Last night, James Corden (host of The Late Late Show with James Corden) addressed on his show the recent news of six people resigning from the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS. After explaining how upsetting this news was to him, and the fact it was reported that President Trump “doesn’t care” about HIV…
WASHINGTON— The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights today sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging senators to reject President Trump’s nomination of John K. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The letter states in part, “Mr. Bush has a record of extreme partisanship and does not…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Grassroots climate advocacy group SanDiego350 is urging President Trump to keep the U.S. a signatory to the international Paris Climate Agreement, in which most of the world’s nations united to reduce carbon emissions. The group, which last month brought together over 5,000 San Diegans for the People’s Climate March at Waterfront Park,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, May 30, at 11 a.m. EDT, veterans and supporters will mass at the Lincoln Memorial. Speakers include Veterans For Peace President Barry Ladendorf, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Medea Benjamin, David Swanson, Chris Hedges, Brian Becker, Col. Ann Wright, Mara Verhayden Hilliard, Michael McPhearson, Jonathan Hutto and Matt Hoh. Music will be provided…
An LGBT look at Trump’s first 100+ days Winston Churchill defined tact as “the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” Tact is rarely associated with self-congratulatory gropers, so it’s no surprise that President Trump hasn’t been able to convince LGBT Americans to…
WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans wish Ivanka Trump would throw her father’s phone into the nearest toilet and flush. While there’s no app for that, a new app called WeCanResist.It just launched that allows users to flip President Trump’s tweets into donations for nonprofit organizations who are fighting the oppressive policies unleashed by Trump and his…
NEW YORK – GLAAD have responded after President Donald Trump released the administration’s 2018 fiscal year budget, which highlights their key objectives and priorities in the upcoming fiscal year. The budget includes proposed slashes to programs and departments critical to the LGBTQ community, including Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, and the Center of Disease Control’s HIV and…
WASHINGTON — Individuals and institutions from across the country today filed friend-of-court briefs in support of Gavin Grimm, an 18-year-old Virginia high school student who is challenging his school board’s refusal to allow him access to the boys’ restroom because he is transgender. The briefs in the case, which is currently being considered by the…
The Trump administration has massively expanded the so-called “Global Gag Rule” (GGR), which stops any U.S. aid to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide abortion information, referrals or services — even when they provide those services with their own, non-U.S. funding. The Trump administration’s announcement comes at the beginning of National Women’s Health Week, a…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Friday, Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-22), chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, and 49 members of the U.S. House of Representatives demanded the Trump administration reinstate LGBT demographic questions to the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). “As we fight for full equality for our LGBT family, it’s important to…
