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The first hearing for Trump’s Supreme Court pick has been scheduled for September 4th.  The National Equality Action Team (NEAT) is organizing phone banks to make sure key Senators hear from voters who question Brett Kavanaugh's pattern of ruling against…

Join us in the fight to prevent discrimination in healthcare. The Administration has proposed a new interpretation of nondiscrimination provisions that would roll back protections of the Health Care Rights Law (Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act). This revision will…

A foster care and adoption #LicenseToDiscriminate measure was added into a health and human services funding bill in the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday and passed by a vote of 29-23.  Named the Aderholt Amendment, it would protect foster…

Any nominee for the Supreme Court should have a demonstrated commitment to giving a fair hearing to the arguments of all Americans who come before them. These are some of the issues affecting the LGBTQ community that will most likely be heard…

By now, you have heard that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court on July 31.  His retirement has understandably provoked feelings of distress, anxiety, and anger among LGBTQ advocates.  Justice Kennedy authored four of the court's…

Fort Lauderdale, June 4th, 2018 — In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case today, CenterLink Chief Executive Officer Lora L. Tucker released the following statement:

International Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated every year on March 31st.  This year's theme is “Surviving, Thriving”. The theme acknowledges the number of major transgender achievements in the past 12 months. In an increasingly transphobic political climate, the…

This is your last call to join over 70,000 other people in telling the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that a person should…

In December 2017, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission was argued in front of the Supreme Court. The case involves a business—one that is open to the public—that refused to sell a cake to a same-sex couple.  A…

Today the Administration announced they will be overhauling the Health and Human Services (HHS) civil rights office as part of a broader plan that will allow health workers to refuse treatment to a patient based on religious or moral objections.

Thousands of young people, including nearly over 36,000 LGBTQ youth and their families, are counting on us to stand together and urge Congress to pass a clean Dream Act now.  Nearly 15,000 DACA holders have lost their status already.…

Do you still need health insurance? The week is your last chance to get covered. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (or “Obamacare”), more LGBTQ people have health insurance than ever before and CAN wants to make sure it stays…