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Video: Being Transgender in America

Video: Being Transgender in America

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry was joined by author Kate Bornstein, Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender...

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Gay Couple Talking Employment Discrimination at Today’s Easter Egg Roll

Gay Couple Talking Employment Discrimination at Today’s Easter Egg Roll

Today, while hundreds of families gather on the White House lawn for storytelling and egg-roll racing, one family plans to...

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HRC Continues to Build Support for the Fair Treatment of Federal Employees

HRC Continues to Build Support for the Fair Treatment of Federal Employees

While the Obama administration has taken many steps to improve the lives of LGBT people, including by extending certain...

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Video: One Anchorage Responds to Opponents’ Transphobic Ad

Video: One Anchorage Responds to Opponents’ Transphobic Ad

Yesterday, we posted about an offensive, transphobic and legally inaccurate ad released by equality opponents in...

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Anti-LGBT Campaign Runs Transphobic Ad

Anti-LGBT Campaign Runs Transphobic Ad

Equality advocates in Alaska are calling on their opponents to remove an insulting, transphobic ad from the air. HRC is on...

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South Bend Council Passes LGBT Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

South Bend Council Passes LGBT Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

After hours of testimony in a packed house, the South Bend Common Council has voted 6-3 in favor of a new ordinance...

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Equal Opportunity for LGBT Employees Could Make Its Way Back to ExxonMobil

Equal Opportunity for LGBT Employees Could Make Its Way Back to ExxonMobil

After a 13-year-long fight by the LGBT community, fairness could be on its way back to ExxonMobil.  Yesterday, the...

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Study: Majority of Americans Support Equal Rights for Transgender People

Study: Majority of Americans Support Equal Rights for Transgender People

A recent study from the Public Religion Research Institute shows an overwhelming majority of Americans supporting equal...

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Omaha Passes Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Omaha Passes Non-Discrimination Ordinance

City Council passes historic ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment and public...

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Majority of Omaha Voters Support Equal Employment Ordinance

Majority of Omaha Voters Support Equal Employment Ordinance

A survey released today shows 60 percent of Omaha voters supporting a citywide ordinance banning workplace discrimination...

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North Carolina Baptists Gather to Defeat Amendment One

North Carolina Baptists Gather to Defeat Amendment One

On a recent Saturday in Charlotte, NC, Baptists from across North Carolina gathered to hear from a panel of their...

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