April, 2016 News (112 Articles with 345,229 total views)
On the cover of the print edition for April, 2016 Working on some hot moves at the Flaming Hearts Dance Mar. 13 held by Mercyhurst LGBTQIA. Photo: Mike Mahler
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Local and Regional News
Deadline for May 2016 print edition (issue # 246) of Erie Gay News is Friday, April 15
DNC Chair Statement on Mississippi's Anti-LGBT Law
Drenched Fur 12 Helps You Get Tested
GEAE Erie Otters Hockey Night
Comedy Dynamics Comes Out Against Georgia's New 'Religious Liberty' Law
A la carte events at Drenched Fur 12 Weekend
Painting with Pride
LGBT Roundtable meets
Intersections of Equality Symposium
Southern Tier Trans Network to Suspend Operations
Outlaws: 9th Annual Penn State Behrend Gender Conference On March 24 & 25
Erie Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31
Erie LGBTQIA Groups Join Together for March for Babies
Entertainment and Travel
Logo Announces 2016 Groundbreaking Documentary Slate Featuring LGBT Heroes
Buffalo United Artists proudly presents a reading of Hoarding Hope on March 29
Absolute Disco Annual Fundraiser and Auction for Dreams of Hope on Apr 2
Playwright Terrence McNally to Visit Buffalo
Terrence McNally, four-time Tony Award-winning playwright, will visit Buffalo on April 1 and 2, 2016 as a guest of Buffalo United Artists (BUA), the Dramatists Guild Fund, the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Historic Site, and Just Buffalo Literary Center. During his stay, the celebrated author will participate in two events to support theater in Western New York: a fundraising reading for BUA at the Theodore Roosevelt Site on Friday, April 1, 2016, at 6 p.m.; and a free master class supported by the Dramatists Guild Fund at Buffalo State College on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 11 a.m.
Local Faces and Photos
Mercyhurst LGBTQIA Flaming Hearts Dance
March G2H2 at Bourbon Barrel
Political, Activism and Legal
Equality Pennsylvania comments on Gov. Wolf Executive Orders
Trans United Fund Launches First Political Advocacy Org Exclusively Focused on Issues of Transgender Communities
Oral Arguments Heard in Partanen v. Gallagher, Case Addressing Legal Relationship of Children and Non-Biological Mother
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Condemns Mississippi Discrimination Law
WASHINGTON - April 5, 2016 – Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed a bill that to allow discrimination against LGBT people on religious grounds. The Leadership Conference Education Fund recently issued a report called "Striking A Balance: Advancing Civil and Human Rights While Preserving Religious Liberty" that documents how religious arguments are used to deny civil and human rights to people of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBT people:
GLSEN Condemns Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant for Signing HB 1523
NCTE and Legal Groups Inform NC School Districts of Obligations Under Federal Law
LGBT Military Families Under Attack in North Carolina and Mississippi
SPLC: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s Signage of HB 1523 Unconscionable; Same Rationale Used to Justify Slavery, Jim Crow
Equality PA Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
ACLU of Mississippi Responds to Governor Signing Anti-LGBT Discrimination Into Law
Equality Pennsylvania calls out Anti-LGBT Extremists for Bringing Discrimination from NC to PA
Sanders Campaign Rejects Attempts to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People
KY Senate Unanimously Approves One Marriage License Form
SPLC: Mississippi’s HB 1523 is an Outrage; Gov. Phil Bryant Should Veto Toxic Bill
Tennessee Clergy Speak Out Against HB1840
Equality PA, coalition partners #ShineALightOn Discrimination for the Transgender Day of Visibility
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Urges Veto of Mississippi Religious Discrimination Bill
WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in advance of Mississippi's anticipated passage of HB 1523, a bill that would allow discrimination against LGBT people on religious grounds. This week, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed similar religious refusal bills. The Leadership Conference Education Fund recently issued a report called "Striking A Balance: Advancing Civil and Human Rights While Preserving Religious Liberty" that documents how religious arguments are used to deny civil and human rights to people of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, and LGBT people:
With House Set to Act, Tennessee Voices Speak Out against Costly Unintended Consequences of Discriminatory Counseling Bi
Equality PA Endorses Shapiro for Attorney General, McGinty for Senate
With Proposed Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Bills, Tennessee Risking its Reputation as Welcoming State for Business
More than 80 Major CEOs and Business Leaders Demand NC Repeal Discriminatory & Radical New Anti-LGBT Law
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds Governor Deal's Veto of Discrimination Bill
WASHINGTON - March 29, 2016 – Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement applauding Governor Deal's vetoing of HB 757, legislation that would allow organizations to discriminate under the pretense of religious beliefs. Earlier this year The Leadership Conference Education Fund held an event highlighting this bill in Atlanta and releasing a report called "Striking A Balance: Advancing Civil and Human Rights While Preserving Religious Liberty" which documented the historical context of how religious arguments have been used to fight equality and civil rights for women, people of color, and many more communities: