Topics :: anti-discrimination laws

The Push for ENDA Continues

By Antoinette Weil | Thursday May 23, 2013
Though gay activists have seen incredible strides regarding LGBT rights over the past few years, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has yet to be signed into law, despite it being introduced in almost every Congress since 1994.

100 Pa. Lawmakers Introduce 2 Sweeping Nondiscrimination LGBT Bills

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday May 8, 2013
One-hundred Pennsylvania lawmakers have come together to support two bills that would end discrimination towards the LGBT community in the state.

Louisiana Politician Wants to Legalize LGBT Workplace Discrimination

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Apr 17, 2013
A GOP Louisiana state legislator introduced a bill on Tuesday that would make it illegal for LGBT workers to file discrimination against employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Washington State Sues Florist For Refusing to Serve Gay Couple

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Apr 11, 2013
The state’s Attorney General action against a florist who refused to provide flowers for a lesbian couple’s wedding is fueling charges by religious groups that marriage equality will lead to more such lawsuits nationwide.

State Won’t Pay for Anti-Gay Private Schools

By Conswella Bennett | Thursday Feb 21, 2013
Tired of funding schools that exclude gays, Georgia lawmakers will introduce legislation that prevents private schools that discriminate from receiving funding.

Mormon Church Working With LGBT Leaders on Utah Anti-Discrimination Bill

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Feb 12, 2013
Officials from the Mormon Church are working with gay rights groups to create a bill that would protect the LGBT community against discrimination in Utah.

Oregon Baker Accused of Discriminating Against Lesbian Couple

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Feb 5, 2013
A baker from Oregon may face legal action after he admits to denying a lesbian couple a wedding cake because of their sexual orientation.

Ed Koch’s Mixed Legacy on Gay Rights & AIDS

By Steve Weinstein | Friday Feb 1, 2013
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who died Feb. 1, whose outsized personality fit his city but who never fully came out as gay, leaves at best a mixed legacy on gay rights, a negative one on AIDS.

Annapolis, Md., Trolley Won’t Cater to Any Weddings, Joining a Handful of Business Owners in Other States

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Dec 28, 2012
Citing same-sex marriage, the owner of a quaint trolley in Maryland, will no longer lease to any wedding parties. His is the latest of a handful of religious-based such actions in states where same-sex marriage is legal.

N.J. Civil Group Found to Discriminate Against Lesbian Couple

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Oct 25, 2012
A New Jersey agency upheld a judge’s ruling that an organization discriminated against a lesbian couple when they refused to allow them to hold their civil ceremony on the group’s pier.