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North Carolina's HB2 is an exercise in cruelty — and could cost the state as much as $3.7 billion dollars over 10 years. Republicans seem fine with that.
The Associated Press analyzes the cold cost of having the infamous bathroom bill, HB2, on the books. The $3.76 billion in lost business over more than a decade is staggering, and points to the ture urgency of an uncomplicated repeal of this bad law.
The Trump administration is going lift federal transgender bathroom guidelines. #TBT to another lie from Trump:
We continue to stand against violence and hateful rhetoric as we remember trans members of the LGBT community on this annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
We know that love trumps hate. Get out and vote for love: pollingplaces.democrats.org
Let's do this. Vote: pollingplaces.democrats.org
Let's make some history: IWillVote.com
Standing with LGBT youth this Spirit Day. 💜 💜 💜
Hillary Clinton
Tonight is the final presidential debate. Share this if you're with Hillary. #Debate
Volunteer in your state! It's easy → http://bit.ly/2ehxO7v
Want to know how easy it is to canvass? Sarah McBride is here to give us some tips and knock doors!
Hillary Clinton
"There were trans people all over the country who were so excited that we could get gender identification papers that reflected who we really are … that is something that Hillary Clinton has done." —Laverne Cox
Happy National Coming Out Day. Let’s keep working for a country that is more inclusive, more welcoming, and more equal.
Mike Pence has a long and terrible history of discriminating against LGBT Americans. He needs to answer for it:
Trump's VP has been hostile to gay rights, yet he escaped accountability in his only debate.
Democratic Party
Team DNC is ready to respond to the Vice Presidential debate (which, FYI RNC, hasn’t happened yet). Here’s the plan:
Did you see the cast of Will & Grace reunite to endorse Hillary?
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Hillary Clinton
Share this if you've got Hillary's back tonight.
Hillary Clinton
Everything you need to know before watching tonight's debate: hrc.io/2cQdZ6C
Spoiler alert: The Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal went into effect five years ago today, and our military is still standing strong.
Hillary Clinton
"All the progress we've made is at stake in this election. My name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot. Tolerance is on the ballot. Democracy is on the ballot. Justice is on the ballot." —President Obama: IWillVote.com
The vote is sacred and LGBT people have to make their voice heard this election. Go to IWillVote.com to make sure you are registered and address is up to date!
Civil rights hero, Congressman John Lewis has a message for the LGBTQ community: "When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just -- you have to stand up, speak up, and speak out. Get in the way, and to get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble. The vote is precious and we must vote in this election like we’ve never, ever voted before."
Donald Trump continued to showcase his love of anti-LGBT leaders by speaking to one of the largest hate groups over the weekend:
Donald Trump has attended an event held by a listed anti-LGBT hate group that every other Republican nominee has snubbed for more than a decade.
ICYMI: Barbra Streisand sings a Trump version of "Send in the Clowns" at LGBT for Hillary event over the weekend: http://huff.to/2cvxK8a
"If he were running the free world, where would we move?”
Even more evidence that Trump does not have our backs:
An investigation by a New York newspaper undermined one of his core arguments.
Hillary Clinton
Dear Donald: You can't make America great again when you don't make things in America.
After helping make the DNC convention a success for LGBT suppliers, National Gay & Le***an Chamber of Commerce-NGLCC endorses Hillary Clinton for President!
It is the first time the National Gay & Le***an Chamber of Commerce has endorsed in a presidential race.
Hillary Clinton
There's a reason the most hateful fringe of the right wing is supporting Donald Trump.
Does Trump do business with anti-LGBT companies or countries? Do you know? Help us solve the mystery!
Do you have information on the contents of Trump's taxes? Help solve this unsolved mystery.
Trump’s campaign manager has close ties to the anti-LGBT Kremlin.
The GOP nominee claims to have our backs, while at the same time expressing admiration for a nation that criminalizes “gay propaganda.”
