LGBT discrimination

Congressional Democrats introduce the Equality Act. Could it finally pass?

The bill would provide sweeping civil rights protections for LGBTQ people across the country.

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Wedding video company refuses a lesbian couple because their religion says gays make bad parents

The company's owner wants people to "respect" his Christian belief that LGBTQ people can't make an "effective family that is good."

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Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran is retiring. Here’s why we won’t miss him.

He earned the nickname "Gentleman Thad" for his Southern ways, but he was less than honorable to the LGBT community.

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Canada will apologize to LGBT people discriminated against by government

The government will acknowledge the role that legislation and policies played in past discrimination.

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Defying Trump administration, Ohio moves toward protecting our community

Cities across the state are passing ordinances to protect the lives and jobs of LGBTQ Ohioans.

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IN lawmaker introduces anti-transgender bill to ban birth certificate changes

The bill would make it impossible for trans Hoosiers to change the gender markers on their birth certificates and other identity documents.

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VA governor bans LGBTQ discrimination following introduction of ‘bathroom bill’

Governor Terry McAuliffe's executive order makes anti-LGBTQ discrimination among state employees, contractors and subcontractors illegal.

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These 80 Christian leaders are plotting the abolition of LGBT legal protections

One Catholic leader declares "timidity and false compromise will bring ruin to our culture and our freedom to live and teach the Catholic Faith."

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LGBTQ protections may cost 10,000 Louisiana state workers their health coverage

By law, all contracts in Louisiana must already protect people from discrimination based on race, gender, religion or political views.

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Donald Trump picks racist antigay Sen. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General

The man who once called a black assistant U.S. attorney "boy" and the NAACP "un-American" and "communist-inspired" is to be America's top lawman.

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