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LGBTQ Agenda: Protests continue to draw attention to case of gay makeup artist sent to Salvadoran megaprison
The LGBTQ community is keeping the case of a gay makeup artist extrajudicially removed from the United States to a notorious Salvadoran prison front and center.
Feisty argument over LGBTQ-themed books at US Supreme Court
The justices wrestled over whether parents of four elementary school-aged children in a Maryland public school should be able to opt out their students from English lessons that incorporate stories about LGBTQ people.
US Supreme Court hears PrEP case
No one talked about HIV prevention drugs or breast cancer screenings at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, April 21, but federal funding for those critical medical efforts and others were at jeopardy in the case before it.
LGBTQ Agenda: Queer Jews upset at NYC Dyke March’s Israel stance
Some LGBTQ Jews expressed opposition to the New York City Dyke March’s recently released anti-Zionist policy, which they are interpreting as no Jews being allowed to participate.
SF Pride reportedly denies request to name deported gay makeup artist honorary grand marshal
The San Francisco Pride organization has reportedly denied a request from two longtime LGBTQ leaders asking that a gay makeup artist whisked to an infamous Salvadorian prison by the Trump administration be made an honorary grand marshal.
LGBTQ Agenda: Gay rights icons call for community to fight for makeup artist deported to El Salvador prison
Two longtime LGBTQ leaders are trying to draw the community’s attention to the case of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who’d been seeking asylum in the United States but was whisked to an infamous Salvadorian prison by the Trump administration.
Federal health department slashes CDC, NIH staff
In what is being described as a “bloodbath,” the Department of Health and Human Services has dramatically reduced personnel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal health agencies.
LGBTQ Agenda: Advocates warn preemption doctrine stifling progress toward equality
LGBTQ advocates are sounding the alarm about how the legal doctrine of preemption is being used to prevent local progress for equality in red states.
CDC's HIV prevention division reportedly under threat
The Trump administration may be planning to eliminate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of HIV Prevention, possibly as soon as this week, news sources reported late Tuesday, March 18.
Federal judge blocks Trump's trans military ban
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members, which was scheduled to take effect on Friday.
FDA may be cracking down on poppers
The federal Food and Drug Administration raided a major seller of poppers last week, and other brands have shut down their websites and social media.
Political Notes: Report bares impact of discriminatory measures on LGBTQ Americans
A new report from the Center for American Progress details how discriminatory laws have impacted LGBTQ adults across the U.S.
LGBTQ Agenda: SCOTUS agrees to consider whether conversion therapy ban is constitutional
LGBTQ advocates are aghast that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a challenge to Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors.
Political Notes: Dismantling of US census panels raises doubts about federal LGBTQ data efforts
Just as President Donald Trump was preparing to deliver his address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, news broke that his Republican administration had disbanded several advisory panels to the U.S. Census Bureau.