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This Mothers' Day, Our LGBTQ Elders Need Our Support

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May 12, 2017

On this Mothers’ Day, I find it particularly offensive that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided that it is completely uninterested in collecting data about the needs of LGBTQ older Americans.

See Also: Mother's Day, Mothers' Day, Seniors
Texas House Passes Damaging Child "Welfare" Bill HB 3859

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May 10, 2017

The Texas House of Representatives today passed HB 3859, a discriminatory bill that would allow child placement agencies in the state foster care system – including agencies receiving state and federal funding – to prioritize their religious beliefs above the needs of children in its care.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
What Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order Does – and Doesn’t Do – and Why You Should Still Be Worried

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May 5, 2017

With yesteday’s Executive Order, Donald Trump handed out razors to every anti-LGBTQ zealot that he has put in place in his administration.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Resistance
An Oregon Judge Refused to Marry Same-Sex Couples. We're Fighting Back.

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May 2, 2017

Judge Day directed court staff to use the court record system to investigate whether couples wishing to marry were of the same sex and, if so, to represent that he was unavailable, rather than unwilling, to marry them.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships
Equality Act, LGBTQ Federal Non-Discrimination Bill, Reintroduced in Congress

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May 2, 2017

Today Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline were joined by Democratic Leaders in the Senate and House as well as members of the bipartisan LGBTQ Equality Caucus to reintroduce the Equality Act, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, and jury service.

See Also: Advocacy & Inclusion, Community Education, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections.Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
We're Suing a Mississippi Funeral Home for Refusing to Transport and Cremate the Body of Gay Man

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May 2, 2017

Lambda Legal today announced it has joined a lawsuit against a Picayune, MS, funeral home for refusing to provide any service for Robert Huskey after his death, leaving his 82-year-old husband, Jack Zawadski, desperate to make other arrangements in the hours after his beloved spouse’s passing. The suit seeks damages for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, and the intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Seniors
Trump’s Record on LGBT Rights: Death by 1000 Cuts in the First 100 Days

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April 26, 2017

The very first action of the Trump White House on Inauguration Day was to erase all references to LGBT people and everyone living with HIV from whitehouse.gov. It’s been downhill from there.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools