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Most Recent Filings

LGBT Tech signed on to a human rights coalition letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee along with 133 groups and organizations opposing the EARN IT Act.

2023-05-02

The letter expresses strong opposition to the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 (EARN IT, S.1207).

LGBT Tech Signs Diverse Coalition Letter to NTIA to ensure that BEAD funding is used equitably

2023-05-01

The letter encourages the promotion of Digital Readiness Training, to increase awareness of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), engage multicultural stakeholders, and monitor and evaluate program outcomes

LGBT Tech Signs Letter to the FCC Critiquing the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

2023-04-19

The letter offers reply comments on the Commission’s open proceeding regarding the Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination – GN Docket No. 22-69.

LGBT Tech Signs Letter Supporting the Nomination of Gigi Sohn as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner

2023-02-06

LGBT Tech joined human rights and LGBTQ+ organizations in signing a letter addressed to Congress supporting the nomination of Gigi Sohn as FCC Commissioner. This letter asks Members of Congress to consider her qualifications and move her nomination forward.

LGBT Tech signs opposition letter to Kids Online Safety Act

2022-11-28

LGBT Tech joined dozens of human rights and LGBTQ+ organizations in signing a letter addressed to Congress opposing the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). This letter expresses serious concerns about KOSA and how it can and will be weaponized against LGBTQ+ people.

2024 Global LGBTQI Funding Letter

2022-09-26

LGBT Tech signed on to letter by letter by HRC on the FY 2024 global LGBTQI+ funding request to OMB for $40m for the State Department's Global Equality Fund and $30m for USAID Inclusive Development Hub's Protection of LGBTQI+ Persons

LGBT Tech signs opposition letter to South Carolina Senate Bill 1373

2022-08-17

LGBT Tech signs a letter opposing South Carolina Senate Bill 1373 which would make it more
difficult for women and all pregnant people to access factual information online about safe reproductive health services.

LGBT Tech signs onto letter on the discriminatory effects of online monitoring of students on LGBTQI+ students, students of color, and students with disabilities

2022-08-02

The letter calls on the Office for Civil Rights to issue a policy statement that clarifies the intersection of civil rights laws and student activity monitoring, condemns uses of student activity monitoring that run afoul of students’ civil rights and civil liberties, and states OCR’s intent to take enforcement action against violations that result in discrimination, especially against historically marginalized groups of students.

LGBT Tech Signs Letter to Senate Urging the Extension of the FCC’s Authority to Auction and License Spectrum

2022-08-01

The FCC’s spectrum auction authority will expire on Sept. 30, 2022. If that occurs, not only would the FCC's authority to complete the current 2.5 GHz auction be questioned, but it will also prevent it from auctioning any other spectrum for wireless services. The House recently enacted legislation that would extend the auction authority for 18 months. However, some Senate leadership are attempting to hold out for a ten-year authorization that doesn't appear feasible given the current situation. The letter urges Senate leadership to adopt the 18-month extension.

LGBT Tech signs open letter against UK anti-encryption campaign

2022-02-08

Operation: Safe Escape and LGBT Tech stress the vital importance of encrypted communications for victims of domestic abuse and for LGBTQ+ people in countries where they face harassment, victimization and even the threat of execution. Far from making them safer, denying at-risk people a confidential lifeline puts them at greater and sometimes mortal risk.

LGBT Tech signs MMTC's comments to NTIA regarding Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation

2022-02-04

Comments recommend, in part, that NTIA should take measures to increase broadband access for multicultural, low-wealth, rural, and urban communities; NTIA should establish national and local task forces to support BEAD and digital equity planning implementation; and faith-based nonprofits should be recognized as community anchor institutions eligible for BEAD grant funding.

LGBT Tech signs letter suggesting amendment to S.2710

2022-02-02

LGBT Tech joins others, including TechFreedom and Center for Democracy & Technology, urging policymakers to consider "Moving the key provisions of § 3(e)(2)(A) into § 3(e)(1) would protect the stated purpose of this provision—prohibiting “self-preferencing in search” as an economic weapon through a broad, flexible standard—while doing much to foreclose creative pleading intended to retaliate against editorial content moderation."

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