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Petition drive to repeal Omaha’s LGBT non-discrimination ordinance fails
OMAHA, Neb. — A petition effort by led by local churches and family values organizations in Omaha has failed to gather enough signatures to launch a referendum to repeal an Omaha city ordinance that protects its LGBT citizens.
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Virginia Senate approves LGBT protections bill for state employees
RICHMOND, Va. – A measure to protect Virginia’s LGBT state employees from workplace discrimination, passed in the state Senate on Friday, and now moves forward to the House of Delegates.
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Vicco, Ky., becomes smallest U.S. town to adopt LGBT fairness law
VICCO, Ky. — The Appalachian town of Vicco, Ky., on Monday approved the state’s first LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance in a decade. The “fairness ordinance,” which prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based upon a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity, received support from three of the city’s four-member commission and […]
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Boise city council approves LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
The Boise, Idaho city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance, which prohibits discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Kerry, Nadler introduce bills targeting LGBT discrimination in housing, credit
Legislation was introduced on Thursday in both chambers of Congress that would amend existing federal law to protect LGBT people in the housing and credit markets. The legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in the House and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in the Senate, is known as the Housing Opportunities Made Equal […]
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Group files lawsuit against Tennessee challenging anti-gay discrimination law
A group of individuals that includes three Nashville elected officials and two LGBT advocacy groups, on Monday filed a suit against the state of Tennessee challenging a new law that prohibits local governments from enacting anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.
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Nashville attorney planning lawsuit to challenge Tennessee’s anti-gay law
A Nashville attorney said she is planning a lawsuit that challenging a new Tennessee law that prohibits local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.
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TN governor signs anti-gay bill that 13 major corporations lobbied in support of
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday signed into law a bill that would prohibit local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.
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More Tennessee hate: Senate OK’s bill to repeal Nashville gay protections law
The Tennessee state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit local governments from creating anti-discrimination laws that are stricter than protections laid out by the state government.
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Dallas County adds gender identity, expression to non-discrimination policy
Dallas County commissioners on Tuesday voted to include transgender employees in the county’s non-discrimination policy.