The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that expands federal hate crime protections to gays, lesbians and transgender people.
Known as the Matthew Shepard Act, the legislation would require federal prosecutors   more...to investigate crimes motivated by sexual orientation like the justice department currently does for crimes that are racially or religiously motivated.

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Today Joe Solmonese released a video celebrating today's Senate passage of the hate crimes legislation. The passage of the hate crimes bill which marks the first time a trans-inclusive piece of federal   more...legislation has ever passed both chambers of Congress...

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