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North Carolina governor seeks to clarify controversial LGBT law
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Tuesday issued an executive order that he says is meant to clarify the previously passed House Bill 2 . In a statement on the order, the governor said that House Bill 2's mandate of gender-specific restrooms (More) |
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Tennesse Senate passes bill allowing counselors to turn away patients based on religious and personal beliefs
A bill in Tennessee that will allow mental health counselors to turn away patients based on the counselors' religious beliefs passed on Monday. In February the Senate passed the bill that allowed counselors to turn away patients based on "sincerel (More) |
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China arbitration panel hears first transgender job discrimination suit
A labor arbitration panel in China on Monday opened a hearing in the country's first transgender job discrimination lawsuit, filed by a 28-year-old plaintiff known as Mr. C. C was born as a woman but has considered himself a man since college. C all (More) |
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"License to Discriminate" or "Gay Mafia"? Religious Liberty Bills, LGBT Rights and Anti-Discrimination Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Kaimipono Wenger of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the rise of anti-LGBT bills in a number of conservative states and opposite reactions to these bills and the fundamental question: do LGBT rights create burdens on r (More) |
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Mississippi governor signs religious freedom bill into law
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will allow state employees to refuse to issue same-sex-marriage licenses and allow private companies and religious groups to deny services to the LGBT community without the th (More) |
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Arkansas AG to appeal ruling upholding local anti-discrimination ordinance
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Wednesday filed a notice of appeal of a judge' s decision upholding a Fayetteville ordinance that protects members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from discrimination. At (More) |
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North Carolina AG refuses to defend transgender law in court
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on Tuesday stated during a press conference that he will not defend House Bill 2 , which he considers to be discriminatory against the LGBT community. The bill, which was signed into law last week, preven (More) |
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Georgia governor to veto controversial 'religious liberty' bill
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal said Monday that he will veto a controversial religious freedom bill . HB 757 was given final legislative approval earlier this month and awaited the governor's signature. The governor expressed concern that the bill (More) |
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Rights groups sue North Carolina governor regarding new transgender law
North Carolina individuals and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Monday against Governor Pat McCrory claiming the bill signed last week regarding transgender discrimination is unconstitutional and discriminatory . The bill (H.B. 2) , also know (More) |
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North Carolina governor signs controversial transgender bill into law
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Wednesday signed into law a bill that prevents local governments from enacting their own nondiscrimination ordinances. Under the new law, which was passed by both chambers of the state's legislature during a (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
