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These history making LGBTQ candidates have been elected to state legislatures across the country
Pro-equality state representatives have become some of the most pivotal defenders of LGBTQ rights.
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California becomes first state to require insurance to cover the cost of at-home STD tests
Another new California law requires primary care providers to offer patients hepatitis B and C testing.
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Arkansas’ anti-marriage measure dies in the state senate
A long-shot effort to push for amendments to the U.S. Constitution banning gay marriage and abortion have fallen short by one vote.
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Pennsylvania: LGBT nondiscrimination bill advances in state senate
Legislation to prohibit discrimination in employment and housing based on sexual orientation or gender identity cleared a first hurdle Wednesday.
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Louisiana senate kills LGBT nondiscrimination hiring bill
Only one Republican senator voted in support of the bill and Democrats voted on both sides of the measure.
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Mississippi senate passes nation’s most anti-gay bill yet
“We don’t need to put another stain on Mississippi,” said State Senator John Hohrn (D), citing the state’s history of slavery and segregation.
