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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘That’s So Gay’: Language That Hurts, and How to Stop It
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The phrase "that’s so gay" has persisted as a way for students to describe things they do not like, find annoying or generally want to put down, while it is promising that fewer …