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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s non-voting representative in Congress, condemned Trump’s move as “a federal power grab against the will of D.C.’s elected leadership.”
Members of the LGBT Equality Caucus on Capitol Hill made good on a promise last week to examine the problems facing transgender Americans.
U.S. representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced today the formation of the LGBT Equality Caucus. The 52-member bipartisan group, which includes two Republicans, marks the nation's first congressional caucus with the express purpose of advancing equal rights for LGBT people, repealing discriminatory laws and educating lawmakers on gay issues. Baldwin and Frank, both openly gay, cochair the caucus.
130 members of Congress filed a joint amicus brief supportive of a lesbian couple challenging DOMA in court.
