Dept. of Justice testimony on ENDA: Pass it now
Thomas E. Perez, head of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, testified before a Senate committee that the Obama Administration supports ENDA.
He said, “The Administration strongly supports fully-inclusive legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.”
Perez thanked Congress for passing the Matthew …
Tags: Civil Rights Division, Congress, Department Of Justice, Dept Of Justice, Discrimination, Gender Identity, Legislation, Senate Committee, Sexual Orientation, TestimonyObama signs HIV/AIDS bill extension; implements lifting of AIDS travel ban
(Washington) President Barack Obama signed an extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS bill this morning.
The legislation provides care, treatment and support services to nearly half a million people, most of whom are low-income.
Obama also announced that the Department of Health and Human services has finally crafted a new regulation spelling …
Tags: aids, barack obama, Department Of Health, Department Of Health And Human Services, Half A Million, Half A Million People, Health And Human Services, hiv, Hiv Aids, Implements, Legislation, Ryan White, Signs, Spelling, Travel Ban, Washington PresidentCorvino: The work left to do
Less than a week before the election, polls continue to show close races in both Washington State, where voters may substantially expand domestic-partner legislation, and Maine, where they may rescind marriage-equality. We could win in either state (or both)—but we could lose, too.
Win or lose, there’s one truth this campaign …
Tags: Domestic Partner, Election Polls, Legislation, Maine, marriage, Marriage Equality, Truth, Washington StatePro-LGBT adoption bill introduced
Pete Stark introduced legislation to ban states from looking at sexual orientation in adoption.
Tags: Adoption Bill, Legislation, Pete Stark, Sexual OrientationPartner benefits eliminated in AZ
The governor of AZ signed legislation that eliminates partner benefits for LGB state employees.
Tags: Legislation, Partner Benefits, State EmployeesCongress returns: LGBT bills up
Several pieces of LGBT legislation are on the table as Congress returns from summer recess.
Tags: Congress Bills, Congress Returns, Legislation, Summer RecessReport: Mixed court views on gays in military
(Washington) Conflicting Supreme Court rulings on gay rights make it difficult to predict whether any new laws protecting gays who want to serve openly in the military would be upheld, a congressional report concludes.
The legal analysis by the Congressional Research Service comes as Democratic lawmakers push legislation to repeal the …
Tags: Congressional Report, Congressional Research Service, Democratic Lawmakers, gay rights, Gays In Military, Legislation, New Laws, Supreme Court RulingsPresident Obama to Bestow Presidential Medal of Freedom on Harvey Milk
San Francisco – Today President Obama announced that he will honor assassinated civil rights leader Harvey Milk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor recognizing significant contributions to the nation and the world. The President will also honor Senator Edward Kennedy and tennis legend Billie Jean King, an open lesbian and longtime champion for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, with the Medal of Freedom on August 12.
Last year, EQCA sponsored the first bill in the country to officially honor Milk, the nation’s first openly gay man elected to major political office, but the Governor vetoed it. Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) introduced the Harvey Milk Day bill, sponsored by EQCA, again this year. The legislation would require the governor to annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day, designating it as a “day of special significance,” to recognize Milk’s work to secure equal protections.
Equality California (EQCA) is the largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender-rights advocacy organization in California. In the past decade, EQCA has strategically moved California from a state with extremely limited legal protections for LGBT individuals to a state with some of the most comprehensive civil-rights protections in the nation. EQCA has passed over 50 pieces of legislation and continues to advance equality through legislative advocacy, public education and community empowerment. www.eqca.org
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St. Paul passes DP legislation
St. Paul passes DP legislation
Tags: Legislation, St PaulLocal media swallows ‘bathroom bill’ rhetoric
On July 14, the day of a legislative hearing on the transgender rights bill currently on Beacon Hill, WCVB’s NewsCenter 5 ran a story about the bill on its evening newscast. Anchor Liz Brunner introduced the story by saying, “It’s being called the bathroom bill, [and it] is essentially meant to end discrimination based on transgender status.” Behind Brunner was an image of the traditional male and female stick figures found on restroom doors, positioned next to the State House dome and above the tagline, “Bathroom Bill.” Yet the only people calling the trans rights bill, House Bill 1728, a “bathroom bill” are its opponents, and the label is a misnomer by any objective criteria.
H.B. 1728 adds trans-inclusive language to the state’s non-discrimination laws in the areas of employment, public accommodations, credit, housing, and education, as well as to the state’s hate-crimes laws, going far beyond simply allowing transgender people to use bathrooms that match their gender identity or expression. Opponents of the legislation, led by the Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI), claim that the bill will allow male sexual predators to masquerade as women and sneak into women’s restrooms and locker rooms. WCVB’s coverage of the transgender rights bill, as well as the coverage by some other local media outlets, suggests that the work of the bill’s opponents to label the legislation a bathroom bill in public discourse has been at least somewhat successful. See Local media swallows ‘bathroom bill’ rhetoric Bay Windows
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