think she’s “crazy”
Marjorie Taylor Greene is known for her belief in some of America’s strangest conspiracy theories. But she can’t figure this out.