October 12, 2017
Trump continues his mission to sabotage the Affordable Care Act
20 million Americans, including many LGBTQ people, rely on the ACA for healthcare
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October 10, 2017
Mississippi’s HB 1523 becomes law today and allows residents to legally deny services to LGBTQ people
HB 1523 cites the same so-called “religious exemption” argument as the Department of Justice’s recent anti-LGBTQ guidance
October 6, 2017
DOJ’s anti-LGBTQ “religious exemptions” guidance makes LGBTQ employees second-class citizens
NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today condemned guidance issued this morning by United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which invites taxpayer funded federal agencies, government employees, and government contractors to legally discriminate as long as they cite a religious belief as the reason for doing it. This guidance follows the anti-LGBTQ executive order signed by President Trump – which could ultimately allow a person to use so-called “religious exemptions” to discriminate against the LGBTQ community at the workplace, in housing, in public accommodations across the nation, and even in marriage equality.
October 6, 2017
Trump using “religious exemptions” to restrict health care access is a direct attack on women and transgender Americans
Trump Administration allows employers to use so-called “religious exemptions” to deny Americans contraception access
October 5, 2017
Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn’s anti-LGBTQ activist history
GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today released the following background on Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn which highlights her anti-LGBTQ activist record during her time as a public servant. This backgrounder is in response to media coverage of Blackburn’s decision to run for the open seat in the U.S. Senate following the unexpected retirement of current Senator Bob Corker.
September 29, 2017
GLAAD statement on the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price
Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD – the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, released the following statement this evening after President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price following numerous reports of Price using close to $1 million dollars of taxpayer money to pay for the more than two dozen private and chartered jet trips across the world
September 15, 2017
Senate blocks vote on bipartisan amendment to protect the rights of transgender service members
GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today criticized the United States Senate for blocking the Gillibrand-Collins Amendment, that would have protected transgender service members from President Donald Trump’s discriminatory transgender military ban.
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017
Stanford University research under ethical review after falsely claiming that artificial intelligence could determine a person’s sexual orientation
NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today applauded
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