LGBT Archives

Colorado bill would protect gender identity and expression

Apr 22, 2021

Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would add “gender identity” and “gender expression” to anti-discrimination statutes as state lawmakers across the country are introducing bills aimed at curbing transgender rights.

By Patty Nieberg

Arkansas House sends governor stripped-down hate crimes bill

Apr 13, 2021

Arkansas lawmakers on Monday approved a stripped-down alternative to hate crimes legislation that longtime supporters of such laws have criticized as not providing true protections following a succession of new measures restricting the rights of transgender people.

By Andrew DeMillo

Scholar urges Catholics to have courage to speak out against Equality Act

Apr 8, 2021

Catholic scholar and legal expert Ryan T. Anderson warned that if the Equality Act is passed by the Senate and signed into law, it would significantly impact women’s privacy and safety, genuine equality, medical practices and religious liberty.

By Tony Gutierrez

Montana House backs bill on religious challenges to rules

Apr 2, 2021

The Montana House passed a bill Thursday that would allow people to challenge government regulations that interfere with their religious beliefs.

By Amy Beth Hanson

Parliament votes to declare entire EU an LGBT ‘freedom zone’

Mar 11, 2021

The European Parliament has overwhelming adopted a resolution declaring the entire 27-member European Union a “freedom zone” for LGBT people, an effort to push back on rising homophobia in Poland and elsewhere.

By Associated Press

LGBTQ rights bill ignites debate over religious liberty

Mar 8, 2021

A sweeping bill that would extend federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people is a top priority of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress. Yet as the Equality Act heads to the Senate after winning House approval, its prospects seem bleak — to a large extent because of opposition from conservative religious leaders.

By David Crary

Catholic publication’s Twitter account locked over tweet about Biden nominee

Jan 30, 2021

The editors at a Catholic publication said they are uncertain why an automated social media post was deemed hateful and led their Twitter account to be locked.

By Catholic News Service

Bishops say order on LBGTQ equality has implications for religious liberty

Jan 25, 2021

President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging executive order to extend existing federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people exceeds the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2020 ruling on the issue in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops’ committees.

By Julie Asher