Tag: State of the Union
Europe : Six steps to improve the state of the Union – not just another joint statement
ILGA-Europe, together with 176 other civil society organisations, are asking European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to pause for a moment in advance of the 2016 State of the Union and start to refocus the EU agenda on what matters for people: that their fundamental rights are protected; that their children grow up in an open and tolerant society; that the most vulnerable are treated with dignity and respect.
TLDEF Applauds President Obama for Including Entire LGBT Community for the First Time Ever in a State of the Union Speech
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) strongly praises President Barack Obama for including transgender people, bisexual people and lesbians in his 2015 State of the Union speech, marking the first time in history they have been mentioned in this address.
President Obama Omits LGBT Workplace Discrimination from State of the Union
In President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight, he neglected to call on Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, following the historic bipartisan Senate vote last year.
Human Rights Campaign Statement on State of the Union Address
Today the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, reacted to the President’s State of the Union address in which he announced that open service by gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the U.S. Armed Forces would begin this year.