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Small Group of Neo-Nazis Protest Michigan Pride Festival with Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Slurs

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June 11, 2019 On Saturday, June 8, ten neo-Nazis associated with the National Socialist Movement protested Detroit’s Motor City Pride Festival, carrying guns and shouting homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs. NSM leader Burt Colucci and Aric Lemieux, NSM’s South Michigan chapter leader, headed up the protest, which included participants from Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Michigan. Lemieux expressed his intention to protest the festival months ago, and other group…
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Now is the Time to Pass the Equality Act

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March 13, 2019 When the U.S. Supreme Court last summer ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple based on religious beliefs, its decision was a wake-up call – and underlined the need for further legislative action by elected officials and communities. While disappointing, the Court’s narrow decision reaffirmed the right of LGBTQ individuals to be free from discrimination, and left in place statewide nondiscrimination protections…
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ADL Says Federal Religious Exemption for Foster Care Program is Discriminatory, Shameful and Immoral

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New York, NY, January 23, 2019 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) blasted as “shameful, illegal and immoral” today’s decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granting an exemption to a South Carolina faith-based foster child program allowing it to openly discriminate against Jews, gay couples and others who don’t follow their faith. “It is shocking that the federal government is openly sanctioning discrimination against Jews, LGBTQ…
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Let’s Get It Right: Using Correct Pronouns and Names

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Gender, Pronouns and Names We use people’s pronouns and names frequently and in regular, every day communication, both verbally and in writing. We do it almost without thinking. Because names and pronouns are the two ways people call and refer to others, they are personal and important. They are also key facets of our identity. Therefore, calling someone by the wrong name or “misgendering” them by using incorrect pronouns can feel disrespectful, harmful and…
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What is Everyday Bias? (en Español)

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Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Topic Summary It seems like we are seeing more and more news and social media stories about people experiencing bias as they go about their daily lives—riding the subway, shopping in a store, dining in a restaurant and hanging out with friends. Indeed, the surge of such stories makes it seem like racism, sexism, antisemitism and other forms of bias and discrimination are becoming more pervasive…
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David Barr and the Early Days of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Interview

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Unheard Voices: Stories of LGBT History For Educators ADL, GLSEN and StoryCorps collaborated to create Unheard Voices, an oral history and curriculum project that will help educators to integrate LGBT history, people and issues into their instructional programs. David Barr has worked as an AIDs activist for over 25 years. At Storycorps, David talked about how the disease changed the gay community in New York City during the early 1980s, and what it was like to fight a disease that…
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Invocation of Holocaust in Announcement of New "Conscience and Religious Freedom" Office is Deeply Offensive and Inappropriate

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Invitation for Healthcare Providers to Discriminate Against Women, Trans People, and Others Continues Government's Assault on Civil Rights New York, NY, January 18, 2018 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) finds remarks by Roger Severino, Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today, who invoked the Holocaust in announcing the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, to be deeply offensive and inappropriate. This new…
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It's Not OK for Businesses to Discriminate in the Name of Religion

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December 01, 2017 By David Barkey, Religious Freedom Counsel & Southeastern Area Counsel The U.S. Supreme Court soon will hear oral arguments in a case called Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Cakeshop’s owner is asking the Court do something unprecedented – allow him based on religious objections to refuse service to customers for who they are. ADL recently joined an amicus brief to the Court filed by a coalition of civil rights and religious…
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Kentucky Appeals Court Issues Convoluted Decision in Pride Festival T-Shirt Case

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T-shirt design for the 2012 Lexington Pride Festival
May 16, 2017 Last week, the Kentucky Court of Appeals issued a convoluted decision upholding a lower court decision in a case involving LGBT Pride Festival t-shirts.  The Court’s ruling overturned a local human rights commission’s determination that a business violated a county anti-discrimination ordinance when it refused to take an order from an LGBT rights organization for the t-shirts.  The Lexington, KY-based Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (“GLSO…
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ADL Criticizes Federal Action Rescinding Guidance on Transgender Students as “Cruel, Tinged with Prejudice and Unnecessary”