After speaking to anti-LGBT bigots in Orlando, Donald Trump opens an office across from Pulse nightclub where he will push his anti-LGBT agenda:
Dozens of field offices backing Donald Trump 's presidential campaign will soon be opening across the state - and one appears to have been set up across the street from the Pulse nightclub.
JOINT STATEMENT FROM DNC CHAIR DONNA BRAZILE AND DNC LGBT CAUCUS CHAIR EARL FOWLKES:
"Instead of honoring the memory of those we lost at Pulse two months ago, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio have come to Orlando to headline a gathering of some of the nation’s most incendiary anti-gay bigots. We at the DNC join all people of good conscience in expressing our solidarity with the Orlando LGBT community as they continue to grieve the deadliest shooting in American history. We suggest Trump and Rubio disavow these anti-gay extremists who have likened gay people to N***s and characterized HIV/AIDS as divine ‘penalties' for being gay. Failing to do so will be yet another example of the utter lack of judgment that makes Trump unfit to serve."
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Two months after the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio are speaking at an anti-LGBT event in Florida:
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a radical anti-LGBT event in being held in Orlando this week exactly two months after the Pulse nightclub shooting, according to&nbs
Donald Trump's rise would lead to the LGBT community’s ruin. We cannot let him win in November:
Donald Trump's supporters can't obscure the truth: His rise will lead to our ruin.
ICYMI: We had some great guests at our Thursday LGBT Caucus last week at the DNCC in Philadelphia!
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan on Thursday spoke to members of the Democratic National Committee's LGBT Caucus in Philadelphia.
ICYMI: One week ago today the LGBT Caucus met at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia: http://bit.ly/2aFWTJL
U.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) on Tuesday spoke about his transgender granddaughter after the DNC LGBT Caucus honored him.
Congratulations to the happy couple, and thanks to the officiant for proudly standing up for love.
The vice president tweeted a photo of himself performing the marriage Monday. The wedding took place at Biden's residence in Washington, DC.
Donald Trump said a lot by choosing the anti-LGBT Mike Pence as his VP:
It's official: Donald J. Trump just chose Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate—the most extreme vice presidential pick in a generation. Here’s what you need to know about him:
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The Trump administration is going lift federal transgender bathroom guidelines. #TBT to another lie from Trump:
Happy National Coming Out Day. Let’s keep working for a country that is more inclusive, more welcoming, and more equal.
On this day in 1969, a movement began at the Stonewall Inn. We've come so far in the past 47 years, and we're not done fighting for progress.
On Monday, Loretta Lynch stood up for transgender Americans' dignity in a historic moment. "What we must not do – what we must never do – is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans, for something they cannot control, and deny what makes them human.”
#ThrowbackThursday: Gavin Grimm gives an impassioned speech to his school board in defense of trans students' rights. This week, a circuit court ruled that Gavin's school must allow him to use the restroom that corresponds with his gender identity.
Last night John Kasich called being LGBT a "lifestyle" and doubled-down on his support for "traditional marriage." He is no moderate.
LGBT Americans have a simple message for Republicans in the U.S. Senate — #DoYourJob
President Obama joins the "It Gets Better" conversation.
At the beginning of Pride Month, we asked for feedback about what the Democratic Party can do to promote equality. More than 5,000 LGBT and allied Americans responded, and Chairman Kaine filmed a video to answer some of their questions.
Leaders of the Democratic Party recorded a video to the LGBT community commemorating the end of Pride Month—and the continuing relationship between LGBT Americans and the Democratic Party.
Democratic members of Congress Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Keith Ellison, and Mike Honda commemorated Pride Month by speaking about the important voice that the LGBT community brings to the Democratic Party and highlighting the progress President Obama's administration has made.
Ray Buckley, the first openly gay vice chair of the DNC, reflects on the many contributions of the LGBT community to the Democratic Party and throughout the country.
U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy
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