Equality Federation: Winning Equality In The Communities We Call Home

Give OUT Day has ended, but we still need your support! Equality Federation’s work with our state-based equality organization partners to strengthen our movement and win equality in every community is so important right now. Your support will help us beat anti-transgender bathroom bans, ban conversion “therapy,” end HIV criminalization, fight the school-to-prison pipeline, pass nondiscrimination ordinances and laws, and so much more.

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Roses and Thorns: A Look at the 2017 Legislative Season

As we kick-off Pride month, I’d like to look back on the legislative season and my time as Policy Fellow at Equality Federation, tracking and analyzing bills that impact the LGBTQ community. Here are two of the major highs and lows in trends this legislative season....

Court Rules Transgender Students’ Rights Are Protected

In a case brought by Transgender Law Center, on behalf of high school senior Ash Whitaker, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that transgender students are protected from discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of...

Orlando One Year Later: #HonorThemWithAction

As we mark a year from the Pulse massacre that claimed the lives of 49 people, Equality Federation stands with Equality Florida in their campaign to #HonorThemWithAction. A single gunman killed 49 people, mostly LGBTQ people of color, last Pride Month during Latin...

Victory! Oregon Passes Milestone Transgender Birth Certificate Bill

Equality Federation congratulates Basic Rights Oregon on the historic passage of HB 2673A. This legislation allows transgender individuals to amend both name and gender marker on their birth records without going to court. This bill is a milestone for Oregon’s...

Texas On Verge of Passing Extreme Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Update 05/31/17: With the House and Senate misaligned at the end of the legislative session, Texas Governor Abbott has threatened to call an additional special session and may choose to continue debate on anti-transgender bathroom ban legislation. Equality Federation,...

Victory! Connecticut and Nevada Ban Anti-LGBTQ Conversion Efforts

Equality Federation congratulates our partners and advocates on the ground who have worked tirelessly for these victories in Connecticut and Nevada. This week, we add two more to the list of states that have banned conversion "therapy" for minors. On May 10, 2017,...