Washington DC, July 13, 2016—The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is welcoming the repeal by a unanimous vote of Cleveland’s ordinance designed to stop transgender and gender non-conforming people from using the restrooms associated with their gender identity. “Our partners at Equality Ohio and Cleveland is Ready have done an outstanding job in delivering…
Read MoreNational LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund welcomes introduction of the LGBT Data Inclusion Act
Washington DC, May 27, 2016 — The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is welcoming the introduction of the LGBT Data Inclusion Act in the United States Congress. “Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data in all federal population-based surveys means that LGBTQ people count when it comes to the provision of vital services. It…
Read MoreVictory: Vital LGBTQ non-discrimination amendment passes house
Washington DC, May 26, 2016 —The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is celebrating the passage of an amendment to a spending bill that will continue to make discrimination against LGBTQ employees by federal contractors illegal. The amendment restores the protections that were established by President Obama in his historic executive order in 2014; protections…
Read MoreHouse anti-LGBTQ amendment to Defense Budget Bill “designed to destroy people’s livelihoods”
Washington, DC, May 20, 2016—The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is describing yesterday’s passage of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act — that would strip non-discrimination protections from the millions of employees of federal contractors— as “designed to destroy people’s livelihoods.” “It’s an absolute disgrace that the House Majority Leadership would push…
Read MoreLGBTQ Advocates Condemn Oklahoma Bill that Attempts to Make Abortion Illegal
Washington, D.C., May 20, 2016—On Thursday the Oklahoma legislature passed a bill that would make it a felony for healthcare providers to perform an abortion in the state. The bill now goes to Governor Mary Fallin for consideration. “This is a blatant attack on fundamental rights and modern medicine. People across these United States have…
Read MoreSouth Carolina’s new anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion laws a “draconian combo”
Washington, DC, May 20, 2016—Two new proposed laws in South Carolina—one to discriminate against transgender people (S. 1306) and the other to roll back abortion rights (H. 3114)—are being condemned as a “draconian combo” by the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund. “These proposed laws are clearly a draconian combo, designed to both advance discrimination…
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