Following a weekend of mass demonstrations at U.S. airports over Trump’s Muslim ban, President Obama released a statement in which he said he was “… heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country.” The statement, issued under the name of Obama’s spokesman Kevin Lewis, was the first comment Obama has…
WASHINGTON — Today, the American Military Partner Association, the nation’s largest non-profit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families and their allies, announced that industry giants and military family champions USAA and Comcast NBCUniversal will be joint presenting sponsors of the 4th Annual AMPA National Gala — the nation’s largest LGBT military…
As thousands demonstrated at airports across the country this weekend against President Trump’s latest Executive Order targeting Muslims from specific countries advocacy groups continued to call out his actions calling them “inhumane” and “religious hatred.” “Trump’s latest Executive Order is religious hatred and thinly veiled racism by fiat. In the targeting of specific countries, he…
A barrage of anti-LGBTQ bills are being pushed in the Oklahoma state legislature by anti-equality activists. With state lawmakers set to convene Feb. 6th for the 2017 legislative session, at least eight bills attacking LGBTQ Oklahomans and their families are already in the docket for consideration — the most of any state in the nation….
Former Director for Public Engagement and Outreach and Recruitment Director for Presidential Personnel at the White House Raffi Freedman-Gurspan was presented with, an Honorary Conch Certificate Saturday, Jan. 28 by Monroe County Commissioner Heather Carruthers in Key West, Fla. Freedman-Gurspan was the first openly transgender official to serve in the White House. Florida Keys Honorary…
