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Legislation Affecting LGBT Rights Across the Country ...
Last updated 3/20/2020Many state legislatures are now suspended or closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will update this tracker as major new developments occur.Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in America ...
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Here Are the Worst Anti-LGBT Bills to Watch for in 2019
2019/01/04 · Like clockwork, anti-LGBT bills emerge every year.Only a handful become law—like 2015’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana, North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” in 2016, and ...
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Anti-LGBTQ | Southern Poverty Law Center
Background Anti-LGBTQ groups on the SPLC hate list often link being LGBTQ to pedophilia, claim that marriage equality and LGBTQ people, in general, are dangers to children, that being LGBTQ itself is dangerous, support the criminalization of LGBTQ people and transgender identity, and that there is a conspiracy called the “homosexual …
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Clifford Chance Will Help Challenge Anti-LGBTQ Laws | …
2019/10/17 · News Clifford Chance Will Help Challenge Anti-LGBTQ Laws The new pro bono project is spearheaded by Clifford Chance's global head of inclusion, Tiernan Brady, who was the leading voice behind the ...
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#OUTLAWED: “The love that dare not speak its name ...
Type of Anti-LGBT Laws This map examines two different types of anti-LGBT laws. The red dots indicate countries that outlaw same-sex relations between consenting adults. 1 The blue dots indicate countries that criminalize forms of gender expression, such as “imitating the opposite sex.” 2 ...
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LGBT rights in Kenya - Wikipedia
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Kenya face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Sodomy is a felony per Section 162 of the Kenyan Penal Code, punishable by 14 years' imprisonment, and any sexual practices between males (termed "gross indecency") are a felony under section 165 of the same …
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Top 10 LGBT Legal Issues of 2019 - Pride Legal
2019/07/16 · Here are the top 10 LGBT legal issues of 2019. When the United States Supreme Court ruled for marriage equality in 2013, the LGBT community and their supporters were elated. It appeared that decades of fighting for the same rights that other American citizens take for granted had finally knocked down a dark history of …
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Brunei implements stoning to death under anti-LGBT …
2019/04/03 · Tomorrow, the country of #Brunei will start stoning gay people to death. We need to do something now. Please boycott these hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei. Raise your voices now. Spread the ...
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Here are 2019 California laws that protect LGBTQ people
2019/01/17 · Four California laws went into effect January 1 that give legal protections to LGBTQ people. California law enforcement to receive LGBTQ training With Assembly Bill 2504, the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training must develop training for officers and public safety dispatchers related to sexual orientation, gender …
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Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws ...
2019/05/25 · Kenya’s anti-homosexuality laws are a colonial relic, first imposed by British colonizers in 1897. Article 162 punishes “carnal knowledge against the order of nature” with up to 14 years in ...
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Movement Advancement Project | Nondiscrimination Laws
Employment nondiscrimination laws protect LGBTQ people from being unfairly fired, not hired, or discriminated against in the workplace by private employers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. This map shows state ...
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LGBT rights in Singapore - Wikipedia
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Singapore face challenges not faced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal (even if consensual and committed in private), and the Attorney-General of Singapore has declared that prosecutions under Section 377A occasionally still occur, although sources state that …
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Pro-LGBTQ laws outpaced anti-LGBTQ laws in 2018, …
2019/02/10 · Anti-LGBTQ Laws The two anti-LGBTQ bills passed in 2018 — one in Oklahoma and the other in Kansas — both had to do with allowing religiously affiliated foster and adoption agencies the ability ...
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Anti-LGBT discrimination has a huge human toll. The ...
2019/12/19 · Our final study list comprised 300 articles. Of these, less than 5 percent (14 studies) failed to identify a link between anti-LGBT discrimination and health harms. Nearly 82 percent (245 studies ...
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Texas could introduce anti-gay marriage laws in 2019 if …
2018/09/12 · Texas could introduce anti-gay marriage laws in 2019 if these lawmakers have their way Nick Duffy September 12, 2018 A woman with the Texas delegation waves a Texan flag during the Republican ...
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A critical point in history': how Trump's attack on LGBT …
2019/09/03 · The DoJ’s anti-LGBT arguments in court represented such an extraordinary U-turn for the US government, that it raised fears other marginalized groups could be targeted, too, added Lynly Egyes ...
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After Brunei's new anti-LGBT laws, the Trump …
2019/04/10 · The Trump administration’s silence on LGBTQ rights is unconscionable Protestors outside the Dorcester hotel on Park Lane in London, demonstrating against Brunei's anti-gay laws. (Sophie Hogan/PA ...
