Add The Words, Idaho is an LGBTQ2A activist group and political action committee (PAC) in the United States, extant since 2010,[1] which advocates adding the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the state's human rights act;[2] this group grew out of several others which had been advocating the same. After ten years, however, Add The Words activist have been unable to achieve even one state-wide protection for LGBTQ2A Idahoans. An associated all-volunteer direct action group, Add The 4 Words Idaho, under the leadership of former state senator Nicole LeFavour, undertook a series of civil disobedience protests beginning on February 3, 2014, at the Statehouse.[3][4][5] (The PAC and the direct action group are commonly conflated as Add The Words. This article covers the series of peaceful direct actions/protests, the associated peaceful demonstrations, and the resultant printing and hearing of HB 002, which ultimately died in committee.)
- ^ "Add the Words, Idaho". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Legislature of the State of Idaho : 18-7301. FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION CONSTITUTES A CIVIL RIGHT. The right to be free from discrimination because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin is recognized as and declared to be a civil right" (PDF). Legislature.idaho.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ^ Statesman staff and wire reports (2014-02-03). "State police cite 44 for trespassing after 'Add the Words' protest blocks Senate | Idaho Legislature". Idahostatesman.com. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Miller, Ashley. "The Wrong Side of History | Growing number of Idahoans at odds with Legislature over Add the Words | Culture". Boise Weekly. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Arrests, Protests Give Former Idahoan Reason to Hope". The Bilerico Project. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.