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Senate Passes Inclusive Violence Against Women Act
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Openly gay U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin was in the chair’s seat Tuesday (February 12) when the U.S. Senate voted 78 to 22 to approve a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, including provisions to include gay male victims of domestic abuse. The Human Rights Campaign praised Senate passage [...]
All for One and One for VAWA, or Not
By: Nicole Lashomb*/TRT Editor-in-Chief– For the first time since its enactment in 1994, last year’s 112th Congress failed to pass a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, VAWA. Historically, this bill has effortlessly passed Republican, Democratic and bipartisan led Congresses, until now. Despite overwhelming support and passage of the bill by the Democratic-led Senate, [...]
Civil and Human Rights Coalition Opposes H.R. 4970, Leaves LGBTQ & Other Group’s Rights Out
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– A new House version of the Violence Against Women Act leaves LGBT, immigrant and Native women and men without vital services or protections, according to an official from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ main officers sent a letter to the [...]