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Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments | Lambda Legal
2020/03/17 · See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Teens & Young Adults, Transgender Rights, New York A Decade of Justice: Defending Equality 2010-2020 decade_of_justice_social.png By Lambda Legal December 30, 2019 ...
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Mother Jones - Virginia’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws May Finally …
2019/07/18 · Virginia’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws May Finally Come to an End Thanks to Some Clever Campaigning LGBTQ groups are going all out to unseat the Republican speaker of the House. Matt Cohen
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LGBTQ-inclusive bullying laws associated with fewer …
2019/01/17 · All 50 states have anti-bullying laws, but just 20 have explicit sexual orientation protections, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual ...
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Maps - Sexual orientation laws | ILGA
2019/12/18 · Maps | sexual orientation laws Every year, along with the State-Sponsored Homophobia report, ILGA World publishes also maps of sexual orientation laws in the world. A useful tool for LGB human rights defenders, these images expose the arbitrariness of persecutory laws, and starkly indicate the absence of positive law in …
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Russia Fined for Anti-LGBT Actions | Human Rights Watch
2019/07/18 · The European Court of Human Rights ruled this week that the Russian government must pay 42,500 euros in damages to three lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights groups for having ...
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VICTORY! Arizona Repeals Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Law …
2019/04/11 · The anti-LGBTQ curriculum law did just the opposite, and I couldn’t be happier to see it repealed.” Arizona’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law was enacted nearly thirty years ago in 1991. Kathy Hoffman – the Arizona Superintendent of Public Education and a defendant in the lawsuit – herself acknowledged that the law needed to be …
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Nigeria is trying 47 men arrested in a hotel under its anti-gay laws
2019/12/12 · Nigeria's anti-LGBT laws punishes same-sex relationships or associations with a maximum of a 14-year jail term. In northern states, where Sharia Laws or Islamic laws, are enforced, individuals ...
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Brunei makes gay sex punishable by death by stoning …
2019/04/03 · Anti-LGBTQ laws around the world According to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association's 2019 roundup , consensual same-sex sex acts are still officially or ...
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NEWS RELEASE: GAY MAN FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE ...
2019/07/19 · Lawsuit builds on the global push for decriminalisation of LGBT people and aims to end one of the last remaining anti-sodomy laws in Western Hemisphere July 18, 2019 — A gay man, who must remain anonymous for his own protection, has today filed a landmark claim challenging Dominica’s homophobic laws that criminalise “buggery” …
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All of Trump's anti-LGBT actions since last Pride (and a …
2019/06/06 · In just the year since the last Pride, the tally of anti-LGBT actions from from the Trump administration dwarfs the number of good things that have come from his presidency for the LGBT community.
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News Release: Gay man to challenge Dominica’s anti-LGBT laws
Lawsuit launch will complete trifecta of legal challenges in Caribbean countries with many of the harshest anti-LGBT laws June 24, 2019 — A gay man, who must remain anonymous for his own protection, is about to file a landmark case challenging Dominica’s homophobic laws that criminalise “buggery” and “gross indecency,” targeting the consensual sexual activity of LGBT …
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How the Salvation Army is trying to change its 'anti-LGBTQ ...
2019/12/15 · In the past, Salvation Army leaders have sought exemptions from federal and state anti-discrimination laws designed to protect LGBTQ people. They have also joined other conservative religious ...
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Map of Countries that Criminalise LGBT People | …
Map of Countries that Criminalise LGBT People What We Do Expand dropdown Where We Work Cases Expand dropdown Belize: A constitutional challenge to the laws criminalising same-sex activity European Union: A case
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iHeartRadio - Heavy Metal Band Rammstein Kiss In …
2019/08/05 · August 5, 2019 Rammstein bandmates hit back at Russia's controversial anti-LGBTQ laws by kissing during their recent show at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. While performing their 2019 hit, "Ausländer," guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe exchanged the smooch in front of the live audience, further emphasizing their advocacy for the LGBTQ …
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Labour urges action over new Brunei anti-LGBT laws - …
2019/04/06 · Brunei implements stoning to death under anti-LGBT laws 3 April 2019 Brunei honour recommended for revocation at University of Aberdeen 5 April 2019 Brunei LGBT: Will Clooney's boycott really work ...
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Puerto Rico will vote on some horrifically anti-LGBTQ laws ...
2019/11/17 · Puerto Rico will vote on some horrifically anti-LGBTQ laws. Ricky Martin is trying to stop it. The commonwealth's legislature could vote on the amendments as early as tomorrow morning. By Daniel ...
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USA TODAY - LGBT laws: Hate crime, religious …
2019/06/14 · Beyond gay marriage, our states’ LGBT laws are a patchwork. From hate crimes to birth certificates, here's how six protections differ. "They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The ...
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Clifford Chance Will Help Challenge Anti-LGBTQ Laws | …
2019/10/17 · Clifford Chance Will Help Challenge Anti-LGBTQ Laws The new pro bono project is spearheaded by Clifford Chance's global head of inclusion, Tiernan Brady, who was the leading voice behind the ...
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The First Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Legislation has Arrived …
2020/01/27 · The 2020 legislative session has just begun and we are already facing a massive wave of anti-LGBTQ bills. While we see positive movement on nondiscrimination in Virginia, elsewhere across the country lawmakers are preoccupied with targeting transgender people, including: attacking transgender athletes, undermining best …
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News Release: Gay man to challenge Dominica’s anti-LGBT laws
Lawsuit launch will complete trifecta of legal challenges in Caribbean countries with many of the harshest anti-LGBT laws June 24, 2019 — A gay man, who must remain anonymous for his own protection, is about to file a landmark case challenging Dominica’s homophobic laws that criminalise “buggery” and “gross indecency,” targeting the consensual sexual activity of LGBT …
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Map of Countries that Criminalise LGBT People | …
Map of Countries that Criminalise LGBT People What We Do Expand dropdown Where We Work Cases Expand dropdown Belize: A constitutional challenge to the laws criminalising same-sex activity European Union: A case
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Anti-LGBTI laws: Nigeria - Erasing 76 Crimes
The “Erasing 76 Crimes” blog focuses on the human toll of 70+ countries’ anti-LGBTI laws and the struggle to repeal them. ©2019 76CRIMES Menu ...
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Texas clings to unconstitutional, homophobic laws – …
2019/06/02 · Texas clings to unconstitutional, homophobic laws – and it's not alone This article is more than 11 months old The legislature has again spurned an opportunity to end its ban on ‘homosexual ...
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Texas clings to unconstitutional, homophobic laws – …
2019/06/02 · Texas clings to unconstitutional, homophobic laws – and it's not alone This article is more than 11 months old The legislature has again spurned an opportunity to end its ban on ‘homosexual ...
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Equality Act 2019: House passes sweeping anti-discrimination ...
2019/06/10 · House passes sweeping anti-discrimination bill to expand protections of LGBT people Updated on: May 17, 2019 / 4:28 PM / CBS News Democrats in the House have approved a sweeping anti ...
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Trump’s first year was awful for LGBTQ rights - Vox
2018/01/22 · Trump’s anti-LGBTQ record Many of the anti-LGBTQ actions the Trump administration took during its first year got very little attention in the mainstream press, typically receiving a couple of ...
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LGBTQ Rights In 2019: Where US Stands On Issues Today
2019/06/24 · Where We Stand On LGBTQ+ Rights Today Story from News 50 Years After Stonewall, Here's Where We Stand On LGBTQ+ Rights Andrea González-Ramírez Photographed by Stephanie Gonot. It’s been 50 ...
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Anti-LGBT discrimination costs Kenya 'up to $1.3 …
2019/02/25 · Anti-LGBT discrimination costs Kenya ‘up to $1.3 billion’ a year Nick Duffy February 25, 2019 LGBT people attend an inter-faith service in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 17, 2019.
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HRC | Human Rights Campaign
2015/11/25 · The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer equality. State Maps of Laws & Policies View the laws and policies that affect
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LGBTQ employment discrimination: Half of states offer …
2019/10/08 · About half of LGBTQ people in the U.S. – 52% – live in states where they could be fired, nixed for a promotion, refused training or harassed at their jobs, all because of their gender identity ...
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Ohio’s LGBTQ Laws Rated in HRC’s Annual State Equality ...
2020/02/07 · Falling into the lowest category, Ohio is one of 30 states where LGBTQ Americans, their friends and families remain at risk of discrimination. HRC Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute released their 5th annual State Equality Index (SEI), a comprehensive report detailing statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ people …
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Chick-fil-A’s anti-LGBTQ controversies, explained - Vox
2019/11/19 · Chick-fil-A is arguably best known for three things: its juicy chicken sandwiches, its employees’ perpetually chipper attitudes, and its long history of donating to charities with anti-LGBTQ ...
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What’s Behind South Korea’s Persistent LGBT Intolerance ...
2019/03/19 · Legislative efforts for anti-discrimination laws have failed to pass multiple times since 2007, with greater success among 12 …