Josh Sorbe is using his voice on Capitol Hill to fight for LGBTQ+ rights
In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates who are already changing the world.
August 21, 2025
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Judge Who Suspended Abortion Pill Neglected to Disclose Antigay Interviews
Matthew Kacsmaryk referred to being gay as "a lifestyle."
April 21, 2023
House Judiciary Committee Launches Official Impeachment Investigation
The committee is seeking confidential information that could result in impeachment; four members explain why.
July 26, 2019
Judiciary Committee Advances Kavanaugh Nom, Seeks Further Probe
Jeff Flake urged further investigation of sexual assault accusations against Kavanaugh. Now Senate Republican leaders have agreed to it.
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September 28, 2018
Chuck Grassley, a Man Behaving Badly at Blasey Ford Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman was testy and repeatedly interrupted women.
September 27, 2018
Coney Barrett Closer to Bringing Her Far-Right Tyranny to SCOTUS
Democrats boycotted the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the ultraconservative Supreme Court nominee.
October 22, 2020
5 GOP Senators Back R.I. Marriage Equality Bill
The senate judiciary committee moved the marriage equality bill forward Tuesday for a full floor vote.
April 23, 2013
Minnesota: Committee Sends Marriage Bill to Senate Floor
The Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee sent the bill forward with a 5-3 party line vote.
March 12, 2013
Hawaii Senate Committee Pushes Marriage Bill Forward
The Hawaii Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee approved a bill to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.
October 29, 2013
GOP Sen. John Kennedy Reads Queer Sex Excerpts at Cringe-Worthy Senate Hearing
The 71-year-old used “lube” and other words in a sentence during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing..
September 13, 2023
Neil Gorsuch: Impartial Judge or Unsympathetic to Underdog?
Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee painted different pictures of the Supreme Court nominee in today's hearing.
March 20, 2017
Is Lindsey Graham's House of Cards Collapsing?
Graham, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was recommended for indictment by a grand jury. Karma may not be the senator's boyfriend.
September 8, 2023
Watch Sen. Kamala Harris Eat Attorney General William Barr for Lunch
The presidential candidate flustered and cornered the Trump loyalist during his heated hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
May 1, 2019
WATCH: Hawaiians Debate Marriage Equality
Members of the public were invited to give testimony in one-minute segments Monday before the Hawaii Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
October 28, 2013
BREAKING: Colorado Civil Unions Pass First Legislative Hurdle
In a 3-2 vote, Senate Bill 11 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee after nearly five hours of public testimony.
January 23, 2013
Watch the Senate Hearing With Brett Kavanaugh, Dr. Ford
Christine Blasey Ford and the person who allegedly assaulted her, SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
September 27, 2018
Indiana House Considers Anti-Marriage-Equality Amendment
The state's House Judiciary Committee heard arguments against and in favor of amending the state constitution to prohibit any recognition of same-sex relationships, but did not take a vote on the issue.
January 13, 2014
Vermont House Committee Approves Same-Sex Marriage
Despite a veto threat looming from Vermont governor Jim Douglas, the house judiciary committee approved a bill that would bring marriage equality to the state.
March 31, 2009
Senate Holds Hearings on LGBT Immigration Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee held the first congressional hearing on the Uniting American Families Act Wednesday. The act would allow gay citizens to sponsor their partners for residency in the United States.
June 3, 2009
Calif. House Committee Opposes Prop. 8
California's house judiciary committee passed a resolution opposing Proposition 8 on Tuesday, saying the ballot initiative to end same-sex marriage in the state was an "improper revision of the California Constitution."
February 20, 2009
Marriage Bill Heads to Connecticut Senate
A bill that would reconcile Connecticut marriage law with a court ruling allowing same-sex marriage won approval in the state senate judiciary committee on Monday and is now headed to a vote in the full senate.
March 31, 2009