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Tag Archives: LGBT
VIDEO: Rally for Marriage Equality at the Supreme Court!
On Tuesday, March 26, thousands of people gathered in front of the Supreme Court building to speak out in support of the right for same-sex couples to get married. President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human … Continue reading
Civil Rights News: Arizona Law Aims to Disenfranchise Voters; ACLU Fights for LGBT Rights in California Schools; Rand Paul Signals a Republican Shift on Immigration Reform
Compiled by Emily Van Dusen, a Spring 2013 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Arizona voting law disenfranchises citizens Editorial LA Times On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Arizona v. ITCA case, which questioned the … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-bullying, discrimination, immigration, LGBT, students, voting rights
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Victims of Abuse Suffer Each Day an Inclusive VAWA Reauthorization is Delayed or Weakened
By Avril Lighty, The Leadership Conference Communications Associate It is a proven fact that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) saves lives. From the time VAWA was first passed 1994 to 2010, the rate of intimate partner violence decreased by … Continue reading
Civil Rights News: Boy Scouts Delay Vote on Lifting Ban on Gays; Obama Must Focus on Jobs, Wages in Second Term; Long Voting Lines Raise Concerns
Compiled by Emily Van Dusen, a Spring 2013 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Boy Scouts board to meet amid talk of policy on gays USA Today The Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) national executive board has delayed making … Continue reading
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Tagged Boy Scouts, employment, gay rights, jobs, labor unions, LGBT, voter suppression, voting, voting rights, worker's rights
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Civil Rights News: Violence Against Women, DADT Settlement, Illegal Bank Foreclosures
GOP House’s Inaction on VAWA Shows Bigotry Ilyse Hogue (opinion) CNN House Republicans continue to stall reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act despite its comfortable passage in the Senate last spring. The Senate bill protections for immigrants, LGBT women, … Continue reading
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Tagged bank foreclosures, dadt, LGBT, VAWA, women
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Rally to Protect Women Against Violence Attracts Hundreds, Representatives and Advocates
By Jaimie Woo, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern Video by Maddie Peare, Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern “’When a maaaaaaaaaan loves a woman,’ he does the right thing!” sang Michael Bolton, multi-Grammy Award-winning singer and … Continue reading
Transgender People of Color Face Extreme Discrimination
Last year, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released a groundbreaking report, Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Study. The report reveals that transgender and gender non-conforming people face injustice in many places, including: … Continue reading
