Between January and early April of 2021 alone, legislation has been introduced in more than 20 states targeting transgender people — especially transgender youth.
Civil Rights Campaign Targets Facebook Ads; SCOTUS Upholds Federal Law Protecting LGBTQ Workers; Hezbollah School Textbooks Promote Antisemitism and Terrorism
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Civil Rights Groups Launch Campaign Targeting Facebook Ads; SCOTUS Upholds Federal Law Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Discrimination; Hezbollah School Textbooks Promote Antisemitism and Terrorism
Organizers of the “DC Dyke March”tried to implement a ban on Jewish Pride flags, claiming they resemble the flag of Israel. In Detroit, neo-Nazis carrying weapons disrupted an LGBTQ Pride march. A gay man in Atlanta was killed in what police are classifying as a hate crime.
Small Group of Neo-Nazis Protest Michigan Pride Festival with Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Slurs
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On Saturday, June 8, ten neo-Nazis associated with the National Socialist Movement protested Detroit’s Motor City Pride Festival, carrying guns and shouting homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs.
Fighting Hate for Good: ADL 2019 National Leadership Summit (NLS)
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ADL volunteer leaders from across the country came together to lobby and advocate around countering hate. They learned from and were inspired by subject matter experts, Members of Congress, civil rights activists, journalists and authors during the keynote plenary speeches and panels.
DoED Decision Will Require Taxpayers to Fund Discrimination
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The U.S. DoEDrecently announced that it will ignore a longstanding requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act limiting federally funded contractsto secular vendors.
Stealth Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Moving in Tennessee
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Tennessee House Bill 563would immunize private employers and businesses from local laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing, or public accommodations.
WATCH: An LBGTQ activist’s daily fight to put an end to conversion therapy
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This Pride Month, we're highlighting amazing work being done for LBGTQ rights. Watch Mathew Shurka’s story on his impactful work to put an end to conversion therapy.
At a time where attacks against civil rights seem relentless, LGBTQ rights received a landmark victory this week from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Kentucky Appeals Court Issues Convoluted Decision in Pride Festival T-Shirt Case
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A Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling overturned a local human rights commission’s determination that a business violated a county anti-discrimination ordinance when it refused to take an order from an LGBT rights organization for the t-shirts.
In the Tennessee legislature, a stealth bill that would have the same detrimental impact on LGBTQ people as the now notorious North Carolina HB 2 has passed the Senate and is moving forward in the House of Representatives.