April 22, 2025
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ACLU seeks documents from Trump administration on plans for permitting discrimination against women, LGBT community

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union Friday demanded documents from four federal agencies concerning a potential executive order that would sanction religiously motivated discrimination against LGBT people, members of minority faiths, women, and people seeking reproductive health care. “The American people deserve to know whether this administration plans to protect the rights of…

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National PTA, GLSEN, Education Organizations submit joint Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in support of Gavin Grimm and transgender students

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

Seven leading education organizations representing millions of students, families, and educators submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Gavin Grimm in the case of G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board. Several of the organizations issued this joint statement regarding the brief: “This case brings to the nation’s highest court an issue GLSEN…

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South Dakota Legislature sends anti-LGBTQ ‘License to Discriminate’ bill to governor’s desk

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

SOUTH DAKOTA — The South Dakota legislature has sent a ‘License to Disriminate’ bill to the governor for signing. The bill, SB 149 would enshrine taxpayer-funded discrimination into state law by allowing state-funded adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ youth in their care and to reject qualified prospective LGBTQ adoptive or foster…

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Ben Carson confirmed as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, the Senate confirmed Ben Carson as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). An outspoken opponent of LGBTQ equality, Carson will now oversee the enforcement of fair housing laws as well as programs that provide crucial assisted and public housing. Carson’s confirmation comes at a time when more…

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National leaders, groups,individuals file briefs in Supreme Court supporting Gavin Grimm and transgender rights

Steve Lee, Editor013 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, individuals and institutions from across the country representing a diverse and extraordinary cross-section of interests, perspectives, and concerns filed friend-of-court briefs in support of Gavin Grimm, a 17-year-old high school student from Virginia whose case against his school board over their refusal to allow him access to the boys’ restroom at school…

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House LGBT Caucus announces re-launch of Transgender Equality Task Force, names Kennedy chair

Steve Lee, Editor112 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus announced today that it is re-launching the Transgender Equality Task Force.  This task force was first launched during the 114th Congress, and was the first such task force created by the Caucus.  The Transgender Equality Task Force will be chaired by Vice Chair Rep. Joe Kennedy (MA-04)….

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Atkins’ affordable-housing bill clears Senate Transportation and Housing Committee

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Tuesday voted 9-3 to pass SB 2 – the Building Homes and Jobs Act – legislation authored by Senator Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) that will create a permanent source of funding for affordable housing. “Passing the committee that considers housing policy for the Senate is the…

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Public health experts affirm virally suppressed people living with HIV do not transmit the virus

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, NASTAD (National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors), a leading non-partisan non-profit association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs in the U.S. and around the world, published a new statement affirming that durably virally suppressed people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART) do not sexually…

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Who are America’s new political elites and what do they want?

Steve Lee, Editor017 mins

Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. A new political class has assumed power in America. They’re the voters to whom conventional wisdom gives credit for putting Donald J. Trump in the White House despite his epic loss of the popular…

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