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Trump’s cabinet almost uniformly hostile toward LGBT rights

November 30, 2016

November 30, 2016 4,297

BY TROY MASTERS  |  President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to nullify all of President Barack Obama’s executive orders, including...

Anti-LGBT language stripped from defense bill, for now

November 29, 2016

November 29, 2016 160

BY CHRIS JOHNSON  |  A provision that would have undermined President Obama’s executive order barring federal contractors from engaging in...

Homophobe to lead Trump’s Health and Human Services

November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016 172

BY TROY MASTERS  |  President-elect Donald Trump has tapped yet another arch-conservative homophobe for his cabinet, this time as Secretary...

Trump considered likely to abandon U.S. and U.N. global initiatives on LGBT rights

November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016 870

BY TROY MASTERS  |  Over the past 8 years, under direct pressure from President Barack Obama, US diplomatic strategy has...

Trump choice for Ed. Secretary has history of funding antigay causes

November 23, 2016

November 23, 2016 352

BY CHRIS JOHNSON  |  Donald Trump has selected as education secretary a Michigan Republican who’s championed charter schools and contributed...

How Obamacare repeal would hurt LGBT people

November 22, 2016

November 22, 2016 3,723

BY CHRIS JOHNSON  |  Amid persistent fears that a Donald Trump administration would roll back LGBT advances seen under President...

Antigay, racist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions tapped as Trump’s Attorney General

November 18, 2016

November 18, 2016 4,976

BY CHRIS JOHNSON  |  President-elect Donald Trump has selected as his attorney general an Alabama Republican who not only was...

Trump’s appointment of alt-right leader Bannon ‘toxic’ for LGBT community

November 16, 2016

November 16, 2016 279

BY CHRIS JOHNSON  |  Despite a pledge to unite the country after his victory in the presidential election, Donald Trump...

Iran’s Treatment of Trans People: A Double Edged Sword

November 15, 2016

November 15, 2016 330

BY KEVIN SCHUMACHER  (aka Hossein Alizedah)  |  Iran – an Islamic theocracy that criminalizes consensual same-sex relations, forces women to...

Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s out gay campaign manager, criticized

November 15, 2016

November 15, 2016 1,275

BY CHRIS JOHNSON  |  Following the unexpected defeat of Hillary Clinton, LGBT political observers are calling for a reassessment of the...