AFGE PRIDE is designed to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and other members feel welcomed and valued in the labor movement.
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AFGE Local 507 mobilized union allies in West Palm Beach to oppose an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that would prohibit classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in the state’s primary schools.
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It is time to push for meaningful legislation that will affirm the rights of LGBTQIA+ people.
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AFGE hails a landmark Supreme Court ruling that affirms employees cannot be fired for their gender or sexual orientation.
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AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments proudly welcomes you to LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
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The Women’s and Fair Practices Departments’ 2019 Diversity Week of events was a huge success with record attendance of over 800 attendees.
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Every June, AFGE celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month to applaud the progress that has been made and to bring awareness to the struggles that still exist to reach equality for our union family. This year, we commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which are widely considered the most important event leading to the modern fight for LGBTQIA+ rights.
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As is still true today, the labor movement was closely linked with the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Labor unions, and specifically black labor unions, played an integral role in the planning and execution of the March on Washington 55 years ago.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened its doors 53 years ago on July 2, 1965, with the mission of eliminating unlawful employment discrimination. While we've made progress, we still have a long way to go.
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The Capital Pride Parade attracts over 150,000 spectators every year, many of which are AFGE members working in the D.C. and federal governments. In our fourth year as a Capital Pride sponsor, AFGE staff, members and officers joined in the parade along with more than 170 contingents-floats, vehicles, and walkers.
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The EEOC, which adjudicates workplace-discrimination claims in the government and at private companies, will receive a $15 million funding increase through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends September 30.
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2016 was a year of challenges and triumphs. Revisit photos of the moments that made 2016 memorable.
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Thanks to a new rule, transgender public servants are getting the safety and dignity they deserve.
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Young workers are leading some of the country’s most pressing fights for racial justice, gender equity, and LGBTQ rights.
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The Labor Department announced the rule change in keeping with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor, which struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act provision that interpreted "marriage" and "spouse" to be limited to opposite-sex marriage for the purposes of federal law.
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