Connecticut Senators Murphy and Blumenthal Urge Passage of Equality Act in Visit to West Hartford

Bridget Bronsdon

We-Ha

West Hartford, CT

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West Virginia - The Equality Act would protect me

Danielle Stewart

Beckley Register-Herald

Beckley, WV

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Idaho - House approves Equality Act with expanded LGBTQ legal safeguards, offers hope to LGBTQ Idahoans

Brian Holmes, Kevin Freking

KTVB

Grangeville, ID

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lead story - Transgender people know the Equality Act won't end transphobia. But it will still protect us.

LaLa Zannell
NBC News

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civil rights - HRC Announces Unprecedented Support for the Equality Act from 200+ Leading Businesses

Viet Tran
HRC

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lead story - The Crisis of Violence Against Transgender People Is Not a ‘Myth’

Gillian Branstetter
Rewire News

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civil rights - The Advocate: Mara Keisling on Trump, the Equality Act, and fighting for trans rights

John Riley
Metro Weekly

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civil rights - Manchin not supporting Equality Act based on protections for vulnerable, transgender people

Erin Beck
The Register-Herald

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lead story - Parents of Transgender Children Call on Congress to Pass the Equality Act

Sarah McBride
HRC

US Capitol (ca. 1800)

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