ORLANDO–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2016. During a roundtable with community leaders in Orlando on Friday, Hillary Clinton condemned the terrorist attack against the LGBT community that killed 49 Americans and injured dozens more at The Pulse nightclub in June. Clinton reiterated her commitment to addressing gun violence and disrupting global networks that[Read More…]
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North Carolina Governor McCrory Issues Statement on the NBA’s Decision to Relocate 2017 All-Star Game
NORTH CAROLINA–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2016. Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on the NBA’s decision about the 2017 All-Star Game: “The sports and entertainment elite, Attorney General Roy Cooper and the liberal media have for months misrepresented our laws and maligned the people of North Carolina simply because most people[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Laura E. Durso on the NBA Moving the All-Star Game Due To LGBT Discrimination in North Carolina
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2016. Laura E. Durso, the Senior Director of the LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement after the National Basketball Association, or NBA, announced that it would move the 2017 NBA All-Star Game from North Carolina as a[Read More…]
NBA Statement Regarding 2017 NBA All-Star Game
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2016. The NBA issued the following statement Thursday regarding the 2017 NBA All-Star Game: “The NBA has decided to relocate the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte with the hope of rescheduling for 2019. “Since March, when North Carolina enacted HB2 and the issue of legal[Read More…]
The Truth: Donald Trump Has Made Millions Doing Business in Anti-LGBT Countries
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2016. While Donald Trump and his allies attack a charity for helping millions of people around the world, he has made millions doing business in countries with anti-LGBT laws. CNN: Trump benefits from countries with anti-gay laws: “From licensing his name to a golf club in Dubai[Read More…]
ACLU of Iowa Files Civil Rights Complaint on Behalf of Transgender Corrections Employee
Prison Nurse Was Denied Health Care and Use of Men’s Facilities Because He is Transgender DES MOINES, IA – (ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa today filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission on behalf of Jesse Vroegh, a long-time Iowa Department of Corrections[Read More…]
Department of Justice to Conduct After-Action Review of Police Response to Orlando Nightclub Mass Shooting
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016. The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced it will conduct a comprehensive after-action assessment of the Orlando Police Department’s (OPD) response to the mass shooting that took place on June 12 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “I[Read More…]
Over 70 Groups Urge Rep. Chaffetz to Cancel Hearing on Anti-LGBT Legislation Scheduled a Month After Orlando Shooting
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union and over 70 national, state and local groups sent a letter today to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) urging him to cancel a hearing on a bill that would allow taxpayer-funded discrimination against LGBT people, women, and others. Chaffetz, chairman of[Read More…]
Judge Strikes Down Anti-LGBT Bill in Mississippi Hours Before It Becomes Law
JACKSON, Miss. –(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2016. In the early hours of the morning, a federal judge struck down the entirety of an anti-LGBT measure that was slated to become law today. The law would have allowed public officials and businesses to refuse to serve LGBT individuals. The ACLU and the ACLU[Read More…]
Senator Wyden Statement on Allowing Openly Transgender People to Serve in the Military
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Department of Defense announced it will lift its ban on allowing openly transgender people to serve in the military: “Eligibility to serve in the military should depend on a person’s ability to do[Read More…]
