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This Week in LGBTQ Nondiscrimination News

I’m Samati Niyomchai, PROMO’s new Manager of Public Policy! While I am sad to leave my position as an HIV Case Manager in the Ryan White Program, I am excited to extend my social work career into the direction of public policy, especially ...

Youth Mental Health Preservation Act Filed to Protect Missouri’s LGBTQ Youth

Conversion therapy, also referred to as “reparative therapy,” “ex-gay therapy,” and “sexual orientation change efforts,” is a widely discredited practice that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Representative Tracy McCreery (D – 88) filed the Youth Mental Health Preservation Act (HB 516) today ...

MONA Filed on Both Sides of the Aisle

The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) has once again been filed this year, making this the 21st year in a row. As legislative pre-filing began this month, Representative Tom Hannegan (R – 65) took the opportunity today to help protect LGBTQ Missourians from discrimination. MONA would add sexual ...

SCOTUS Nomination – What’s At Stake

The Supreme Court has been critical to achieving legal protections for LGBTQ Americans, and the Supreme Court is critical to our movement forward.…

The Supreme Court Votes in Favor of the Baker in the Masterpiece Case, Reaffirms Need for Nondiscrimination

This morning, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Colorado baker in the Masterpiece Case, 7-2. The Court, however, did recognize the harm of discrimination and reaffirmed that states can act to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. The Court’s decision is explicitly limited ...

Missouri House of Representatives Advance the MONA for the First Time in Years

Tonight the General Laws Committee in the Missouri House voted in favor of the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA), HB 2100 and HB 3160. All members of General Laws who were present voted in favor. “Thank you to the Representatives on both sides of the aisle who voted ...

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