Republican Lawmakers Look to Ban Pride Flags at Stonewall, Other National Sites
Republicans have begun targeting LGBTQ-related initiatives in latest round of the national budget process.
July 19, 2023
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S.C. House OKs Cuts to Colleges With LGBT Curricula
After assigning LGBT-inclusive books on their freshman reading lists, two South Carolina universities could see their budgets slashed by close to $70,000 combined.
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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."
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House budget cuts could devastate LGBTQ+ people's health care: What you need to know
It would have terrible consequences for transgender Americans, impoverished LGBTQ+ people, and those living with HIV.
May 22, 2025
Karoline Leavitt: Trump wants 'less LGBTQ graduate majors' from Harvard
The White House Press Secretary justified cutting funds to Harvard by saying Trump would rather give them to trade schools, not "LGBTQ graduate majors."
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S.C. Colleges in LGBT Controversy May Get Funding Back, With Strings Attached
The State Senate voted to restore funds that the House cut from two schools in retaliation over the assignment of LGBT-inclusive reading material, but the schools will be required to use the money to teach about the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents.
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Here's what Pete Buttigieg had to say about Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' passing Congress
"It is up to us, the American people, to respond politically and say that it is unacceptable to harm the majority of Americans to make the very wealthiest a little better off,” Buttigieg said in an Instagram video.
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How Trump’s ‘one big beautiful’ tax bill could impact women, children and LGBTQ+ Americans
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said over the weekend that the Senate package is projected to add $3.3 trillion to the national deficit over the next decade.
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Republicans Try and Fail to Cut Karine Jean-Pierre's White House Salary to $1
Karine Jean-Pierre is the latest LGBTQ+ official to have her pay targeted by Republican lawmakers.
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House Oversight Democrats demand records over RFK Jr.’s HIV program cuts
Robert Garcia and Raja Krishnamoorthi accuse HHS of dismantling life-saving HIV programs based on conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
July 18, 2025
Trump Budget Would Harm the Neediest LGBTQ Americans
The budget also flies in the face of his pledge to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.
March 16, 2019
Congressional Equality Caucus condemns Medicaid cuts, anti-trans provisions in budget bill
Republicans are advancing a "cruel reconciliation bill," Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano says.
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Republicans Cut Mic of Brian Sims, Gay Lawmaker, For Calling Them Out
"Your boos mean nothing to me. I've seen what you cheer for."
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Javier Muñoz, Peppermint to lobby Congress against cuts in HIV funding
The celebrities will join other activists in D.C. in the coming week as part of the #SaveHIVFunding campaign, as Congress considers cutting $1 billion from essential programs.
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Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ banning federally funded gender-affirming care for trans people
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
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May 22, 2025
S.C. Gov OK's Penalizing Schools for LGBT Curricula
The state budget requires two colleges to make up for having put LGBT-themed books on student reading lists by teaching about the nation's founding documents.
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White House Condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Transphobic Comments About Rachel Levine
Amid a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in Congress, officials called out the Georgia congresswoman’s derogatory comments against the assistant secretary for health.
November 15, 2023
7 AIDS Activists Arrested at Kevin McCarthy's Office Protesting PEPFAR Delay
Republicans in Congress are delaying reauthorization of the HIV prevention and treatment program because of abortion politics.
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