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U.S. House of Representatives Passes the Raise the Wage Act of 2019
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Kevin Seaman and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — Agreement with Lyft
Kevin Seaman, an interdisciplinary artist, cultural worker, and drag queen whose drag persona is LOL McFiercen, and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns devoted to community service and promoting human rights, have reached a collaborative agreement with Lyft to ensure individuals in the queer and drag communities are not discriminated against by drivers using Lyft’s platform.
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NCLR, GLAD and Equality California Applaud Ninth Circuit Ruling Giving Green Light for New Review of Transgender Military Ban
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NCLR and GLAD Respond to President Trump’s Statements about the Transgender Military Ban
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Walsh v. Friendship Village of South County
On July 25, 2018, Mary Walsh, age 72, and Bev Nance, age 68, a married lesbian couple, filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of Missouri against St. Louis senior housing community Friendship Village Sunset Hills. The complaint alleges that Friendship Village violated the federal Fair Housing Act by discriminating against Walsh and Nance on the basis of sex, denying them a unit because they are a same-sex married couple.
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Doe v. Boyertown Area School District Amicus
A group of nontransgender students in the Boyertown Area School District sued the school district for allowing transgender students to access facilities that were consistent with their gender identity. The students claimed that the school district’s policy violated their right to privacy and created a hostile school environment.
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Trump Administration to Eliminate LGBTQ Healthcare Anti-Discrimination Protections
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NCLR Condemns Proposed HUD Rule That Would Dissolve Discrimination Protections for Transgender People in Homeless Shelters
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NCLR Celebrates the U.S. House of Representatives Passage of the Equality Act
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Reed v. KRON/IBEW Local 45 Pension Plan
On August 9, 2016, the widower of a former KRON4 employee sued Young Broadcasting of San Francisco and the KRON/IBEW Local 45 Pension Plan for refusing to provide him with a spousal pension benefit even though the couple were registered domestic partners.
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