Trump executive order targets law firm challenging anti-trans policies
Critics contend Trump's latest executive order targeting Jenner & Block is an attack on the legal profession and the principles of a free society.
March 26, 2025
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How the FBI Investigated Suspected Lesbians in Nuclear Weapons Project
Robert Oppenheimer's story isn't the only one to come out about workers at the Manhattan Project.
July 31, 2023
Bush allows refusal of security clearance for gays
The Bush
administration last year quietly rewrote the rules for
allowing gays and lesbians to receive national
security clearances. Lesbian and gay advocacy groups
recently found the changes in an 18-page document
distributed by national security adviser Stephen Hadley on
December 29, without public notice.
March 15, 2006
Meet an Officer Who Transitioned at the CIA
Not too long ago, openly LGBT people were denied federal security clearances. These days, the CIA has an extensive strategy in place to help trans employees confirm their gender expression.
August 14, 2014
Tom Gallagher, First Foreign Service Officer to Come Out, Dies at 77
Gallagher represented the U.S. in a variety of countries, including some where he could have been imprisoned or killed for being gay.
July 13, 2018
Gay Melania Trump Staffer Allegedly Fired Over Grindr Account
In her tell-all book, former White House aide Stephanie Grisham wrote that a teammember found the profile online.
October 5, 2021
How Elon Musk & Peter Thiel-aligned inexperienced tech bros took over the federal government
They now have access to your private information and other sensitive U.S. data.
February 3, 2025
How Astronomer Frank Kameny Fought Antigay Bias in 'Lavender Scare'
PBS's The Lavender Scare shines a light on the federal government's oppression of LGBTQ people in the workplace throughout history.
October 2, 2019
Gay Man Rufus Gifford Confirmed as State Department Protocol Chief
The former ambassador to Denmark will be a liaison between President Biden and other world leaders.
December 20, 2021
Donald Trump and Aides Face 3 Additional Felony Charges
The three new charges include one that he kept a theoretical war plan long after he ceased to be president.
July 27, 2023
Gay Ambassador Rufus Gifford on Grenell's Promotion: It's 'Dangerous'
The advancement of Richard Grenell, the gay Trump loyalist just elevated to head of U.S. intelligence, is nothing to celebrate.
February 21, 2020
Journey back to Hope
During a visit to the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, I wondered: How could things have changed so far, so fast, in only five years? How had all of those accomplishments simply vanished under George W. Bush?
September 16, 2005
Maj. Mike Almy, Discharged Under DADT, Reaches Settlement
The former Air Force Major's settlement is the third and final in a lawsuit challenging military discharges under the since-repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
March 16, 2013
Beautiful Mind Mathematician John Nash Dies at 86
The Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and his wife, portrayed in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, were killed in a car accident Saturday.
May 25, 2015
The Powerful 'Pansies' of the U.S. Military
Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning has a few thoughts on Republicans smearing the armed forces.
June 25, 2021
U.S. Rejects U.N.'s Gay Rights Statement, Cites 'Don't Ask'
A joint statement addressing homophobia and LGBT rights for the first time at the United Nations was tabled Thursday, without the backing of the United States.
December 20, 2008
Tulsi Gabbard purges intelligence officers over out-of-context conversations conservatives decry as ‘transgender sex chats’
They appear to be messages from an employee resource group chat.
February 27, 2025
Pete Buttigieg calls Pete Hegseth ‘unfit to lead’ after second bombshell Signal chat leak revelation
Donald Trump's defense secretary is embroiled in another scandal. The gay former transportation secretary won't let him forget it.
April 20, 2025
First Known Out Trans Army Officer Accused of Conspiring With Russia
Major Jamie Lee Henry and their wife, both doctors, have been indicted on charges of seeking to help Russia in its war against Ukraine.
October 3, 2022
The Justice Department OK'd My Firing in the Name of Religious Liberty
Michael J. Stern, who nearly lost his job as a federal prosecutor due to antigay bias, wonders what additional damage Trump's "religious liberty" moves will bring.
January 7, 2019