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Trump lifts transgender student protections

February 22, 2017

February 22, 2017 200

Much to the dismay of the LGBT advocates who sought to keep guidance barring discrimination against transgender kids in schools...

State Department’s LGBT envoy to remain in place

February 14, 2017

February 14, 2017 764

The Trump administration will allow the position of special U.S. envoy to promote LGBT and intersex rights abroad to remain...

Eric Bauman gets Equality California endorsement to head California Democratic Party

February 14, 2017

February 14, 2017 405

Equality California’s endorsement of Eric Bauman for Chair of the California Democratic Party (CDP) on Monday seems like a no-brainer....

LGBT groups urge Trump admin to keep trans protections

February 13, 2017

February 13, 2017 135

Following a signal from the U.S. Justice Department that guidance protecting transgender students may be on the chopping block, a...

Prop 8 Defender Chuck Cooper likely pick for US Solicitor General by new AG Jeff Sessions

February 9, 2017

February 9, 2017 502

Maybe Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions was just really excited about being sworn in Thursday as the new US Attorney General,...

Criticized for anti-LGBT, racist views, Sessions confirmed as AG

February 8, 2017

February 8, 2017 130

The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as U.S. attorney general after a rancorous debate that included the...

HHS Pick Price made ‘brazen’ stock trades while his committee was under scrutiny

February 7, 2017

February 7, 2017 764

BY MARISA TAYLOR and CHRISTINA JEWETT  |   Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock...

DeVos confirmed despite concerns over anti-LGBT donations

February 7, 2017

February 7, 2017 163

Despite efforts from Senate Democrats and LGBT advocates to block the confirmation of Betsy Devos as education secretary, the U.S....

Anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ executive order still on the table?

February 5, 2017

February 5, 2017 864

Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday began an exchange on ABC’s “This Week” with an effort to affirm support for...

Supreme Court to hear trans student case March 28

February 3, 2017

February 3, 2017 140

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear on March 28 the case of a transgender student who’s suing his Virginia school...