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The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women released a statement Thursday opposing anti-transgender initiatives–such as North Carolina’s notorious HB2–because they will inevitably increase violence against transgender people rather than protect women from violence. 250+ Anti-Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Orgs: Support Trans Community https://t.co/xI41ybQWw3 #ProtectEveryone …

In a press release Tuesday, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said that he has signed a new executive order to protect workers from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The governor also released a video statement on Executive Order 93. Breaking: NC Gov McCrory signs executive order …

Deutsche Bank, the leading bank of Germany, announced on Tuesday that it is freezing plans to expand its operations in North Carolina, including plans to create 250 more jobs at its Cary location. #DeutscheBank is proud to stand in support of #LGBT equality #HB2 https://t.co/409l9ZPX0I pic.twitter.com/7EG7Mioj0N — Deutsche Bank (@DeutscheBank) …

WRAL reports that North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory met with the LGBT-activist organization Human Rights Campaign’s president Thursday, along with the executive director of Equality N.C. and a transgender advocate.  The civil liberties groups called for the repeal of HB 2, the widely controversial bill signed by the governor last …

After a long holiday weekend, advocacy groups working against anti-LGBT legislatures, including the ACLU and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo began action against North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory for signing a ban on anti-discriminatory legislation into law. On Monday, Governor Cuomo released a statement and executive order banning non-essential travel …

First State to act in response to North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT legislation Similar order to Cuomo’s in 2015 responding to Indiana’s “Religious Freedom” Bill In a statement released Monday from his office, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina, …

NYPD sources have reported that a 25-year old transgender woman was raped late last Saturday night at New York City’s Stonewall Inn, the bar famous as the setting for the Stonewall riots in 1969 which are widely-considered to make the beginning of the modern gay rights movement. According to reports, …

On Wednesday the North Carolina General Assembly approved HB2, the bill which would block local governments from passing non-discrimination measures based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  The legislation was able to clear the General Assembly in under nine hours. This comes primarily as an attack on Charlotte, which decided earlier …

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed a controversial bill today that would have forced transgender students to use school bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth.  South Dakota HB 1008 received nationwide attention in recent weeks for its initiative to deny transgender students of civil …

A bill has landed on the desk of South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard, a Republican who has given the bill a positive nod in the past.  Daugaard’s signature is the last remaining step before South Dakota could become the first state to specifically target transgender youth by passing a law …

A transgender woman in Seattle has filed a civil suit against People’s Bank after repeatedly being denied service because her voice did not register as feminine enough to confirm her identity over the phone.  According to Lizzi Duff, age 70, her masculine-sounding voice is the reason the bank’s employees would …

A violent case comes to rest in Brooklyn after the sentencing of 26-year-old Mashawn Sands, the man convicted of assaulting a transgender woman with a piece of plexiglass. The crime has left its victim with permanent damage after traumatic brain injury. Brooklyn District  Attorney Ken Thompson announced that the man …

Raw Story: “A bill filed by a Virginia lawmaker this week would require schools to be certain that children are using the restroom corresponding to their “correct anatomical sex.” The legislation, which would prohibit transgender students from using the bathroom matching their gender, is being sponsored by Republican Del. Mark Cole. House Bill …

Ben Carson’s own words on the subject of same-sex marriage during an interview on Catholic TV Network EWTN: “You see how silly this is. I mean, it’s beyond ridiculous that you take the most abnormal situation and then you make everyone else conform to it. That doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. …