Category: USA – LGBTQ Rights
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OutRight Reacts to the United States Withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council
Today, at a press conference held at the State Department, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley announced the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Scotus Reaffirms Need For Non-discrimination Laws In Masterpiece Cake Decision
Today, Glennda Testone, Executive Director of The LGBT Community Center (“The Center”) released the following statement reacting to the Supreme Court of the United States for its ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
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TLDEF: Importance of Anti-Discrimination Laws Following Supreme Court Ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today restated the strong need for anti-bias protections in response to the Supreme Court’s narrow ruling in favour of a Denver bakery owner’s challenge to Colorado’s anti-discrimination law.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar discusses gay rights issue with Mike Pence
Taoiseach meets for private breakfast at Pence’s Washington home.
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United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality
The rash of new “religious exemption” laws passed by state legislatures around the United States represent a thinly-veiled assault against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the absence of robust nondiscrimination protections, these laws function as a license to discriminate rather than a good faith attempt to protect religious liberty and should be repealed.
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Biden Foundation : Focused on Ending Violence Against Women, Advancing LGBTQ Equality
Monday, the Biden Foundation announced the formation of two Advisory Councils that will support its work to end violence against women and advance LGBTQ equality.