Search Results: node/equality act (1823)

&nbsp President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, included LGBTQ families as guests and urged Congress to pass the Equality Act “to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity.” In his address, President Biden included LGBTQ people and issues important to LGBTQ […]

  In a new digital and broadcast advertising campaign, GLAAD calls on the U.S. Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act immediately. The Respect for Marriage Act is a critical piece of federal legislation that would improve the lives of millions of families around the country. The bill passed the House with bipartisan […]

WHY WE NEED THE EQUALITY ACT GLAAD has released an ad on broadcast and digital channels to show the personal consequences of the lack of protections for LGBTQ people against discrimination. It features a conversation many of us have had with our own families who love us, but who may not understand how our […]

[…] on a U.S. Air Force base in Germany.  Ran advertisements across Florida with anti-trans rhetoric in his U.S. Senate campaign in 2022. Called the Respect for Marriage Act “a stupid waste of time” and voted against it. The legislation was signed into law by President Biden.  Defended Florida’s anti-LGBTQ “don’t say gay/trans” legislation, and […]

Show Support and Take Action February 28, 2024 Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Charles McCall President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, Greg Treat Senate Minority Leader, Kay Floyd House Minority Leader, Cyndi Munson Senate Education Committee Chair, Adam Pugh House Education Committee Chair, Rhonda Baker Oklahoma State Legislature 2300 N Lincoln […]

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[…] laws, and spread inaccurate rhetoric and conspiracy theories to target LGBTQ+ people. Tim Ryan, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate Ryan is an original cosponsor of The Equality Act, which would provide federal protections against discrimination for every LGBTQ+ American. He voted to pass it in the House in February 2021, tweeting: “Together we have […]

[…] an advertisement which spotlights the lack of protections still facing the LGBTQ community in the United States, the Trump Administration’s opposition to those protections, and the Equality Act as the solution. The ad, entitled “The Conversation,” depicts a gay man speaking with his mother, a Trump supporter, about how the Administration’s firm rebuke of […]