Anti-LGBTQ Republicans offer thoughts and prayers after Colorado club shooting
GOP lawmakers opposed both background checks and protections for LGBTQ Americans like those shot at in the Club Q mass shooting.
By Josh Israel - November 21, 2022GOP lawmakers opposed both background checks and protections for LGBTQ Americans like those shot at in the Club Q mass shooting.
By Josh Israel - November 21, 2022President Joe Biden is promoting the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, employment, health care, jury service, and more
By Casey Quinlan - September 20, 2021Members of Congress who receive donations from Toyota continue to oppose LGBTQ rights and racial justice.
By Josh Israel - June 28, 2021Leaders from several LGBTQ organizations met with the White House recently to discuss the urgent need for the bill’s passage.
By Casey Quinlan - June 22, 2021The Department of Education confirmed that Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation, amid an onslaught of anti-trans legislation at the state level.
By Casey Quinlan - June 17, 2021‘Happy Pride. Now, abolish the damn filibuster and pass the Equality Act,’ tweeted Rep. Mondaire Jones.
By Casey Quinlan - June 16, 2021Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) thinks ‘religious liberty’ should allow for discrimination against LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - June 04, 2021Rep. Lauren Boebert appeared on a livestream with conservative activist Andrew Wommack, who once claimed that Christians who ‘serve the Lord’ would be immune from COVID-19.
By Oliver Willis - May 12, 2021Corporate endorsements of the Equality Act have more than doubled since the House first passed it in 2019.
By Associated Press - April 27, 2021A new poll shows that many Republican voters oppose legal restrictions against transgender youth.
By Casey Quinlan - April 19, 2021Marriage equality has been the law of the land for six years.
By Casey Quinlan - April 15, 2021Mathew Staver has a long history of fighting LGBTQ equality.
By Casey Quinlan - April 05, 2021Opponents of the Equality Act say its nondiscrimination protections hurt religion. Advocates say that’s just fearmongering.
By Casey Quinlan - March 26, 2021A majority of Republicans finally support marriage for same-sex couples.
By Casey Quinlan - March 23, 2021An ad run by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said, ‘The Equality Act is a threat to life as we know it in our nation today.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 19, 2021Abigail Shrier and Mary Rice Hasson have a long history of working against transgender rights.
By Casey Quinlan - March 17, 2021The White House said, ‘President Biden is committed to taking a whole-of-government approach to advancing LGBTQ+ equality.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 12, 2021In 2019, Jeff Van Drew said H.R. 1 would ‘restore our democracy.’ Two years later, he’s slamming it as ‘socialism … served on a platter.’
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2021Republicans publicly embraced transphobia at the annual conservative conference.
By Casey Quinlan - March 01, 2021GOP rhetoric about protecting women is part of an ongoing fight against transgender equality.
By Casey Quinlan - February 26, 2021Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) used a years-old, completely made-up meme while debating the Equality Act Thursday.
By Emily Singer - February 25, 2021Studies continue to show that transgender girls aren’t blocking opportunities for cis girls.
By Casey Quinlan - February 25, 2021For the second time in as many days, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tried to adjourn the House to avoid a vote on the Equality Act.
By Emily Singer - February 25, 2021Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) put up an anti-transgender sign to harass Democratic Rep. Marie Newman and her transgender daughter.
By Emily Singer - February 25, 2021Explicit protections for intersex people are included in the bill.
By Casey Quinlan - February 23, 2021‘This is no different than attorneys in the Jim Crow-era striking Black jurors so that they could try Black defendants with all-white juries,’ said Rep. Mondaire Jones, who introduced the legislation.
By Casey Quinlan - February 18, 2021A patchwork range of nondiscrimination laws has left LGBTQ people vulnerable across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - January 28, 2021‘The work is never done until all of us are free.’
By Casey Quinlan - November 09, 2020McConnell has blocked everything from legislation to help unemployed workers to a bipartisan background check bill for gun sales.
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2020Republican National Convention speakers painted a rosy picture of Trump’s repeated attacks on equality.
By Josh Israel - August 27, 2020