WASHINGTON, DC, July 12. 2017—Yesterday evening, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) proposed an amendment to the National Defense Reauthorization Act that would ban transgender service members and their families from receiving transition-related medical care from military health services. In response, the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund has released the following statement: “This amendment is an unconscionable…
Read MoreSenate’s Obamacare Repeal Bill Condemned by LGBTQ Advocates
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2017—Today, the United States (U.S.) Senate made public the so-called Better Care Reconciliation Act (H.R. 1628). If passed, the bill would take away health insurance from millions of people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. While the full extent of its harm is not yet known because the…
Read MoreRepublican-Led House Votes to Strip Millions of People of Health Care
WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2017—Today, the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed the hastily concocted Trumpcare, the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), which seeks to repeal the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA). If enacted, the bill could eliminate quality affordable health care for millions of people. In addition to today’s House vote to repeal the ACA, yesterday, the Department of…
Read MoreHistoric Equality Act Seeks Explicit Non-Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ People
WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2017–Today, the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is joining members of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus in re-introducing the Equality Act. Sponsored by United States Representative David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island) and United States Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), and Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), the bill seeks to explicitly ban discrimination against…
Read MoreBREAKING: North Carolina Governor Signs Fake HB2 Repeal Bill
RALEIGH, N.C., March 30, 2017—North Carolina has signed into law HB142, a bill that allows for continued discrimination against LGBTQ people under previously enacted legislation (HB2). HB2, passed by the Republican-led state legislature and signed into law by then Republican Governor Pat McCrory, removed vital anti-discrimination protections from LGBTQ people and other groups, such as veterans. McCrory lost his reelection…
Read MoreLGBTQ Advocates Rejoice Halt of Trumpcare Vote, Schumer’s Promise to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
WASHINGTON, DC, March 24, 2017—The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is welcoming the House of Representative’s decision to pull the so-called American Health Care Act from today’s scheduled floor vote. The legislation had failed to secure the necessary votes to pass, following weeks of public outcry and advocacy in opposition by LGBTQ activists, civil rights leaders, and health care…
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