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LGBT group Irish Queers speaks out against NYPD for parade participation;
Groups to gather at Stonewall Inn on Monday to protest anti-LGBT sponsors
GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today announced that the historic Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the modern LGBT equality movement, will drop Guinness beer from its shelves beginning Monday, March 17 following the beer company’s… Read the rest

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Americans for Workplace Opportunity turning focus to House following last year’s historic, bipartisan passage of ENDA in U.S. Senate
 Americans for Workplace Opportunity, the bipartisan campaign to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, is kicking off a national field and advocacy effort to build bipartisan support and momentum for the bill. The campaign played a central role in the… Read the rest

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2013 was the year of marriage equality, yet much work remains to be done to achieve full equality

The HRC Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, today released a comprehensive state-by-state report detailing LGBT-related legislation in 2013, a year marked by huge victories for the LGBT community from statehouses across the nation to the United… Read the rest

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Today the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, a bill that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit, passed the full Senate after last week having been voted out of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.
“It is critical that the Maryland legislature gets to the unfinished business of protecting transgender citizens from discrimination,” said Human Rights Campaign… Read the rest

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Third Mississippi city to pass resolution recognizing the role LGBT people play in thriving communities
Tonight Oxford, Mississippi unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the dignity and worth of all city residents – including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT).  Oxford joins two other Mississippi cities – Starkville and Hattiesburg – which both passed similar resolutions earlier this year.  
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Free dynamic online database lists thousands of LGBT scholarships for youth providing greater access and resources to higher education
Campus Pride announced today the launch of the National LGBT Scholarship Database in partnership with Point Foundation.  The new online dynamic database is free and provides LGBT and ally students with the largest, most comprehensive source of LGBT scholarship and funding resources in the nation.  Learn… Read the rest

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Lance Bass is joining the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in speaking out against Mississippi’s SB 2681, a bill that would essentially give businesses license to discriminate against LGBT customers. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a similar bill in her state last night following backlash from national Republican lawmakers and some of the nation’s… Read the rest

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SB 1062 Generated Huge Public Outcry Over Potential for Discrimination
Arizona governor Jan Brewer today vetoed a controversial law that would have opened the door for discrimination against any group based on religious objections. In particular, SB 1062 would have allowed businesses and service providers to refuse to serve LGBT people.
“Discrimination has no place in Arizona, or anywhere else,” said Alessandra Soler, executive director… Read the rest

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni today signed an archaic anti-gay bill into law. The bill, which once even included the death penalty, calls for gay Ugandans or anyone “promoting” homosexuality to be jailed – potentially for life. Museveni made the decision to sign the bill after consulting with a panel of “medical experts.” The co-chair of that panel has publicly claimed that being gay “is just… Read the rest

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The “Turn Away the Gays” bill is similar to controversial Arizona legislation; would allow businesses to deny services to LGBT people
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is calling on Mississippi lawmakers to reject anti-gay legislation that would allow businesses to deny services to LGBT people. SB 2681, which passed the Mississippi Senate in… Read the rest

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