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Florida city removes rainbow crosswalk, following Sean Duffy's anti-Pride directive

But other Florida cities have shown no urgency is erasing their colored walkways.

US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy
Voices

Revenge of Transportation head Sean Duffy, wronged by a lesbian and a gay man: banning rainbow crosswalks

Opinion: Under the guise of fighting "road hazards," Trump and his administration want to make LGBTQ+ people into roadkill, writes John Casey.

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Pete Buttigieg outraged Trump admin crossed ‘reddest of red lines’ handcuffing senator questioning Noem

The former transportation secretary said Americans must raise their voices to combat Trump's authoritarianism.

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Politics

Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ cabinet: An in-depth look

Trump's 2.0 cabinet is a cast of characters from right-wing television and MAGA politics. Here are their LGBTQ+ rights records.

World Health Organization builing (L); Young children eating USAID rations (C); Plane taking off behind barbed wire (R)
Politics

Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

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Politics

Donald Trump's DOT will prioritize areas with higher 'marriage and birth rates'

The memo directs DOT employees to "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average."

(1) Pete Buttigieg, US secretary of transportation, speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States on August 21, 2024. (2) Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
Politics

Pete Buttigieg blasts ‘despicable’ Donald Trump for blaming D.C. plane crash on DEI

He was responding to the president’s claim that the former transportation secretary was a “disaster.”

flooded street catastrophic Hurricane Irma Fort Lauderdale Florida Pete Buttigieg speaks at Virginia Blue Commonwealth Gala
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Pete Buttigieg combats hurricane relief disinformation & discusses ongoing disaster response

The out U.S. transportation secretary talked about why Republican disinformation about hurricane relief is so dangerous for disaster victims.

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American Airlines banned a lesbian for having sex with a man on a plane. She's confused, too (exclusive)

TikToker Erin Wright tells The Advocate about her bizarre and frustrating experience being wrongly put on American Airlines' no-fly list.

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg opposite US Rep Lauren Boebert
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Lauren Boebert resorts to homophobia after Pete Buttigieg calls out her hypocrisy

The Colorado congresswoman used bigotry as she tried to make fun of the transportation secretary and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, for raising children.

Pete Buttigieg and Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Marjorie Taylor Greene and House Republicans Are Trying to Cut Pete Buttigieg's Salary to $1 a Year

The noted homophobe Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is critical of Pete Buttigieg's use of government aircraft, saying he's flying to receive awards "for the way people have sex."

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
Politics

Buttigieg and Biden Look to Shore Up Airline Consumer Protections

They want airlines to compensate passengers for more than just the ticket price if there's a preventable cancellation or delay.