Worsening mental health of LGBTQI+ youth calls for new federal policy that I’m leading
"This bill is straightforward yet impactful, offering support to LGBTQI+ youth who have nowhere else to turn for help," writes Rep. Sharice Davids.
June 6, 2024
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Federal Agency Reviewing Trans-Exclusive Insurance Policies
The Office of Personnel Management is reviewing the insurance policies currently offered to agency employees, evaluating whether or not to include transition-related care on future plans.
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January 15, 2014
Federal judge blocks Trump admin's gender-restrictive passport policy
The State Department can't enforce the policy denying gender marker changes or the X marker while a lawsuit against it proceeds, the judge ruled.
April 18, 2025
Texas Leads New Assault on Federal Transgender Health Policy
Wisconsin, Kentucky, Nebraska and Kansas joined Texas in a new lawsuit, filed with the Christian Medical and Dental Association, and Franciscan Alliance of Indiana.
August 24, 2016
Lawyer Behind Trump's Anti-Trans Policies Confirmed to Federal Appeals Court
Gregory Katsas will serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which often rules on presidential orders.
November 28, 2017
Trump vs. Maine: State refuses anti-trans sports policies as federal agencies push to cut funding
Here's everything you need to know about Trump's spat with Gov. Janet Mills of Maine.
March 24, 2025
LGBTQ Issues Largely Erased During Democratic Debate
No questions were posed about the impacts of federal policy on LGBTQ Americans.
July 31, 2019
Pentagon says it will start kicking transgender people out of military this month
While a federal judge considers blocking the policy altogether, the Pentagon is moving forward.
March 13, 2025
Maine Gov. Janet Mills confronts Donald Trump to his face over anti-trans sports order at White House
“See you in court,” she told the president when he declared his administration’s policies to be “the federal law.”
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February 21, 2025
Gay veterans make second push to overturn 'don't ask, don't tell'
Twelve gay and lesbian veterans who were dismissed under the military's ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to reinstate their lawsuit challenging the policy.
March 7, 2007
Trump Administration Expands Anti-LGBTQ 'License to Discriminate' Rule
The Department of Labor rule allows even for-profit companies to claim a religious exemption from nondiscrimination policies for federal contractors.
December 7, 2020
Anti-Trans School Restroom Policies Unconstitutional, Court Rules
In the case brought by Virginia student Gavin Grimm, the Fourth Circuit says such policies violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
August 26, 2020
Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'
Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."
August 4, 2025
Illinois Families Sue Over Trans-Inclusive School Policies
The families, represented by right-wing attorneys, claim the federal government's policies on trans students amount to "discrimination" against cisgender students.
May 6, 2016
Till the Census Do Us Part?
National Black Justice Coalition CEO H. Alexander Robinson discusses the U.S. government policy that "requires all federal agencies to recognize only opposite-sex marriages for the purposes of administering federal programs."
December 12, 2008
To The FDA, Everyone Transgender Is a Gay Man
There's a secret in the federal blood donation policy: it treats all transgender people -- male or female -- like they're gay or bisexual men.
February 2, 2015
Why to Move Beyond DADT We Have to Repeal DOMA
The demise of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy a year ago has made it all the more clear how same-sex couples are treated by federal law.
September 19, 2012
Clinton Says She Will Defend Gay Rights
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would defend gay rights as president and eliminate disparities for same-sex couples in federal law, including immigration and tax policy.
April 4, 2008
Senator Levin to Add Hate-Crimes Measure to Defense Bill
A senior Senate Democrat said Tuesday that he wants to use a major defense policy bill to expand federal hate-crimes laws to protect gays, bring troops home from Iraq, and force Baghdad to pay more toward reconstruction costs.
April 23, 2008
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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May 6, 2025
Scott Bessent’s mortgage history undercuts Trump’s case to oust Fed governor Lisa Cook
The gay MAGA treasury secretary also listed two homes as primary residences on mortgage documents.
September 17, 2025