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Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Budget and Management - Senator Baldwin Leads 117 Members of Congress in Asking the Biden Administration to Request Budget Funding that Adequately Reflects the President's Priority to Advance LGBTQI+ Rights Around the World
Anthony Brown, ...
June 1, 2021
Gov. Whitmer and Lt. Governor Gilchrist Sign Proclamation Marking June as Pride Month
Dana Nessel, ...
April 15, 2021
Congressman Brown Applauds House Passage Of LGBTQ+ Protections As Part Of The Paycheck Fairness Act
Anthony Brown
July 22, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense - Brown, Speier and 10 Lawmakers Call for an End to President Trump's Discriminatory Ban on Transgender Servicemembers, Demand More Transparency
Anthony Brown, ...
April 11, 2020
Governor Northam Signs Virginia Values Act
Mark Sickles, ...
March 26, 2020
Letter to Ambassador Deborah Birx - Haaland, Davids Lead Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus Expressing Concern on Coronavirus and the LGBTQ Community
Anthony Brown, ...
Jan. 10, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - 70+ House Members Urge Senate to Reject Judicial Nominee Vandyke for his Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Anthony Brown, ...
Dec. 17, 2019
Brown: We Won't Stop Fighting On Behalf of Transgender Service Members
Anthony Brown
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Jennifer Moughalian, Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Velázquez, Craig and Maloney Press HHS on Removal of LGBTQ Protections
Anthony Brown, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Lee Sends Letter to Senate Leadership, Pens Op-Ed Opposing Nevada Judicial Nominee VanDyke for Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Anthony Brown, ...
July 10, 2019
We Must Understand The Impact Of President Trump's Bigoted Transgender Servicemember Ban On Our Armed Forces
Anthony Brown
June 25, 2019
Pride Month Is Now Championed By The Private Sector, But Private Companies Still Fail LGBTQ Americans On Pay Day
Anthony Brown, ...
March 28, 2019
Opposing Ban on Transgender Members of Armed Forces
Anthony Brown
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Schneider Leads 100+ Democratic Members Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Diplomats
Anthony Brown, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Anthony Brown, ...
June 14, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Gregg Harper, Chairman of the Committee on House Administration - Pocan Leads More than 50 House Democrats in Calling on Speaker Ryan to Include LGBT Content in Workplace Training
Anthony Brown, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Keith Ellison, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Director - ICYMI: 127 Democrats Urge OMB Director Mulvaney to Reject Discriminatory Health Care Proposal
Anthony Brown, ...
March 27, 2018
Brown Statement on President Trump's Ban on Transgender Troops
Anthony Brown
March 27, 2018
Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 29, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Representatives Urge Trump to Reverse Transgender Military Ban
Anthony Brown, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Trump's Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers
Anthony Brown, ...
July 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Concerns About Student Civil Rights
Anthony Brown, ...
May 11, 2017
Letter to Heather Menne, Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living - Reinstate LGBT Demographic Questions on the NSOAAP
Keith Ellison, ...
March 10, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Recent Murders of African-American Transgender Women
Keith Ellison, ...
July 12, 2016
Committee Considers Labrador Bill to Protect Religious Freedom
Raúl Labrador
July 1, 2016
Obama Admin Pursues Social Engineering Over Readiness
John Fleming
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Robert Mcdonald, Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerns Surrounding the Spring 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Todd Rokita, ...
June 20, 2016
Letter to Robert M. Califf, Commisioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - End Discriminatory Blood Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men
Keith Ellison, ...
June 13, 2016
Fleming Responds to Orlando Tragedy: We mourn the loss of life in this terrorist attack
John Fleming
June 12, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on Shooting at Orlando Nightclub
Keith Ellison
May 19, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on House Republican Vote to Discriminate Against LGBT Americans
Keith Ellison
May 17, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Hensarling, Fellow Conservatives Send Letter Challenging President's School Bathroom Mandate
Todd Rokita, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President - School Bathrrom Guidance
Todd Rokita, ...
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Mandate Treats Children As Pawns In Political Agenda; Urge Withdrawal
John Fleming, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - LGBT Immigrants
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to Edith Ruiz, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commissioner, Terrell McSweeny, Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commissioner, and Joshua Wright, Federal Trade Commissioner - Conversion Therapy
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Keith Ellison: Stop denying insurance coverage for gender reassignment
Keith Ellison
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Keith Ellison, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Keith Ellison, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Keith Ellison, ...
June 26, 2015
Fleming: Traditional Marriage Still Best For Children & Society
John Fleming
June 26, 2015
Rep. Ellison Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
Keith Ellison
June 26, 2015
Labrador Issues Statement Regarding Court's Ruling in Marriage Case
Raúl Labrador
June 19, 2015
Newsletter: Protecting a Fundamental Right: Religious Liberty
Raúl Labrador
June 17, 2015
Labrador, Lee Introduce Bill Protecting Religious Liberty
Raúl Labrador, ...
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Keith Ellison, ...
March 6, 2015
Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Drop Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men
Keith Ellison, ...
Date
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Politician
Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Budget and Management - Senator Baldwin Leads 117 Members of Congress in Asking the Biden Administration to Request Budget Funding that Adequately Reflects the President's Priority to Advance LGBTQI+ Rights Around the World
Anthony Brown, ...
June 1, 2021
Gov. Whitmer and Lt. Governor Gilchrist Sign Proclamation Marking June as Pride Month
Dana Nessel, ...
