Trump poised to make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness
Trump's plan to gut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people.
July 14, 2025
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Trump's plan to gut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people.
“These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination,” a policy memo read in part.
The information vanished from the Office of Personnel Management website, governing treatment of federal employees.
About 2,200 government employees working in foreign affairs signed a letter supporting the rights of the LGBT employees that was hand-delivered to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's office Monday.
D.C. joins six other major cities and states banning government employees from traveling to North Carolina.
A group of LGBT students visited the state capitol in Oklahoma City. A government employee reacted by sending an email warning people that "cross-dressers are in the building."
For the first time in history, the federal government is standing behind transgender employees who say they've been discriminated against because of their gender identity.
A Michigan appeals court ruling that bans public universities and state and local governments from providing health insurance to partners of gay employees has alarmed gay rights advocates nationwide.
DEI does not ensure certain groups have preferential treatment, but rather that none do.
A week after declining to take up the legislation, a Senate committee advanced the bill on a party line vote.
The ruling had far-reaching implications in a country that is still hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, including marriage equality.
In the 1950s, Frank Kameny was fired from his job in the Army Map Service for "sexual perversion." Now he's watching an openly gay man run the very office once responsible for scrubbing gays from the government.
The First Amendment may not be what you think it is.
The exclusion isn't just wrong, it's illegal, says the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Could Florida enforce a 'don't say they' rule for local governments?
Robert Oppenheimer's story isn't the only one to come out about workers at the Manhattan Project.
John Berry, an openly gay man who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to head the Office of Personnel Management, encountered a friendly confirmation hearing Thursday.