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Trump ignores LGBTs in State of the Union address

Trump ignores LGBTs in State of the Union address

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Feb 1, 2018

President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address Tuesday hit on many of the right words and phrases to claim there is a union.

SF Reacts to Feds Promoting Bias in Health Care

SF Reacts to Feds Promoting Bias in Health Care

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Jan 24, 2018

San Francisco officials are saying the city will ensure transgender people and others continue to receive health care after an anti-LGBT rule was announced by the Trump administration.

Manning to run for US Senate seat in Maryland

Manning to run for US Senate seat in Maryland

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Jan 17, 2018

Add Chelsea Manning to the list of trans candidates seeking office this year.

Supreme Court will not review anti-gay MS law

Supreme Court will not review anti-gay MS law

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Jan 10, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced it will not review a lower court decision that allowed a virulently anti-gay Mississippi law to stand.

Parker Settles In as Head of Victory Fund

Parker Settles In as Head of Victory Fund

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Dec 20, 2017

Lesbian former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, the new president and CEO of the national Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and Victory Institute, is ready to get to work as the organization prepares to help LGBT candidates across the country next year.

CDC denies ban on words

CDC denies ban on words

  • by by Lisa Keen
  • Dec 20, 2017

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is denying that there is any ban on words at the CDC.

High court won't review gay employment case

High court won't review gay employment case

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Dec 13, 2017

It was a big disappointment for LGBT legal activists when the U.S. Supreme Court on December 11 announced it would not review a case seeking a ruling that existing federal law prohibits sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace.