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President John Mahama says he wants to open dialogue on the law, while one legislator said he would rather be dead than live in a country that affirmed LGBTQ+ rights.
As the bill heads to the governer's desk, the former governor shows his support for it.
Activists and governments around the world are urging the African country's legislature not to approve a bill that would imprison or execute gay people and their allies.
(CNN) At least 10 Republicans would have to vote with all Democrats to overcome a filibuster and pass the legislation.
A week after declining to take up the legislation, a Senate committee advanced the bill on a party line vote.
"I’ve seen firsthand how Republicans are using these bills...to target marginalized communities for discrimination and exclusion," writes U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley.
Here’s what trans people should know about how a new Congress, and the first days of Trump’s presidency, could shape their lives.
Russia's government might be discussing this bill during the 2014 Olympic games.
"State-sponsored discrimination, that’s what this is," Democrat Esther Panitch said.
One emotional critic said the bill will be used as a "sword and not a shield" to attack othered groups.
The Scottish law would have moved toward self-determination for transgender people.
The right-wing Liberty Counsel is now refusing to support a bill that protects all moral convictions regarding marriage — the group wants to it specifically demean same-sex marriage.
As a government shutdown looms, the Equality Caucus decries anti-LGBTQ+ bill riders.
The Republican governor now has to decide whether he will sign into law the bill that limit transgender people’s ability to go to which bathroom.
Critics called the anti-Pride flag bill "blatantly unconstitutional" and "un-American."
The House-approved bill, now going to the Senate, would mean the state and cities couldn't require companies they do business with to have nondiscrimination policies.
