Playground Traditions And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, some playground games never go out of style and our Song of the Week.
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Town Of Bethany Votes To Prohibit Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
On Wednesday, the Bethany Town Council unanimously voted to adopt a local fairness law, which prohibits anti-LGBTQ discrimination in housing, employment and public services.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLGBTQ Rights Groups Discuss Concerns With 2024 Legislation, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virgnia Morning, lawmakers have introduced bills this session that they say protect single-sex spaces. Advocates with LGBTQ rights organizations, though, say the legislation follows a pattern of singling out transgender people for discrimination. Curtis Tate spoke with Eli Baumwell, interim executive director of the ACLU-WV, and Isabella Cortez, gender policy manager for Fairness West Virginia, about those efforts.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLGBTQ Rights Leaders Weigh In On 2024 Session
On this episode of The Legislature Today, lawmakers have introduced bills this session that they say protect single-sex spaces. Advocates with LGBTQ rights organizations, though, say the legislation follows a pattern of singling out transgender people for discrimination.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFairmont Becomes The 18th City In W.Va. To Pass A Fairness Law
The laws protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations.
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Huntington, Morgantown Earn Perfect Scores For LGBTQ Inclusivity, Non-Discrimination
The Human Rights Campaign has released its 2021 Municipal Equality Index. The index ranks cities on how inclusive they are. The cities of Huntington and Morgantown have both achieved perfect scores for 2021.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLGBTQ Rights Advocates Respond To Huntington Delegate’s Comments, Continue Push For Fairness Act
The renewed effort to pass The Fairness Act — a perennial legislative proposal that would outlaw discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual preference and gender identity — comes on the heels of the latest comments on the issue from Del. John Mandt, R-Cabell, as the legislative session approaches.
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