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December 10, 2024

Becca Williams

New Jersey Governor Signs Law Protecting LGBTQ & Race-Related Books

The Garden State has assured so-called “controversial” books will remain on the bookshelves of public schools and libraries.

November 30, 2022

Robin Kish

Respect For Marriage Act Goes To President Biden After House Vote

“Today, an overwhelming majority of Senators stepped up to protect the freedoms and rights of millions of Americans in same-sex and interracial marriages,” said Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), one of the bill’s sponsors, in a statement following the bill’s passage.

November 15, 2022

Robin Kish

Senate Expected To Vote This Week On Respect For Marriage Act

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) filed a motion on Monday to send the bill into a procedural vote, which is expected on Wednesday. 

August 31, 2022

Robin Kish

California Assembly Passes Bill Protecting Trans Youth & Their Parents

Senate Bill 107 would provide refuge for parents from conservative states, who could risk prosecution for allowing their trans children to access gender-affirming care.

July 25, 2022

Robin Kish

Tammy Baldwin Confronted Marco Rubio After He Called Gay Marriage Bill A ‘Stupid Waste of Time’

“I said that, ‘The recent Supreme Court decision [overturning Roe] eroded a constitutional right to privacy. There’s a whole bunch of cases that have been decided based on a constitutional right to privacy that are in jeopardy,’ which he disagrees with,” Baldwin said of her remarks to Rubio.

July 21, 2022

Robin Kish

Respect For Marriage Act Picks Up Republican Support In Senate

Currently, only Susan Collins (R-ME) and Rob Portman (R-OH) have publicly expressed their support of the bill. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) have both said that they will likely support the legislation as well.

July 20, 2022

Robin Kish

House Votes To Protect Same-Sex Marriage

The Respect for Marriage Act had been introduced by House Democrats to safeguard gay marriage following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June.

December 9, 2021

Robin Kish

Canada Has Officially Banned Conversion Therapy

“It’s official: Our government’s legislation banning the despicable and degrading practice of conversion therapy has received Royal Assent – meaning it is now law,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted in a message on Twitter.

October 28, 2021

Robin Kish

Japan’s Opposition Parties Vow To Legislate LGBTQ+ Equality Ahead Of Elections

Japan does not currently have an equality law protecting LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination, although activists had pushed the government to pass such a law ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games.

July 30, 2021

Robin Kish

New Zealand Introduces Law To Ban Conversion Therapy

“Conversion practices have no place in modern New Zealand,” said Justice Minister Kris Faafoi. “They are based on the false belief that any person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression is broken and in need of fixing.” 

June 25, 2021

Robin Kish

Pulse Nightclub Is Now A National Monument

“A place of acceptance and joy became a place of unspeakable pain and loss. We’ll never fully recover, but we’ll remember.”

June 14, 2021

Robin Kish

Biden To Sign Bill Naming Pulse Nightclub A National Memorial

“In the coming days, I will sign a bill designating Pulse Nightclub as a national memorial, enshrining in law what has been true since that terrible day five years ago: Pulse Nightclub is hallowed ground.”

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