Why Gun Safety is an LGBTQIA+ Issue (Blog) 6/5/2024 Content Warning: gun violence, intimate partner violence, rape, suicideUpdated 6/5/24 after originally being published in June 2022.Pride Month is an…, This was just ten days after an armed man went into a Tops Friendly Market store in Buffalo, New York, having posted a race-based manifesto online,…, In addition to IPV, sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals are more likely to experience violence at the hands of a stranger than their non-SGM…, In May 2022, the League sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees urging Congress to act on comprehensive gun legislation…, People cannot take part in our democracy fully and equitably unless they are safe from intimidation and violence. The League will continue to…
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Kansas Constitution does not include a right to vote, state Supreme Court majority says (News Clips) 5/31/2024 This story was originally published in the Associated Press on 5/31/24.The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined…
LWVUS Joins Comments Supporting Census Bureau Testing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures on the American Community Survey (ACS) (Legal Document) 5/30/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the US Census Bureau supporting them conducting a test of sexual…
Supreme Court Opens the Door for Unchecked Racial Discrimination in Redistricting (Press Release) 5/23/2024 WASHINGTON — Today the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a lower court’s ruling that South Carolina’s congressional map was an…, “The League is deeply disappointed with today’s Supreme Court ruling that allows our state to move forward with discriminatory maps that divide the…, Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent laments that the majority opinion opens the door for egregious and unchecked racial gerrymandering by mapmakers, noting…
LWVUS Welcomes House Introduction of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (Legal Document) 5/23/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter to leadership in the US House of Representatives, welcoming the…