April 15, 2021
Congressman Brown Applauds House Passage Of LGBTQ+ Protections As Part Of The Paycheck Fairness Act
Anthony Brown
July 22, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense - Brown, Speier and 10 Lawmakers Call for an End to President Trump's Discriminatory Ban on Transgender Servicemembers, Demand More Transparency
Anthony Brown, ...
April 11, 2020
Governor Northam Signs Virginia Values Act
Mark Sickles, ...
March 26, 2020
Letter to Ambassador Deborah Birx - Haaland, Davids Lead Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus Expressing Concern on Coronavirus and the LGBTQ Community
Anthony Brown, ...
Jan. 10, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - 70+ House Members Urge Senate to Reject Judicial Nominee Vandyke for his Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Anthony Brown, ...
Dec. 17, 2019
Brown: We Won't Stop Fighting On Behalf of Transgender Service Members
Anthony Brown
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Jennifer Moughalian, Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Velázquez, Craig and Maloney Press HHS on Removal of LGBTQ Protections
Anthony Brown, ...
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Lee Sends Letter to Senate Leadership, Pens Op-Ed Opposing Nevada Judicial Nominee VanDyke for Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs
Anthony Brown, ...
July 10, 2019
We Must Understand The Impact Of President Trump's Bigoted Transgender Servicemember Ban On Our Armed Forces
Anthony Brown
June 25, 2019
Pride Month Is Now Championed By The Private Sector, But Private Companies Still Fail LGBTQ Americans On Pay Day
Anthony Brown, ...
March 28, 2019
Opposing Ban on Transgender Members of Armed Forces
Anthony Brown
Oct. 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - Schneider Leads 100+ Democratic Members Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Diplomats
Anthony Brown, ...
Sept. 6, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - End Ban on Medically Necessary Treatments for Transgender Veterans
Anthony Brown, ...
June 14, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Gregg Harper, Chairman of the Committee on House Administration - Pocan Leads More than 50 House Democrats in Calling on Speaker Ryan to Include LGBT Content in Workplace Training
Anthony Brown, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense - End Transgender Ban in the Military
Keith Ellison, ...
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Director - ICYMI: 127 Democrats Urge OMB Director Mulvaney to Reject Discriminatory Health Care Proposal
Anthony Brown, ...
March 27, 2018
Brown Statement on President Trump's Ban on Transgender Troops
Anthony Brown
March 27, 2018
Letter to Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - More Than 100 Democrats to Call on Department of Health and Human Services to Put Patients First and Withdraw Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule
Keith Ellison, ...
Aug. 29, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Representatives Urge Trump to Reverse Transgender Military Ban
Anthony Brown, ...
Aug. 4, 2017
Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Trump's Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers
Anthony Brown, ...
July 5, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Concerns About Student Civil Rights
Anthony Brown, ...
May 11, 2017
Letter to Heather Menne, Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living - Reinstate LGBT Demographic Questions on the NSOAAP
Keith Ellison, ...
March 10, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Jefferson Sessions, Attorney General of the United States - Investigate Recent Murders of African-American Transgender Women
Keith Ellison, ...
July 12, 2016
Committee Considers Labrador Bill to Protect Religious Freedom
Raúl Labrador
July 1, 2016
Obama Admin Pursues Social Engineering Over Readiness
John Fleming
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Robert Mcdonald, Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerns Surrounding the Spring 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Todd Rokita, ...
June 20, 2016
Letter to Robert M. Califf, Commisioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - End Discriminatory Blood Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men
Keith Ellison, ...
June 13, 2016
Fleming Responds to Orlando Tragedy: We mourn the loss of life in this terrorist attack
John Fleming
June 12, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on Shooting at Orlando Nightclub
Keith Ellison
May 19, 2016
Rep. Ellison Statement on House Republican Vote to Discriminate Against LGBT Americans
Keith Ellison
May 17, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Hensarling, Fellow Conservatives Send Letter Challenging President's School Bathroom Mandate
Todd Rokita, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President - School Bathrrom Guidance
Todd Rokita, ...
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Mandate Treats Children As Pawns In Political Agenda; Urge Withdrawal
John Fleming, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security - LGBT Immigrants
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to Edith Ruiz, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill, Federal Trade Commissioner, Terrell McSweeny, Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commissioner, and Joshua Wright, Federal Trade Commissioner - Conversion Therapy
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 18, 2015
Keith Ellison: Stop denying insurance coverage for gender reassignment
Keith Ellison
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Keith Ellison, ...
July 27, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State - LGBT Foreign Service Officers
Keith Ellison, ...
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Keith Ellison, ...
June 26, 2015
Fleming: Traditional Marriage Still Best For Children & Society
John Fleming
June 26, 2015
Rep. Ellison Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
Keith Ellison
June 26, 2015
Labrador Issues Statement Regarding Court's Ruling in Marriage Case
Raúl Labrador
June 19, 2015
Newsletter: Protecting a Fundamental Right: Religious Liberty
Raúl Labrador
June 17, 2015
Labrador, Lee Introduce Bill Protecting Religious Liberty
Raúl Labrador, ...
June 8, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - LGBT Discrimination
Keith Ellison, ...
March 6, 2015
Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Director of Health and Human Services - Protect LGBT Unaccompanied Minors
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Drop Ban on Blood Donations from Gay Men
Keith Ellison, ...
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