City of New Orleans pledges to properly memorialize UpStairs Lounge victims
June 24, 2022 marked the 49th anniversary of what was considered the deadliest anti-LGBTQ attack until the Pulse shooting in…
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New Hampshire House votes to ban gay and trans panic defenses
New Hampshire is finally joining numerous other U.S. states by taking steps to get rid of the horrible gay or…
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President Biden signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law, ACLU endorses
On May 20, President Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which includes the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act. The bipartisan…
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The ACLU holds hearing supporting Equality Act, releases statement on Anti-Asian violence
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing last Wednesday on the Equality Act, marking the first time that a Senate…
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