The US House of Representatives has voted to pass the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights bill prohibiting discrimination against LGBT+ people in all 50 states. The House voted 224-206 on Thursday (25 February) to pass the sweeping legislation, which substantially expands the existing 1964 Civil Rights Act to include specific protections for sexual orientation
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Founder of Black Transmen Carter Brown addresses a rally with members of Congress. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) The Equality Act has been formally reintroduced to the House of Representatives by gay congressman David Cicilline and senator Jeff Merkley. The Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or
Georgia Democratic senators elect Rev Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. (Getty) The Georgia election results means the Republicans have just lost control of the US Senate, in an incredible victory for LGBT+ rights in America. After ABC called the second Georgia run-off in favour of Jon Ossoff, Georgia has swung blue and with it handed
Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the government to press ahead with reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) ahead of a looming announcement on the issue. The Sunday Times has reported that equalities minister Liz Truss
The paid anti-trans advert claimed that the Equality Act will “destroy girls’ sports”. (American Principles Project/ Facebook) Facebook has removed a paid political advert by an anti-trans think tank claiming that trans athletes will “destroy girls’ sports”. The advert is part of a “dangerous” $4 million campaign by the conservative American Principles Project (APP) aiming
The Christian foster agency was found to have acted unlawfully in excluding LGBT+ parents (Envato Elements) A Christian fostering agency in England discriminated against LGBT+ people by asking potential carer to “refrain from homosexual behaviour”, a damning Ofsted report has found. According to the education watchdog, Sunderland-based Cornerstone North East Fostering Service would only recruit