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Putting the Heart in Heartland: Working Hard for Equality in Oklahoma

Putting the Heart in Heartland: Working Hard for Equality in Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state in which every single federal legislator ranks at a zero on HRC's Congressional Scorecard, and the...

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Oklahoma Teen Beaten for Being Gay

Oklahoma Teen Beaten for Being Gay

Attack comes days after state lawmaker pushed legislation to strip municipal sexual orientation protections.

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Oklahoma House Committee Rejects Anti-LGBT Bill

Oklahoma House Committee Rejects Anti-LGBT Bill

HB 2245 would have removed sexual orientation from applicable municipal non-discrimination policies.

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Oklahoma Bill Threatens Municipal Non-Discrimination Policies

Oklahoma Bill Threatens Municipal Non-Discrimination Policies

Anti-LGBT Oklahoma lawmaker Mike Reynolds is at it again.

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OK House Blocks Passage of DADT Bill

OK House Blocks Passage of DADT Bill

Bill would have implemented a more extreme version of DADT in state’s National Guard.

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Oklahoma Bill Would Implement More Extreme Version of DADT

Oklahoma Bill Would Implement More Extreme Version of DADT

HRC joins The Equality Network and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma in condemning discriminatory legislation...

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Alert: DADT Bill Headed for OK House Committee Vote

Alert: DADT Bill Headed for OK House Committee Vote

The Oklahoma bill aimed at reinstating “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” for the Oklahoma National Guard is moving toward a Monday...

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Oklahoma’s DADT Bill Introduced

Oklahoma’s DADT Bill Introduced

Archaic legislation seeking to essentially reinstate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in Oklahoma is introduced.... Read More »

Act Now: Tell OK Lawmaker Anti-Gay Legislation Weakens Military

Act Now: Tell OK Lawmaker Anti-Gay Legislation Weakens Military

Act now to prevent an extreme version of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" from coming to the Oklahoma National Guard.

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Video: Nearly 240,000 E-Mails to OK Leaders Calling on Them to Repudiate Sally Kern’s Anti-Gay Remar

Video: Nearly 240,000 E-Mails to OK Leaders Calling on Them to Repudiate Sally Kern’s Anti-Gay Remar

We told you last week that Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern was up to her old tricks of comparing homosexuality to...

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145,000 E-mails to Oklahoma Leaders: Tell Sally Kern Her Bigotry is Unacceptable

145,000 E-mails to Oklahoma Leaders: Tell Sally Kern Her Bigotry is Unacceptable

In the past eight hours alone, HRC members and supporters have generated 145,000 emails to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin...

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