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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have passed a measure veiled as a parental rights law that is actually a bill meant to exclude transgender people from public education.
A Republican-controlled House committee approved the bill one week after the state Senate moved forward on it.
Republicans control the White House, the House of Representatives, and a majority of governorships. Now a new wave of openly gay conservatives wants to put gay rights on the agenda in George Bush's America
If the proposal passes the Republican-controlled House, Missouri voters will be asked to amend the state constitution to allow businesses and individuals to refuse service to same-sex couples.
Thirteen students traveled from New Orleans to Baton Rouge on March 27 to protest several anti-LGBTQ+ bills up for consideration by the Republican-controlled House and Senate.
Now that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has passed the U.S. Senate, it's up to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to get the long-languishing legislation to President Obama's desk intact.
The day after the Senate approved the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act with LGBT-inclusive provisions, members of the Republican-controlled House introduced their own version of the bill, which excludes coverage for LGBT citizens.
Republican control of Congress is on the line Tuesday in an election colored by voters' dismay over the Iraq war and misbehavior in Washington. At stake in the midterm election were all 435 House of Representatives seats, 33 in the Senate, 36 governor's offices, and ballot measures on same-sex marriage.
“Standing up for health care and keeping the government open should never be partisan,” Sarah McBride added.
Rep. Charles Bass of New Hampshire signed on to co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act, becoming the second Republican House member to express support within the past week.
Can the momentum built by the House sit-in travel outside of Washington?
Democrats wanted to give Virginians the opportunity to vote on a measure that would have allowed the state constitution to be amended to reflect marriage equality rights for all within the state.
If Trump knows how to do one thing, it's finding sycophants who will cover up his crimes.
Although McCarthy's a solidly conservative Republican, he'd been opposed by the far-right wing of his party.
We just got a glimpse of the GOP's unforgiving future, where closets and back alleys proliferate.
The state senate passed legislation making it easier for foster and adoption agencies to reject prospective parents for being LGBT.
