CSSC condemns the horrific attack at Club Q in CO. While we are still awaiting confirmation of motive, the attack has the hallmarks of hate-fueled violence.
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Organizations to increase joint efforts to monitor, expose and disrupt hate against the LGBTQ+ communityNew York, NY, November 17, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today announced a new partnership to counter anti-LGBTQ+ extremism and hate in the United States. The two organizations are joining together to sharpen their focus on hate and extremism targeting the LGBTQ+ community, which has experienced thousands of hate crimes in…
60 percent of children ages 13-17, and 83 percent of adults 18-45, were harassed while participating in online multiplayer games New York, NY, September 15, 2021 … Sixty percent of children ages 13-17 have experienced harassment while playing games online, according to a first-of-its-kind survey of online gaming experiences released today by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society.
Despite the significant percentage of young adults who reported…
New York, NY, June 17, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) expressed disappointment in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of Catholic Social Services, which rejected the city of Philadelphia’s argument that it should not have to renew a foster care certification contract with an agency that refuses to serve same-sex couples.
However, the decision was narrow, and it is important to note that the Court focused on the details of the city’s contract…
New York, NY, August 20, 2020 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to reject a taxpayer-funded foster care agency’s claim that its religious beliefs entitle the agency to violate a local anti-discrimination law barring discrimination based on sexual orientation, religion, and other protected characteristics. The brief in the case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, was joined by a diverse coalition of religious, civil…
New York, NY, July 3, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today joined a broad coalition of 59 civil rights organizations in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify that a key provision of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA), Title VII protects LGBTQ individuals from discrimination in the workplace. The amicus brief, led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, highlights that LGBTQ…
New York, NY, June 13, 2019 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement regarding the President's appointment of former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS):
"The appointment of Ken Cuccinelli as Acting Director of USCIS is deeply troubling. Cuccinelli has a long history of engaging in and promoting anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policies…
New York, NY, June 13, 2019… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding the constitutionality of the landmark federal hate crime legislation, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act (HCPA), as applied in the case of an Amazon worker who was targeted because of his perceived sexual orientation.
"Today represents an important victory in the ongoing fight against bias and hate…
UPDATE 2.21.2019: Police now allege that Mr. Smollett fabricated the crime. He has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt penned this op-ed for CNN, arguing that in spite of this one high-profile incident, we must not forget hate crimes are in fact increasing and cause tremendous damage to marginalized communities targeted. He also details recommendations for preventing hate crimes.
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New York, NY, January 23, 2019 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) blasted as “shameful, illegal and immoral” today’s decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granting an exemption to a South Carolina faith-based foster child program allowing it to openly discriminate against Jews, gay couples and others who don’t follow their faith.
“It is shocking that the federal government is openly sanctioning discrimination against Jews, LGBTQ…
New York, NY, October 22, 2018 … ADL harshly condemned reported efforts by the Trump Administration to narrow the definition of “gender” in an effort to rollback recognition and protections of transgender people under federal civil rights laws. According to reports, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is spearheading this effort to define “sex” in a way that would exclude 2 million transgender Americans from federal civil rights protections.
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New York, NY, July 9, 2018 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) responded to the President’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court this evening.
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
“The vacancy left by Justice Kennedy’s retirement is a critical one for the future of civil rights, civil liberties, and our democracy. At a time where hard-fought progress…
New York, NY, June 4, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment in the U.S. Supreme Court’s narrow ruling in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple based on his religious beliefs. The decision, however, will likely have limited impact on the application of anti-discrimination laws across the nation.
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
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Invitation for Healthcare Providers to Discriminate Against Women, Trans People, and Others Continues Government's Assault on Civil Rights New York, NY, January 18, 2018 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) finds remarks by Roger Severino, Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today, who invoked the Holocaust in announcing the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, to be deeply offensive and inappropriate. This new…
New York, NY, July 26, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly criticized President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. government would no longer allow transgender individuals to serve in the military, slamming the new policy as “deeply objectionable and blatantly discriminatory.”
“It’s a sad day when the President of the United States declares that transgender Americans are unwelcome in the United States military,” said Jonathan A…
New York, NY, February 23, 2017…. The Anti-Defamation League today harshly criticized the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of federal Title IX guidance supporting transgender students, calling the action “cruel, tinged with prejudice and unnecessary.”
As part of its longstanding mission of fighting bigotry and discrimination, ADL has supported federal protections to stop the harassment and bullying of transgender and gender non-conforming students.
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Says No One Should Be Denied Opportunity to Participate New York, NY, January 31, 2017 ...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the Boy Scouts of America decision to begin accepting members based on the gender an individual lists on the enrollment application, opening membership to transgender youth.
This move reverses the organization’s previously-held policy, which relied on an individual’s biological sex indicated on a birth certificate. The change is in line with…
New York, NY, December 27, 2016...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), together with a diverse group of religious and civil rights groups, filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans urging it to uphold a lower court decision that struck down Mississippi’s HB 1523—the so-called “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act.”
The brief, which was filed on December 23, argues that under the…
Jerusalem, November 19, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned remarks made by Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. In an interview with Israel Hayom, Rabbi Amar called the LGBT community a "cult of abomination" and also called members of the Reform movement "evil," referring to the activity of the Reform movement as "incitement."
"The remarks made by Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi Amar about the LGBT community and Reform Jews distort the core values of…
New York, NY, September 13, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today lauded the decision by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to relocate all seven championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-17 year because of the state’s anti-LGBT law, commonly still referred to as House Bill 2 (HB2). On September 12, the NCAA cited its commitment to “fairness and inclusion” as guiding its decision, which comes on the heels of NBA’s similar…