November 26, 2024
Headlines

Reaction on Trump’s transgender ban on the military continues: ‘You deserve better from your country’

Steve Lee, Editor09 mins

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…

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Texas Senate approves anti-transgender bill

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

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…

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Trump bans transgender people serving in military ‘in any capacity’

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

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.”…

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Republicans win vote to move forward with a debate on health care reform … just

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

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…

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The pressure mounts: Thousands tell President Trump that trans elders count

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

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…

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Rep. Susan Davis: ‘Why I’m proud to display the Pride Flag’

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, four Democratic lawmakers – including Rep. Susan Davis of California – were sued by Chris Sevier, a lawyer opposed to same-sex marriage, for displaying the rainbow flag symbolizing gay pride outside of their Capitol Hill offices. Davis has responded with a new op-ed on Cosmopolitan.com defending the flag and her…

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House LGBT Caucus demands Trump administration restore transgender specific demographic question to Older Americans Act Survey

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

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…

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