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Equality PAC raises millions to boost LGBTQ representation in Congress
NPR· 2 days agoSPRUNT: The PAC is well on its way to increasing LGBTQ representation in Congress, but the mission to pass protections requires more than just new House members. It needs ...
Senate seeks formal apology for decades of LGBTQ+ discrimination in the federal government
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWarner. What happens next? The Senate will now review the resolution. If it gains sufficient...
California U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler and New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Announce...
Sierra Sun Times· 3 hours agoLast Friday, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Laphonza Butler (D-CA) announced the...
Thailand: Passing of marriage equality bill a triumphant moment for LGBTI rights
Amnesty International· 6 days agoThis landmark moment is a reward for the tireless work of activists, civil society organizations and...
Senate resolution apologizes to ‘hundreds of thousands’ of LGBTQ federal employees
The Hill· 5 days agoTim Kaine (D-Va.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) are leading the resolution, which...resolution in 2021....
Photos: Juneteenth celebration at Anderson Library includes spoken word, color red artwork
The Anderson Independent-Mail via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"Freedom finally came...been a federal holiday since the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate...
How Pekin is connected to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria· 4 days agoPEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) — If it wasn’t for the influence of a U.S. Senator from Pekin, one of the most...
A Second Trump Term Would Double Down on Erasing Trans Rights. Here’s How Advocates Are Preparing
them via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“I don’t think any of us can assume that a position that was successful in the first Trump...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“On Juneteenth, we come together to celebrate fundamental American values of freedom and equality,...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoThroughout the course of American history, most white people have never cared about Black lives. This has nothing to do with Critical Race Theory. A 1963 Gallup poll found that 78 percent of ...