Search Results: node/equality act (1823)

[…] the candidates’ LGBTQ records and ask the candidates about them. The records include: U.S. Senate Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D, incumbent) (above, left) Three-time co-sponsor of Equality Act (most recently at the bill introduction in February 2021), which would provide federal protections against discrimination for every LGBTQ American. The bill passed in a bipartisan […]

[…] Georgia oppose the state’s new highly restrictive abortion ban now in effect. Abortion access, codified marriage equality, and LGBTQ civil rights protections against discrimination in The Equality Act will depend on the results of the midterm election. Quote from Jeff Graham, Georgia Equality: “Basic human rights and safety are on the ballot for every […]

[…] accurate, and inclusive media coverage of the issues that shape our lives and our ability to engage in the democratic process.   Facts Discrimination and The Equality Act 51% of LGBTQ people say they experienced harassment or discrimination in a public place such as a store, public transportation, or a restroom. 70% report increased […]

[…] sports. 05.17.2024 Recommitted to criminalizing abortion, telling Time that he would not intervene in decisions to monitor or prosecute pregnant people. He refused to say whether his second administration would enforce the Comstock Act, an 1873 “zombie law” that bans the mailing of “obscene” materials, including birth control and “instruments” used for abortions. The act has been unenforceable for the […]

Background The Equality Act of 2015, a bill introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), would, if passed, expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act would ban discrimination in various areas of people’s lives, including employment, public education, housing, credit, and more on the basis of sex, sexual […]

[…] “It was neither the beginning nor the end of the movement for civil rights. The fight continued in the years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, and the fight for civil rights continues today. Today, as extremist so-called leaders attempt to erase our history and roll back progress on voting rights, reproductive […]

[…] GLAAD, the world’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the House of Representatives vote today to pass The Equality Act, to offer comprehensive protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people across the country. The voting results were 224-206, with all House Democrats voting in favor alongside three […]

[…] a long history of anti-2SLGBTQI+ (two spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex+) rhetoric and policies; and an investigation into the Oklahoma Department of Education to determine what actions and policies have led to a culture where rampant harassment of 2SLGBTQI+ students has been allowed to go unchecked. The letter reads in part: “We are […]