Supporting the LGBTQIA+ Community During Pride Month and Beyond
This year’s Pride comes at an urgent, pivotal time. In the face of such bigotry, we must focus on celebrating this important occasion because joy is a critical form of resistance.
Category: LGBTQIA Rights
NOW Members Tell Congress: All Kids Must Have Access to The Sports They Love
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON-Today’s vote in the U.S. House to forbid transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people from participating in school athletic programs has nothing to do with women’s sports or the girls’ rights —and everything to do with the politics of cruelty, exclusion, and discrimination. The extremists in control of Read more …
House Votes on Harmful Bill Targeting Transgender Students
The Republican’s harmful campaign against transgender girls and women reaches a crescendo this week as the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 (H.R. 734). This misleadingly named bill would prohibit public school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological Read more …
NOW Condemns Discriminatory, Hateful Tennessee Anti-Drag Bill
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes The list of states rushing to enact laws designed to subjugate and discriminate against people because of their gender identity, race, or now, choice of entertainment, is growing every week. According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 340 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills have been introduced so far in Read more …
NOW Proudly Celebrates Pride Month In June
Statement by NOW President Christian F. Nunes Each June, NOW members join in celebrating Pride Month, the yearly commemoration to uplift LGBTQIA+ rights and honor the significant victories achieved since the historic Stonewall Uprising in June 1969. The Stonewall Inn, now a national monument, was one of the most popular gay bars in New Read more …