News Broadcaster’s Conversation with Potential Republican Presidential Candidate “Leaves Anti-LGBTQ Views Unchallenged” WASHINGTON, DC, March 4, 2015 — The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is calling on CNN to apologize for an interview aired today with anti-LGBTQ politician Dr. Benjamin Carson—a potential Republican presidential candidate. In the interview the controversial politician’s views about LGBTQ…
Read MorePassage of Homeland Security Bill Without Overturning President’s Historic Executive Action on Immigration
WASHINGTON, DC, March 3, 2015 — Today, Congress passed the Homeland Security bill without overturning President Obama’s historic immigration executive action which provides some relief for millions of undocumented immigrants. The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund issued the following statement: “We are delighted that Congress has passed this bill without removing vital immigration relief…
Read MoreCarey: Judge’s immigration ruling “seems politically motivated, undemocratic and mean spirited”
WASHINGTON, DC, February 18 2015 — The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is describing Federal Judge Andrew Hanen’s recent immigration ruling—designed to stop the implementation of key components of the president’s executive action on immigration reform—as “politically motivated, undemocratic and mean spirited.” “Clearly this ruling is about stopping any type of humanitarian relief for…
Read MoreTask Force Action Fund Denounces Congressional Attacks Against LGBTQ Immigrants, Dreamers and Immigrant Families
Anti-Immigrant Members of Congress Plan to Vote on Department of Homeland Security Bill that Seeks to Strip 5 Million Immigrants from Relief WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2015 — This week, members of Congress introduced amendments to a Department of Homeland Security budget bill that would roll back relief for an estimated five million undocumented immigrants…
Read MoreCarey to House Speaker Boehner and Senate Majority Leader McConnell: Work with the White House on Reform, Protections and Rights
Washington, DC, January 6, 2015 ― The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is urging the incoming Congressional leadership to work with the White House to pass legislation that addresses immigration reform, LGBTQ employment protections and civil rights. “Two of the most popular issues that were unnecessarily stalled in the last Congress were comprehensive reform…
Read MoreOhio Hate Crime Highlights Need for Statewide Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People
WASHINGTON, DC, November 6, 2014 — The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund is elevating its calls for statewide nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Ohio following a recent hate crime. On Monday, six men physically assaulted transgender community activist Candice Rose Milligan after shouting homophobic and transphobic slurs…
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