Democrats reintroduce landmark LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill

World Pride comes to Trump’s backyard

This summer, as Washington, D.C., prepares to host World Pride, a massive annual international event that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the city’s Pride celebration, organizers are calling on the global LGBTQIA+ community and its allies to unite in a powerful show of solidarity—and this year, they have a clear message. “I’ll be damned if I let white supremacists push me out of my place,” said Preston Mitchum, a Washington, D.C.-based at…

Democrats reintroduce bill to make sexual preference and gender identity protected classes

Democratic lawmakers reintroduced the Equality Act on Tuesday, their newest effort to create federal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill, which was first introduced in 1974 and expanded in 2015, would amend the Civil…

Top Congressional Democrats reintroduce Equality Act on Trump’s 100th day in office

In a unified display of support for LGBTQ rights on President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, congressional Democrats, including leadership from the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, reintroduced the Equality Act on Tuesday. The legislation, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, codifying these protections into federal law in areas from jury service to housing and employment, faces an unlikely …

Lawmakers push bill to ban discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Lawmakers in Congress are pushing to pass a bill they say would ban discrimination for LGBTQ+ Americans.  "It's about time here in America," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at a press conference Tuesday.  The "Equality Act" aims to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to law when it comes to employment, housing, public spaces and more.  "Right now, the fear in our community is deep.…

Democrats push bill to ban discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Democrats in Congress are pushing to pass a bill they say would ban discrimination for LGBTQ+ Americans.  "It's about time here in America," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at a press conference Tuesday.  The "Equality Act" aims to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to law when it comes to employment, housing, public spaces and more.  "Right now, the fear in our community is deep.…

Democrats reintroduce landmark LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights bill that would make sexual orientation and gender identity protected classes.  The measure, which would amend a federal law that already outlaws discrimination based on race, religion, sex and national origin, faces an uphill battle in a Congress controlled by Republicans,... The post Democrats reintroduce landmark LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill appeared …