remanded the case back to the Washington State Supreme Court for reconsideration, in case the decision might have been clouded by anti-religious bias.
remanded the case back to the Washington State Supreme Court for reconsideration, in case the decision might have been clouded by anti-religious bias.
Axios, Jenner has been contemplating a run and has consulted with Caroline Wren, a longtime GOP fundraiser who previously worked at Trump Victory, a joint fundraising committee for President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. Wren also organized the rally that preceded the storming of the U.S.
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
Agence France-Presse.In an unanimous decision, Malaysia’s top court agreed with the plaintiff’s argument, declaring the religious police’s power “is subject to a constitutional limit,” Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat wrote on behalf of the court.The high court’s ruling means the Islamic law is overturned and the man’s case should be dropped, his lawyer, Surendra Ananth.Human rights activist Numan Afifi, the founder of the Pelangi Campaign, an LGBTQ organization, called the decision an
METRO WEEKLY: What were you like growing up?KIERRA JOHNSON: I was painfully shy. I call myself a “recovering introvert” now, although I’m not ashamed to be an introvert.
See also: Virginia governor signs LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections into lawAfter being sworn in as a delegate in 2016, Levine co-founded the Virginia Transparency Caucus, advocating for various reforms that ultimately forced lawmakers to record, live-stream, and archive the votes and debates of every committee and subcommittee in the General Assembly.That change allowed ordinary Virginians would be able to keep track of lawmakers’ machinations without having to travel to the State Capitol in
Related: Did 28% of LGBTQ people really vote for Donald Trump?Looking to the future, 66% of LGBTQ voters said they feel more optimistic about the future due to the election results. But significant numbers of LGBTQ voters are mistrustful of the conservative U.S.
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
Ms. Magazine, Gloria Steinem.“Last month I announced New York State will honor the life and legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a statue in her native Brooklyn,” Cuomo said in a statement.
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.
Metro Weekly in an interview that he had been reticent about approaching his grandmother, who lives in Arkansas, about her political affiliation. But after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and watching a Facebook Live video from U.S.
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Washington Post reports.He then touted the work of the Trump administration’s Commission on Unalienable Rights, which was created last year with the intention of examining the role of human rights in America’s foreign policy.However, the commission, which is filled with anti-LGBTQ figures, instead elevated the importance of s0-called “religious freedom” — a term frequently used by conservatives to justify religion-based discrimination — and branded same-sex marriage a “divisive” controversy.Read
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 Washington Blade, a D.C.-based LGBTQ publication. Johnson specifically asked about a recent court decision in which a federal judge in Georgia ordered the State Department to recognize the citizenship of, and issue a U.S.
making headlines earlier this week for his unabashed support of the president and his defense of Trump’s LGBTQ record, Grenell’s speech made no reference to defending LGBTQ rights abroad, despite having touted a Trump administration initiative aimed at encouraging close to 70 countries, where same-sex relations are punishable by prison or death, to repeal their laws criminalizing homosexuality.Related: HRC ad refutes claim that Trump is the “most pro-gay president in American history”At the time
announced plans to rename the park in February during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s Greater New York Gala.Other installments, scheduled for completion by the summer of 2021, include a new park house, shaped like an enclosed barge container, that will serve as an education center, housing classroom space, public bathrooms, a park ranger contact station, and a small storage area; an art installation celebrating various aspects of Johnson’s life on two parallel foundation walls, creating
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.
The Fight, a cinema-verité documentary that profiles Strangio and several other lawyers working for the ACLU on some of the most high-profile court cases challenging the Trump administration’s more galling policies and directives.Specifically, the film chronicles cases involving Trump’s proposed Muslim ban, the separation of immigrant children from their parents, abortion access for undocumented minors who have been raped, a proposed Census question on citizenship, and the Pentagon’s ban on
Reuters.“These amendments are still not enough but they’re a great first step for the transitional government that’s trying to implement changes,” Noor Sultan, the founder of Bedayaa, said. “We see this as a positive change on the path to reform.”The new reforms, introduced as part of a transitional government that has been in place since longtime rule Omar al-Bashir was ousted last year in response to street protests, have larger global ramifications.
video clip, Steel claims she withdrew her daughter from UC Santa Cruz after she expressed support for same-sex marriage and indicated she was inclined to vote for former President Barack Obama.“We have two daughters, and one graduated from USC and one graduated from Vanderbilt.
The Eric Metaxas Radio Show, a radio show geared towards religious conservatives, Ellis lamented some recent U.S.
Gay Trump supporters complain about Supreme Court giving them more rightsCaliforna Farmers’ Market Association head rants at gay baker who gave away rainbow flagsTransgender woman’s family says prison video footage shows her death was preventable
hailed by LGBTQ advocates as a “watershed moment,” a groundbreaking development, and a positive sign for the future of LGBTQ rights, it was also lamented by social conservatives, who argued that the six justices in the majority had usurped the power of Congress by extending Title VII’s nondiscrimination protections to groups that the original lawmakers who approved the law would never have intended to be covered.What has been missed during the celebrations and condemnations, however, are a few
Jacksonville Daily Record. “That has driven my entire life, ensuring that everybody has a safe country, they’ve got the right for life, liberty, happiness, and that we can live in the greatest country on the planet and preserve it that way,” Bowman said.See also:Jacksonville’s Republican mayor says he’ll sign gay rights law — if it passesNotably, Bowman is the senior vice president of business development for JAXUSA Partnership, the economic development division of JAX Chamber, the local chamber
unseated Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) in a primary earlier this year.
made national headlines after a video he shot of a white woman in Central Park calling the police on him following a dispute over her failure to keep her dog on a leash is using his temporary platform to endorse New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres for an open congressional seat in the South Bronx.Cooper, an openly gay East Village resident, has a history of LGBTQ activism, including participating in a counter-protest against a 2011 rally held by then-State Sen. Ruben Díaz, Sr.
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Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden – Photos: Gage Skidmore.
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