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BBC: US House passes legislation protecting LGBT rights

By BBC.
LGBT community activists hold a giant Rainbow flag during the Kharkiv Pride march in Kharkiv on Sept. 15, 2019.
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The US House of Representatives has passed sweeping legislation that prohibits LGBT discrimination, but it faces an unlikely future in the Senate. The Equality Act was previously passed by the Democratic-led House in 2019, but was killed by Senate Republicans.

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