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Business Insider.The Buttigiegs have recently become fodder for socially conservative right-wingers, who have been incensed at the couple’s decision to adopt twins and by the Secretary’s decision to use parental leave to take care of the newborns shortly after they we’re born. Greene also attacked Lia Thomas, the UPenn swimmer who is the NCAA women’s 500-yard freestyle champion, deadnaming Thomas and echoing comments made by other conservatives that Thomas should not have been allowed to compete. “And old Lia Thomas? Lia is going to have to remember his name is William, and he needs to go back to men’s swimming because we’re going to kick the biological men out of women’s sports,” Greene said.Greene has been a vocal critic of transgender rights, often misgendering transgender individuals and attacking their family members, as she did with fellow Congresswoman Marie Newman’s (D-Ill.) daughter. After Greene railed against the Equality Act — a measure to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in various facets of life — as “an attack on God’s creation,” Newman hung up a transgender flag outside her office, prompting Greene to hang up a sign reading: “There are two genders: Male & Female.

low approval ratings — even among people who previously voted for him in 2020 — Biden attempted to use his speech as a reset for his presidency, decrying Russia and its power-hungry President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine while offering praise and support for the Ukrainian resistance, and seeking to clarify his (and by extension, his party’s) positions on various domestic issues by calling for programs and bills that would make Americans’ lives easier, fight inflation, get the country back to “normal” following a two-year interruption caused by the pandemic, and calling on states and cities to deal with rising crime rates by fully funding police using money appropriated by the American Rescue Plan.But as he went through the litany of various domestic concerns, Biden seemingly hit on many of the issues and promises he had run on as a candidate for president, even though much of his priorities have been killed in the U.S. Senate, due to the inability to gain 60 votes to overcome the silent filibuster (exacerbated by the refusal of traditionalists to change Senate rules to either eliminate or reduce the 60-vote threshold, or require the minority to actively filibuster pieces of legislation, thereby calling attention to their opposition) as well as political posturing by conservative Democrats like Sens.

www.walkerforcolorado.com.“In 29 states, basic freedoms are missing for millions of LGBTQ+ Americans.” The words are punctuated, in HRC’s new ad “Reality Flag,” by the unfurling of a redesigned American flag conspicuously missing 29 stars.The ad was created by Joey Soloway, the Emmy-winning showrunner of Transparent, and the campaign is designed to urge the passage of the Equality Act.

last year, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline operates 24/7 and toll-free, and can be accessed by dialing 988 regardless of location in the U.S.Legislation creating the toll-free number required LGBTQ cultural competency training for counselors, a voice response option which would allow LGBTQ youth to access specialized care, and LGBTQ resources on the Lifeline website.The passage of the National Suicide Prevention Hotline Designation Act also marked the first time that legislation

Related: Many major news outlets featured anti-trans voices in coverage of the Equality ActJoi Chaney, the executive director of the National Urban League’s Washington Bureau, noted that the Equality Act not only provides protections for LGBTQ people, but updates the definition of what constitutes “public accommodations” to include additional protections against discrimination based on race and ethnicity in retail stores, service providers, transportation like taxis and ride shares, bars and

In a recent analysis, GLAAD found that many mainstream media outlets failed to put LGBTQ voices at the forefront of their coverage of the Equality Act.The landmark LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill recently passed the U.S. House, representing a landmark win for the LGBTQ community.

Business Insider.“Young girls and women are incensed that they are now being forced to compete against those who are biological males,” he added. “It’s not good for women.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the infamous representative from Georgia best known for her support for the QAnon conspiracy theories, is facing criticism after she posted an anti-transgender sign outside her office.

e’re going to make our case,” he said. “Our community is going to advocate with members of the Senate, and we’re going to work hard until we get the votes necessary to pass it.

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at a news conference at the Capitol Thursday morning. “This time, it will be not only passed in the House, but on a path to a signing at the White House.

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Equality Act would prohibit discrimination in various aspects of life based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. President Biden has committed to passing the Act within his first 100 days in office, and it was recently introduced to both the U.S.

executive order prohibiting discrimination against the LGBTQ community.Speaking with BBC Radio 4, Navratilova, who has won 18n Grand Slam singles titles, proposed a provision that would set forth certain guidelines intended to ensure a level playing field in elite women’s sports.She said she supports the idea of allowing transgender athletes to compete, but wants to ensure that cisgender women are not placed at a competitive disadvantage, saying the physical advantages for transgender females

committed to reversing the Trump administration’s dozens of attacks on LGBTQ rights and enacting pro-LGBTQ legislation.In addition, Biden has nominated multiple LGBTQ people to his cabinet and wider administration, including the first openly gay and transgender Senate-confirmed cabinet appointees.The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ rights organization, celebrated the start of what is expected to be “the most pro-equality presidency in history.”“A new day has begun in our

Victories by Democrats in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections breathed new life into activists’ hopes for passage of the Equality Act and several other pro-LGBTQ bills that were previously thought to be dead on arrival under a Republican-controlled Senate.On Tuesday evening, Rev.

passed the Act last year, but it has stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate.

tweeted last week. “He aspires to the highest office in our land & must be guided by the truth God has revealed to us.

What is your plan to protect the transgender community, particularly Black and brown trans women, from high levels of violence they face? So far this year, 30 transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals have been killed, the majority of whom were transgender women of color, HRC noted in a news release.

Among the many compelling reasons to make sure that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not reelected on Nov. 3, perhaps the 26 most compelling are the transgender Americans—most of them trans women of color—known to have been murdered this year.

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” sponsored by U.S. Sen.

stated support for nondiscrimination bills, like the Equality Act, would somehow “force” certain medical treatments on transgender or gender-nonconforming youth.In one of the ads, Whitt says children “need time” to develop a sense of gender, saying: “As a young teen, I thought I should be a woman. And 17 years later, I felt I should be a man again.” In a third ad — which recycles an attack used against Gov.

The LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD is airing an ad arguing in favor of the Equality Act on Fox News each morning during the week of the Republican National Convention.The 30-second spot, which premiered during Fox News’ Fox & Friends program on Monday morning, will air during the show each morning in the New York and Washington, D.C. media markets.

Following the historic win for LGBTQ rights at the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Democrats pushed Thursday for a vote on Equality Act to codify and expand those protections — but were thwarted by an Oklahoma Republican who cited “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling in remarks against moving forward with the bill.

unseated Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) in a primary earlier this year.

Former Vice President Joe Biden — Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski — Photo: U.S. House Office of Photography/House Creative Services

Michael Bloomberg – Photo: Facebook.

(Clockwise from top left) U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, Sen. Doug Jones (center), Jaime Harrison, Mark Kelly, Sen. Gary Peters – Photos: Facebook.