Tag: HB 1523
Jackson Public School Board Unanimously Adopts LGBT-Inclusive Employment Policy
Becomes one of the first school districts in Mississippi to embrace full workplace inclusion.
The UK Warns Tourists About Anti-LGBT Laws in North Carolina and Mississippi
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office warned its LGBT citizens of the risks of traveling to North Carolina and Mississippi, which have enacted anti-LGBT laws.
Mississippi: More than 60 Major CEOs & Business Leaders Demand Repeal of HB 1523
Leaders from major corporation continue to join the growing chorus of business voices from across the country calling on Governor Bryant and state lawmakers to repeal discriminatory HB 1523.
Coca-Cola Northrop Grumman, Intel, Replacements Ltd, and The Hartford, Call for Repeal of HB 1523
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, announced that executives from The Coca-Cola Company, Northrop Grumman, Intel, Replacements, Ltd. and the Hartford signed onto an open letter this week addressed to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves, and House Speaker Philip A. Gunn urging them to repeal HB 1523.
Mississippi: Major Corporations Call for Repeal of Anti-LGBT Law
The radical new law allows almost any individual or organisation to use religion as a justification to discriminate against LGBT Mississippians and their families.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant Signs Law Attacking LGBT People and Families
Despite business outcry, HB 1523 becomes third explicitly anti-LGBT bill signed into law this year.