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New York, NY, February 23, 2017….  The Anti-Defamation League today harshly criticized the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of federal Title IX guidance supporting transgender students, calling the action “cruel, tinged with prejudice and unnecessary.” As part of its longstanding mission of fighting bigotry and discrimination, ADL has supported federal protections to stop the harassment and bullying of transgender and gender non-conforming students. …
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ADL Hails Boy Scouts Decision to Open Membership to Transgender Youth

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Says No One Should Be Denied Opportunity to Participate New York, NY, January 31, 2017 ...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the Boy Scouts of America decision to begin accepting members based on the gender an individual lists on the enrollment application, opening membership to transgender youth. This move reverses the organization’s previously-held policy, which relied on an individual’s biological sex indicated on a birth certificate. The change is in line with…
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Westboro Baptist Church

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For Law Enforcement This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. Introduction The Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is a small virulently homophobic, anti-Semitic hate group that regularly stages protests around the country, often several times a week. The group pickets institutions and individuals they think suppor t homosexuality or otherwise subvert what they believe is…
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Interview with Ami Polonsky, Children's Book Author

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For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers In this podcast, Ami Polonsky talks about why she wrote the book, how parents and teachers can discuss gender and transgender identity with young people and the importance of being an ally.     Ami Polonsky is a children’s book author and teacher. Published in 2014, Gracefully Grayson, a middle grade book, is her debut. Formerly a Chicago Public Schools teacher, Ami spent nine years out of the classroom to…
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What the Women’s March Teaches Us about Intersectionality

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January 24, 2017 On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, 500,000 people gathered in Washington, DC for the Women’s March–to express their unity for women’s issues and to speak out against the demonizing and hateful rhetoric that pervaded the past election cycle. An additional 400,000 marched in New York City , 250,000 in Chicago and according to Women’s March organizers, there were 673 “sister marches&rdquo…
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NCAA Decision to Relocate Championship Events From North Carolina Shows Strong Commitment to Equality, ADL Says

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New York, NY, September 13, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today lauded the decision by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to relocate all seven championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-17 year because of the state’s anti-LGBT law, commonly still referred to as House Bill 2 (HB2). On September 12, the NCAA cited its commitment to “fairness and inclusion” as guiding its decision, which comes on the heels of NBA’s similar…
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ADL Applauds Dept. of Justice Police Roll-Call Training Video on Working with Transgender Individuals

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New York, NY, August 25, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised a new Department of Justice Community Relations Service roll-call training video, “Law Enforcement and the Transgender Community,” that models best practices for police interactions with transgender individuals. The short roll-call training video uses real-world scenarios that demonstrate best practices and respectful interactions between law enforcement officers and members of the transgender…
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“Discrimination Has Consequences,” ADL Says, Commending NBA Move to Pull All-Star Game Out of Charlotte

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New York, NY, July 22, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised the decision by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to pull its 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, citing North Carolina’s enacted House Bill 2 (HB2), the broadest anti-LGBT law in the country. The move marks the strongest statement of opposition to HB2 from the NBA and comes amidst continued national economic backlash against the state for enacting and failing to repeal what ADL referred to…
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ADL Shocked and Horrified at Mass Shooting Attack on LGBTQ Club in Orlando

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New York, NY, June 12, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed shock and horror at the unconscionable attack at The Pulse nightclub in Orlando apparently targeting the LGBTQ community, an attack that is now confirmed as the largest mass shooting in American history and one apparently inspired by an Islamic extremist ideology. The suspected shooter, 29-year-old Omar Mateen of Fort Pierce, Florida, reportedly pledged allegiance to the terrorist group ISIS, and authorities…
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ADL Commends Justice Department Message to Transgender Community

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Says It’s Inspiring to Hear Such a Powerful Message New York, NY, May 10, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed powerful statements from Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, announcing that the U.S. was suing North Carolina for violating the fundamental civil rights of transgender individuals. “We commend Attorney General Lynch and Assistant Attorney General Gupta for not only taking action to ensure…
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