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The Washington Post.Hormel’s nomination appeared to be dead in 1998, but Clinton renominated Hormel for the vacant ambassadorship a year later, and installed Hormel in the post through a recess appointment, outraging Republicans.

168-page report found that Cuomo violated federal and state laws, and that his actions created a toxic culture of harassment and fear in his office.

Linklaters and Branstetter, Stranch, & Jennings PLLC, on behalf of the two students, argues that the so-called “bathroom bill” passed by Tennessee lawmakers earlier this year, violates both Title IX — the 1972 law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in federally-funded education programs — and the students’ right to equal protection and due process under the law, as guaranteed by the U.S.

remanded the case back to the Washington State Supreme Court for reconsideration, in case the decision might have been clouded by anti-religious bias.

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Orlando Sentinel. The original bill would have mandated genital inspections and physical examinations of athletes in order to ensure transgender athletes are not competing on sports teams that match their gender identity.

House Bill 1233, sponsored by Rep.

David J. Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition:“Today’s verdict is not about justice.

any publicly-funded entities, facilities, or events, which would include college and club sports.

When I travel across the world to find championship-level players, it is so much more than some sort of physical attribute. I can tell you this: when I am vetting a player, skill for the game of basketball is so much more important.

any transition-related care.Advocates have warned that the bill, which prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming care or referring a youth and their parents to another physician who provides it, will lead health care providers to shun transgender patients for fear of losing their license for “unprofessional conduct,” charged with breaking the law, or sued — as the bill contains a provision allowing minors who received treatments but later regret their decision to sue their former

first executive order states that “only females, based on their biological sex, as reflected on their birth certificate or affidavit provided upon initial enrollment” may compete in sports designated for girls at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and directs the state’s Department of Education to develop a policy consistent with Noem’s order. The second order states that “only females, based on their biological sex, as reflected on their birth certificate issued at the time of

Reeves and Hutchinson have already signed bills into law to that effect, and Lee appears poised to follow suit.Noem previously said she’d sign a ban into effect, but recently sent a similar bill back to the legislature, asking them to remove restrictions on collegiate athletics, for fear of incurring backlash from the NCAA, whose policies allow transgender athletes to compete after a year of hormone therapy and being stable in their transition.The NCAA previously yanked seven sports

mere existence is a threat or hindrance to cisgender women.Following the passage of HB 2 in 2016, North Carolina experienced significant economic blowback. Over 200 major business leaders condemned the bill, several musical artists canceled concerts, and several groups and organizations canceled conferences that were scheduled to be held in the state.

WITN, Jacksonville Police have said they are treating the case as a homicide, but have not released any additional information about her death due to the open investigation.Those with information about Franks’ whereabouts or her death are asked to contact Detective Kymberly Schott at 910-938-6414 or [email protected], call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 910-938-3273, or send an anonymous text with the heading “TIP4CSJAX” and the pertinent information to 274637 (CRIMES).

Eder Díaz Santillan is photographer in an agave field in his hometown of Encarnación de Díaz, Jalisco, Mexico in April 2019. Photo: Eder Diaz Santillan

executive order directing the federal government to adhere to the legal principles outlined in a Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ workplace discrimination last year.“Housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity demands urgent enforcement action,” Jeanine Worden, the acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, said in a statement.

WLBT, it was people at the news station — echoing complaints it had received from the local community — who informed the Jackson Police Department of Jackson’s gender identity.According to the Human Rights Campaign, Jackson is believed to be the fourth transgender or nonbinary person to be killed in the United States in 2o21, following a year when at least 44 trans Americans lost their lives to violence.

New York Daily News.He is next scheduled to appear in court on Mar.

Related: Georgia likely to send anti-LGBTQ QAnon conspiracy theorist to CongressGreene had also previously been criticized by Democrats for promoting anti-Semitic, anti-Black, and anti-Muslim conspiracy theories, claiming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was “guilty of treason,” a crime punishable by death, and responding that the “stage is set” in response to a commentator’s question about whether it would be acceptable to “hang” former President Barack Obama.She also liked comments from other

2 min read A record-breaking 767 companies achieved a top-score for LGBTQ-inclusive workplace policies despite an arduous year for businesses, stakeholders, and customers during 2020.

according to CNN. “For too long vulnerable victims have suffered the consequences of systematic machismo, inequity, discrimination, lack of education, lack of guidance and above all lack of action.”LGBTQ and women’s activists have begged the government to take action to curb instances of domestic and gender-based violence, which they claim have gotten worse after Hurricane Maria struck the island in 2017.

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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.

International Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20, an annual anniversary designed to commemorate the lives of transgender and gender-nonconforming people who have lost their lives to violence.More than 350 trans or nonbinary people worldwide were killed this year, according to estimates compiled by Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide, a project of TGEU, an organization focused on strengthening transgender rights in Europe and Central Asia.

An Epidemic of Violence: Fatal Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in the United States in 2020,” details the deaths of those individuals killed in the United States, including updates on the status of investigations into their deaths, or any charges filed against perpetrators of violence.

With LGBTQ advocacy organizations eager for change in the new Biden administration, the Human Rights Campaign has laid out proposals lighting the way forward with a detailed guide on administrative actions to reverse President Trump’s anti-LGBTQ policies.

McClatchy.The event was opened by Jannique Stewart of Missouri, a speaker who described her work as training others in opposing abortion and in “countering some of the agenda when it comes to LGBTQ.”According to McClatchy, a source within the State Department described several aides as “appalled” that the event took place despite their concerns, and surprised that Pompeo — who has his own history of anti-LGBTQ statements and votes from his time in Congress — touted his appearance in his latest

Obergefell decision, which legalized marriage equality by striking down all bans on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. “I have no agenda, and I do want to be clear that that I have never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference and would not ever discriminate on the basis of sexual preference,” Barrett said. “Like racism, I think discrimination is abhorrent.”Later in the day, Barrett was called out for those remarks by Sen.