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News (USA)The Equality Act passed an important House committee. Every Republican voted against it.
Republicans tried to stall by making a clerk read the entire bill aloud. Twice.
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PoliticsCongressmembers break down in tears as father describes slaughter of his family in brutal hate crime
“(The) officer whispered: ‘They didn’t suffer, it was swift, one shot to the back of the head.’ His statement did not make it more bearable; nothing did.”
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PoliticsCongress held the first hearing on the Equality Act. Republicans made it all about trans people.
Many of the Republicans’ objections to banning LGBTQ discrimination had to do with transgender women.
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News (USA)Democrats are asking the military to defy Trump’s transgender ban
Members of the House Judiciary and Armed Services committees, as well as the LGBT Equality Caucus, are asking military leaders not to comply with Trump’s dictate.
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News (USA)U.S. House panel rejects LGBT protections in domestic violence bill
WASHINGTON — A Republican-controlled House panel beat back measures on Tuesday that would have made LGBT protections part of legislation aiming to extend federal authorization for domestic violence programs.
