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…
Read MoreLGBTQ Advocates Disappointed with Repeal of Oregon Driver Card Law
WASHINGTON, DC, November 5, 2014 — The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, the nation’s oldest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) advocacy organization, is disappointed with the repeal of an Oregon state law that would have made it possible for people to apply for a driver card regardless of their immigration status. “We…
Read MoreLGBTQ Advocates Outraged by Passage of Tennessee Measure Eliminating Access to Safe Abortions
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 4, 2014 — The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, the nation’s oldest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) advocacy organization, is outraged by the passage of a Tennessee ballot measure that will eliminate access to affordable and safe abortions. “We are extremely disappointed with the passage of Amendment 1, which…
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