Sentences with phrase «lgbt people»
Hikind's attitudes toward LGBT people are profoundly dehumanizing.
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When more than a million LGBT people and their friends and families gather in New York City this weekend to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern LGBT rights movement, we hope that there will be another pivotal event — marriage equality — for them to celebrate.»
«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates the grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state,» Cuomo said in the statement.
This is the same argument that Robert Mugabe used to suppress the human rights of LGBT people in Zimbabwe; that the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, used when he signed the most dangerous law against LGBT people in the modern world; and that President Yoweri Museveni used in a ceremonial signing of the anti-gay bill in Uganda.
The NYPD spy on innocent Muslim children and their parents, illegally stop, question, frisk, search THOUSANDS of New Yorkers (mostly Blacks and Latinos — including LGBT people).
In addition, Sundquist, who is gay, said, «I'm deeply concerned about the rights of LGBT people and the increased wave of intolerance in this country.
During his last year in the House, Ford received a 25 (out of 100) rating on HRC's Congressional Scorecard... For our community — and any New Yorker who cares about equality for LGBT people — there is no contest here.
«We had to remove all references to LGBT people in a bill that dedicated land to a park at Stonewall.
While it may be tempting for Mr. Ford to compare himself to people like Senator Chuck Schumer, the fact remains that Senator Schumer — who did evolve on his position on marriage equality — has been a longtime supporter of several pieces of legislation that are very important to LGBT people and never supported the awful Federal Marriage Amendment.
«This resolution is part of a practice here where any mention of LGBT people is forbidden in legislation we consider,» Hoylman said in saying the GOP resolution also «waters down» a hate crime task force Cuomo has proposed and removes protections for LGBT youths in public schools.
We urge you to bar state - funded travel to the state of Indiana, thereby sending a strong message that New York will not stand for legalized discrimination and injustice against LGBT people.
Mr. President, you will remember that in December 2011 the White House released a presidential memorandum directing executive officers and agencies that deal in foreign affairs to address human rights abuses against LGBT people abroad and to pressure foreign governments to decriminalize homosexuality.
These troubling provisions open the door for state - sanctioned discrimination against LGBT people cloaked in the guise of «religious freedom.»
Trans women and LGBT people of color are at greatest peril.
Given that President Putin and Russia have enacted laws to criminalize gay people and supporters and deny human rights to their LGBT citizens, they should not be the beneficiary of any trip by your office until they fully restore all civil rights to LGBT people in their country.
«As we celebrate our tremendous victory in securing equal rights to marriage for all, we are mindful that much more remains to be done to secure the rights of LGBT people interacting with police,» said Demoya Gordon of Lambda Legal, a legal organization that promotes gay rights.
«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state,» Cuomo said.
BY ANDY HUMM Justice Doris Ling - Cohan, a distinguished jurist and champion of the rights of tenants, immigrants, and LGBT people, was re-nominated by acclamation for a 14 - year term to the New York State Supreme Court by delegates to Manhattan's County Democratic Judicial Convention on September 22.
Stop with the celebrities already and start identifying LGBT people and allies in targeted Senate districts who can pressure their Senators to support marriage equality.
The bottom line appears to be that the Colorado GOP — along with many rank - and - file Republicans — has come to realize that alienating LGBT people and their allies is no longer in the party's best interest.
And by being «fair to us,» Andrews presumably means not trying to stop them from bullying and shaming LGBT people.
Cathy Moreno Thomas, board president of Marriage Equality New York, said there are 1,300 tangible rights LGBT people are denied that their straight, married neighbors receive.
New report reveals atmosphere of intimidation and discrimination against LGBT people in detention centres
«As LGBT people, we know how important coming out is, but I would argue that our coming out has never been more important than it is right now,» Nixon said.
«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates the grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state.»
LGBT people have been allowed to serve openly in the Her Majesty's Armed Forces since 2000, and discrimination on a sexual orientation basis has been forbidden since 2010.
LGBT people are also allowed to serve openly in police and, in 1990, the Lesbian and Gay Police Association (LAGPA), now the Gay Police Association (GPA), was founded.
[citation needed] It is also forbidden for someone to pressure LGBT people to come out.
«LGBT people and our allies remember the sting of last year's marriage equality loss and are determined to elect leaders who won't back down when equality is at stake.»
Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, a Brooklyn Democrat, said, «Organizing and building capacity among young LGBT people is critically important to our city.
Activist Mannan's magazine, Roopbaan, was launched two years ago and has become a platform for promoting the rights of LGBT people in Bangladesh, where homosexual acts are illegal.
«Even though we don't know all the circumstances, this is another death in the detention estate and it underlines the urgency of this issue,» said Paul Dillane, executive director of UKLGIG, a human rights charity which focuses on LGBT people in detention.
A lesbian campaigner who was voted one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK is fighting her deportation to Nigeria today, as her case goes to the high court.
Cuomo is supporting a legal challenge to North Carolina's new law limiting the rights of LGBT people.
«Stonewall boasts that its stated purpose is to «promote equality,» yet it is ignoring the unequal treatment of LGBT people in this bill.
We urge you to bar state - funded travel to Indiana, thereby sending a strong message that New York will not stand for legalized discrimination and injustice against LGBT people.»
«This is of particular importance when the civil liberties of minority groups are threatened, as they are now by the repressive actions being taken by the Trump administration against LGBT people, women, religious and ethnic minorities, and immigrants.»
Following an extensive consultation, there was no evidence to suggest that extra laws were needed to protect LGBT people from harassment outside work.
It is wrong to deport LGBT people and demand they hide their sexuality.
The LOFT offers a wide variety of vital programs and services focused on Advocacy, Education and Celebration of the LGBT people, and the community as a whole.
She opposes the DADT repeal, gay parenting and every advance to create fair and equitable rights for LGBT people.
Hidden carefully by Sen David Koehler in SB 1123, a bill to assist the blind - like an arsenic pill hidden in a crême brulé - beneath text allowing for raises for County Clerks, the Conservatives waited until 5 pm today, in the 11th hour of this bill before its Wednesday committee vote, to slide in amendments that seek to do everything possible to tear apart the lives of LGBT people in Illinois.
«We're increasing police presence in New York because of what happened in Florida,» Cuomo said, «but that could only make this worse if they were targeted because they were LGBT people.»
But LGBT people have never been able to achieve the enactment of the bill, known by the acronym of «ENDA».
«There are some things just as important — civil rights and anti-discrimination and we're not going to participate in a state that discriminates against LGBT people.
PT: The only minority that has gained under the coalition government is LGBT people with the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
LGBT people in Qatar face an environment of intimidation, with sentences of up to five years for consenting adults.
@ 1 it depends on how they view LGBT people.
A new amendment from Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D - NY) which would that would ban federal contractors who discriminate against LGBT people attached to an energy and water spending bill passed the House late on Wednesday following days of fury from Dem... Read
«As long as there is a law in North Carolina that creates the grounds for discrimination against LGBT people, I am barring non-essential state travel to that state,» the governor said in a press release announcing his executive order.