Etiqueta: LGBTQ+ Rights

Merkley, Takano Lead Reintroduction of Historic Equality Act to Ban Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Americans

April 29, 2025

Lawmakers uplift stories of Americans lacking protections in federal law Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) teamed up with Wisconsin’s U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and New Jersey’s U.S. Senator Cory Booker for the bicameral reintroduction of the Equality Act in an effort to push back

Merkley aplaude al Pentágono por sus esfuerzos para restituir los honores a los veteranos LGBTQ+ dados de baja injustamente y continúa la lucha por la justicia plena.

13 de enero de 2025

Washington, D.C. – Tras el histórico acuerdo alcanzado por el Pentágono con los veteranos LGBTQ+, el senador estadounidense por Oregón, Jeff Merkley, prometió continuar su larga labor para devolver la dignidad a los veteranos y miembros del servicio militar que fueron dados de baja injustamente de las Fuerzas Armadas de EE. UU. debido a su orientación sexual. Se estima que más de 100.000 miembros del servicio militar fueron dados de baja injustamente de las Fuerzas Armadas en los últimos años.

Merkley, Baldwin, Booker, 40+ Senators: No New Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Abortion Provisions in Must-Pass Government Funding Bills

December 12, 2024

45 Senators: “Partisan, discriminatory, and harmful policy riders have no place in must-pass legislation such as appropriations bills” Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Wisconsin’s U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, and New Jersey’s U.S. Senator Cory Booker led a group of over 40 Senators to urge Senate Appropriations Committee

Merkley Celebrates America’s LGBTQ+ Veterans

September 18, 2024

Senator, colleagues recognize September 20th as National LGBTQ+ Veterans Day Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a resolution recognizing September 20th as National LGBTQ+ Veterans Day—continuing his longtime work as a champion in Congress to restore full honor to veterans and servicemembers who have been mistreated in

164 Members of Congress File Brief to Defend Trans Rights at SCOTUS

September 3, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senator Ed Markey (MA), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to defend transgender Americans’ right to access

Etiqueta: LGBTQ+ Rights

Merkley, Takano Lead Reintroduction of Historic Equality Act to Ban Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Americans

Merkley aplaude al Pentágono por sus esfuerzos para restituir los honores a los veteranos LGBTQ+ dados de baja injustamente y continúa la lucha por la justicia plena.

Merkley, Baldwin, Booker, 40+ Senators: No New Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Abortion Provisions in Must-Pass Government Funding Bills

Merkley Celebrates America’s LGBTQ+ Veterans

164 Members of Congress File Brief to Defend Trans Rights at SCOTUS

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