Sentences with phrase «lgbt community and state»

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We've seen the clout corporations can have when they successfully work with LGBT communities from North Carolina to Indiana and states to defeat and derail so - called religious freedom laws.

This begs the question whether this ad hoc approach paused long enough to listen to LGBT community leaders, activists and business owners in the affected states, including Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, and Pennsylvania.

This includes recent legislation that discriminates against the LGBT community, as stated in a recent letter released by the Human Rights Campaign and Equality North Carolina and signed by numerous CEOs, including Howard Schultz.

Amazon has been a champion for the LGBT community as early supporters of the Equality Act, backers of marriage equality campaigns, and active voices against legislation that discriminates against transgender people in states across the country.

the states with and without protections and get involved in the fight for LGBT protections in your community

A petition was organized, stating that «McHugh is tarnishing Hopkins and causing significant harm to LGBT communities within Hopkins and beyond.

CNN: Mormon website embraces LGBT community The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints, which has fought against same - sex marriage throughout the United States, launched a website on Thursday that preaches understanding and compassion for the gay and lesbian community.

Quinn says Schneiderman's election will «ensure progressive justice in our state» and says she's supporting him because «his commitment to the issues of importance to me, as a woman, as a member of the LGBT community, and as a New Yorker, has never wavered.»

Last week I posted about how during the Democratic National Convention's Lesbian and Gay Caucus Rep. Barney Frank (D - MA) laid it all out on the table and stated quite frankly in my opinion and may others the Log Cabin Republicans is bunch of «Uncle Tom's» for backing the GOP, a party that despises the LGBT community.

«Ultimately artist Anthony Goicolea's design was recommended by the Commission and selected as a result of the circular layout and permanency of the bronze stones that expressed the uncompromised strength of LGBT community, marries well within the sites natural environment, invites sitting and contemplation and stands for equality, fairness, justice, and equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens,» the state parks department said in its statement.

(New York, NY May 17th, 2018)-- New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas broke ground today for Crotona Seniors Residences, the first LGBT - friendly, very - low income senior housing apartment building in The Bronx.

Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT Community Center.

And republicans, in addition, are concerned about many other issues: the discrimination faced by the LGBT community, consumers at the mercy of retailers or companies, Internet users at the mercy of providers or regulatory states, children at the mercy of their parents or teachers, the elder at the mercy of younger disrespectful citizens, the kid being bullied by a classmate at school, the prisoner abused by his jail mates or by the prison authorities, etc..

The LGBT community will continue to work across party lines and throughout the state to ensure that our elected officials will protect and advance issues of concern to our community.

Some in the LGBT community think he was late on some of its issues, noting New York was the seventh state to allow people of the same sex to legally marry, seven years after Massachusetts became the first and six years after Connecticut became the second.

On Tuesday, Burse and colleague Gabby Santos held a workshop of sorts to raise awareness about domestic violence and HIV in the LGBT community for a dozen or so social service agency representatives at the Empire State Plaza.

With GOProud's recent endorsement of Mitt Romney and the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest «gay Republican group» looking poised to also sell out the LGBT community (once again) by endorsing Romney who would be devastating to the fight for LGBT equality and who has unequivocally and repeatedly stated his opposition to almost every form of LGBT equality we seek its time to call these two group into accountability.

The letter's signers included the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the LGBT Community Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Immigration Equality, the Family Equality Council, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the GRIOT Circle: a gathering of elders, and several organizations advocating on behalf of LGBT young people, including FIERCE, the Hetrick - Martin Institute, and Streetwise and Safe.

Samuels had funded a push to pass the convention referendum in order to usher in changes to state government, including overhauling campaign finance laws and providing protections to the LGBT community and bolstering the rights of women.

And the LGBT community, while obviously appreciative of achieving a major victory like same - sex marriage in one of the largest states in the county, still has other issues it would like to see approved that Senate Republicans likely wouldn't immediately bring to a vote.

From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, the state Department of Labor, the Bronx Chamber of Commerce, Destination Tomorrow and the Third Avenue BID will host a Bronx LGBT Career Fair, Hostos Community College Gymnasium, 500 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.

Following Cuomo's lead, AG Eric Schneiderman has banned non-essential state - funded travel for his office to Mississippi and North Carolina after those states passed legislation derided by critics as discriminatory against the LGBT community.

At 6 p.m., Assemblyman Richard Gottfried attends the Empire State Pride Agenda's release of a report, «Transgender Health and Economic Insecurity: A report from the 2015 NY State LGBT Health and Human Services Needs Assessment,» LGBT Community Services Center, 208 W. 13th St., Manhattan.

Gov Cuomo was an excellent Governor and ally for LGBT community — in word, deed and state policy.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

Frank Selvaggi said: «During our search, Ross was identified as the strongest candidate for the position because of his long history of service to the organization, vast knowledge of state government and strong connection the statewide LGBT community.

«This Mississippi law is a sad, hateful injustice against the LGBT community, and I will not allow any non-essential official travel to that state until it is repealed.»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Ten months after the Empire State Pride Agenda abruptly announced it was folding up its tent and with a presidential election looming that will also determine control of the State Assembly and Senate in Albany, two new political action committees have stepped into what would otherwise have been a political void for New York's LGBT community.

In 2006, when the New York State Court of Appeals shamefully ruled that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community did not have equal protection under the law in relation to Marriage Equality, I predicted that passing legislation to right this wrong in the State Senate would be a profound personal and sadly political battle.

BY ANDY HUMM Justice Doris Ling - Cohan, a distinguished 20 - year veteran of the State Supreme Court bench and a hero to the LGBT community for her historic 2005 ruling in favor of same - sex marriage, was put through the ringer in recent weeks by a deeply flawed process of the New York County Democratic Party for nominating -LSB-...]

- I LOVE NY LGBT will market the state to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

According to Councilmember Dromm: «Before [Schneiderman] was Attorney General, he worked with our LGBT community to pass SONDA [2002] and DASA [2010] in the State Senate, laws that provide important protections against workplace discrimination and school harassment.»

With the support of her mentors, friends, and the broader LGBT community, she developed Pink Lobster Dating, a safe place for femme lesbians looking for love in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Diaz, who is also gay, sees parallels between the plight of Mexican Americans and various other groups living in the United States including women, minorities, and the LGBT community.

Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin have long been collaborating on a series called 50 States, delving into the history of LGBT communities in each state as far back as possible.

Scott Schoettes, HIV Project National Director of Lambda Legal, an organization that works to protect the rights of the LGBT and HIV / AIDS community, stated «Finally, an insurance company has realized that this is the right thing to do and that it is profitable from a business perspective to offer this product to people living with HIV.

If you are using your sexual orientation and involvement in the LGBT community on your resume or in the job interview, you need to state specifically to a potential employer those transferable skills and accomplishments you've acquired as a result of these experiences.

OBJECTIVE 2: Describe the complexity of emotional responses and emotional states which members of the LGBT community experience when considering marriage and parenting issues.

«At Trulia, our mission is to help all prospective homebuyers and renters find the best home and neighborhood for them, and for the LGBT community, non-discrimination laws can be different in each state, county, and city,» says Tim Correia, senior vice president and general manager of Trulia.