WASHINGTON– SPARTA, the association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who currently serve or have served in the U.S. armed forces and their families has called Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s failure to mention transgender military service in yesterday’s speech at the Pentagon’s event to commemorate LGBT Pride Month a “slap in the face”….
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, the business voice of the LGBT community, called upon LGBT-certified businesses and other supporters to applaud the work of Wells Fargo to promote equality, especially as the financial institution faces criticism. The criticism comes from Franklin Graham, who has asked followers to boycott Wells Fargo after…
To the shock, surprise and delight of many, Lindsey Graham, the conservative, hawkish senator from South Carolina told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday morning that he would gladly welcome Caitlyn Jenner into the G.O.P. “If Caitlyn Jenner wants to be safe and have a prosperous economy, vote for me,” Graham said. But if Graham, who…
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., — A new CDC study that combines three years of data to produce nationally representative estimates characterizing HIV-infected adults receiving care in the U.S. shows that those who identify as transgender women are significantly less likely to adhere to anti-HIV medication regimens and to achieve viral suppression. In addition, they have higher…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in collaboration with Whitman-Walker Heath (WWH), released an updated guide to practicing safer sex that includes essential tips to minimize the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The guide, “Safer Sex,” an updated version of the first edition released six years ago, is…
WASHINGTON — With mounting evidence that many public and private health plans are deliberately rationing care for Americans with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), those on the front lines in fighting viral hepatitis and HIV/AIDS have urged lawmakers to overturn state Medicaid and managed care policies that discourage testing, add prior authorization requirements on clinicians,…
In a surprising development Thursday, the U.S. Air Force announced a move that could eventually lead to open transgender service. The director of the Air Force Review Boards Agency, rather than local unit commanders, must now approve the removal of a transgender individual from the Air Force. “Neither gender dysphoria nor self-identification as transgender is…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Despite various discriminatory anti-LGBT bills being considered and debated over the past few months, the Alabama Legislature concluded this year’s legislative session on Thursday without a single piece of anti-LGBT of legislation becoming law. In addition, a handful of pro-equality bills that would have added explicit new protections for LGBT Alabamians were…
While Fox News pundit, Arkansas ex-governor and two-time presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee continues to score cheap political points with a base accustomed to his pithy, but frequently cruel, commentary on many social issues of the day, the uncomfortable reality it that many of those views represent a sizable share of the American population. And a…
WASHINGTON – With another campaign launch today after his embarrassing flameou the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a video highlighting presidential candidate Rick Perry, in his own words, using harmful rhetoric to oppose LGBT equality. Perry has consistently opposed LGBT equality, from marriage to non-discrimination protections. ˚˚ “If Rick Perry wants…
