Tag: Michigan
Michigan gay couple reports hate note from ‘Trump Country’
Days after the American people elected Donald J. Trump the nation’s 45th president, a gay Bay City couple say they found themselves the target of the latest in a flurry of hate-fuelled intimidation tactics plaguing the country.
Federal Judge Could Set Dangerous Precedent With Transgender Employment Discrimination Ruling
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, released the following statement in response to a decision by a federal judge in Michigan who ruled in favour of a Detroit-based funeral home who fired a transgender employee due to her gender identity.
Bruce Springsteen Threatens to Boycott Michigan if Transgender Locker Room Bill Becomes Law
After he canceled a Sunday concert in North Carolina to “fight against prejudice and bigotry,” rocker Bruce Springsteen condemned Michigan lawmakers planning to pass a law similar to North Carolina’s Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act.
HRC Condemns Michigan Governor Snyder for Signing Extreme Anti-LGBT Adoption Legislation Into Law
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, condemned Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for signing a package of extreme anti-LGBT adoption bills into law. In the name of “religious freedom,” the dangerously broad bills have enshrined special taxpayer-funded discrimination into Michigan law and permit rampant discrimination against committed and loving LGBT couples, putting thousands of Michigan children at risk of not finding the loving homes that they need.
Michigan Poised to Repeat the Mistakes of Indiana with Anti-LGBT Bills
Governor Snyder must veto the extreme anti-LGBT adoption bills passed today by the Michigan Senate that would enshrine dangerously broad taxpayer-funded discrimination into law.
Washington: US Supreme Court examines marriage equality
The Supreme Court appears divided over whether the US Constitution guarantees marriage equality. Pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy seems to have inched cautiously toward legalizing gay nuptials nationwide.