Background You may be asking yourself, what exactly is “HB 4192,” and that’s okay, because up until about a year ago when Speak Equal was first born, many of us who are now supporting this effort were asking the same question. So, before we launch into an in-depth discussion of HB...

Sixty members of Congress have issued a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders calling for immigration reform to include rights for LGBT binational families and couples. The letter asks to change the current law, which prohibits citizens from sponsoring their same-sex partners for residency...

President Obama vowed in the State of the Union Wednesday night to end “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy that prohibits people who are openly gay from serving in the military. Since it was passed in 1993, thousands of gay service members have been kicked out. But the president...

(WASHINGTON D.C.) The Student Non-discrimination Act of 2010 (SNDA) was introduced yesterday to the House of Representatives. If passed, the bill would prohibit discrimination against any public school student on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill would further...

House proponents of comprehensive immigration reform unveiled an ambitious proposal last week with much fanfare, but lost in the buzz was that their bill isn’t entirely comprehensive: They intentionally left out protections for gay and lesbian immigrants. A bill introduced earlier this year by Rep....

Several of the nation’s leading gay rights groups issued a joint statement to Congress on Friday urging them to stop stalling on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA. Leaders from organizations including the National Center for Transgender Equality, the Log Cabin Republicans, and the...

LOS ANGELES — With public attention focused largely on gay-marriage battles, a less-noticed movement to grant health care and other benefits to same-sex partners is gaining significant ground across the country. In New York last week, the state’s highest court upheld policies granting spousal...

Conservative activists are pressing Republican senators to support an amendment that would ban federal funding for gender reassignment surgery in a public health insurance plan. The amendment to the health care overhaul may never gain traction, but some conservatives promote it with enthusiasm, according...

What is ENDA The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), is a proposed bill in the United States Congress that would prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability for civilian nonreligious employers with over 15 employees. Currently,...