WASHINGTON — Today, over 200 leaders from the LGBTQ civil rights movement are gathered in Alexandria just across the river from Washington, D.C. for the annual Equality Federation Leadership Conference as President Trump announced his intention, in a series of tweets, to ban transgender people from serving in the military. Standing united against the shameful…
Reaction continues following President Donald Trump’s tweets this morning unilaterally reinstating a ban on all transgender service members. Calling the ban horrifying, American Military Partner Association (AMPA) President Ashley Broadway-Mack said, “This is a horrifying, vicious attack on thousands of actively serving troops in the military who happen to be transgender. Transgender service members are…
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 3, a bill that would bar transgender or gender non-conforming Texans from access to restrooms and students from participating in athletics in accordance with their gender identity. SB 3 also prevents political subdivisions from the adoption or enforcement of pro-LGBTQ discrimination protections already in federal…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced today that he is barring transgender people from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military. In a series of tweets Trump said that, “After consultation with my Generals and military experts …” the U.S. government would not allow transgender individuals to serve in the military “in any capacity.”…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted 51-50 today to move forward with a debate on health care reform. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote. Only two Republican senators who joined Democrats in voting no on the motion to proceed — Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. The Human Rights Campaign…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — A bipartisan group of 75 members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday told the Trump administration that it cannot erase transgender elders from a national survey that allocates billions of dollars to vital elder services. In March, the administration announced plans to remove the LGBT community from the National Survey…
WASHINGTON, D.C, — Today, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22), chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, and a bipartisan group of 75 members of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded the Trump Administration reinstate a demographic question relating to participants’ gender identity to the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). “We have to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alliance for Justice (AFJ) today released a report on Judge Ralph Erickson, a North Dakota federal district court judge who has been nominated by Donald Trump for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. AFJ President Nan Aron released the following statement: “We request that Senators carefully scrutinize…
MBABANE/GENEVA, — UNAIDS has congratulated the Kingdom of Swaziland on the findings of the Swaziland HIV Incidence Measurement Survey (SHIMS 2) announced by Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini today in Mbabane, Swaziland that 73% of the adult population aged 15 years and older are virally suppressed—76% of adult women and 68% of adult men. The…
AUSTIN, Texas — Five anti-transgender bills were filed last week to kick off Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “special discrimination session” at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Gov. Abbott called for a special session of the Texas state legislature largely to pass legislation that openly targets and discriminates against transgender Texans. The debate is already having…
