Democrats Push to Block Defense Funds to Uganda Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
Using the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, two LGBTQ+ members of Congress have joined forces to hold up funds to the African country.
July 11, 2023
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The Plight of LGBT Refugees
In December, President Obama set ambitious goals for protecting and rapidly resettling vulnerable LGBT refugees worldwide. Can his administration deliver?
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Biden-Harris Transition Team Includes Trans Veteran, LGBTQ+ Notables
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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
Obama Nominates Two More Openly Gay Ambassadors
The White House nominated James Costos as U.S. ambassador to Spain, and Rufus Gifford as U.S. ambassador to Denmark.
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Biden Assures Brittney Griner's Wife He's Working on Player's Release
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris called Cherelle Griner today, telling her that the U.S. government is working to secure Griner's freedom from Russian custody.
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Social Security demands that gay activist living with AIDS repay $200k in benefits
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Senate Confirms Historic LGBTQ+ Nominees to Defense Department
Gina Ortiz Jones, a lesbian, was confirmed as undersecretary of the Air Force, and Shawn Skelly, who is trans, was confirmed as assistant secretary of defense for readiness.
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Protecting LGBT Refugees from Violence
Through the lens of two East African countries where anti-LGBT discrimination is pervasive, a new report by Human Rights First lays the groundwork for aiding vulnerable gay and transgender refugees.
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Why foreign assistance for LGBTQ+ rights is in the U.S. national interests
The Trump administration's plan to cut U.S. foreign assistance programs is shortsighted and harmful.
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FBI Director Nominee a Pro-Gay Republican
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June 21, 2013
Lauren Boebert Under Fire for Horrifying Transphobic Comments About Pentagon Official
Boebert's Democratic colleagues were quick to come to the official's defense.
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Trump's Homeland Security Pick Fears Women in Combat Will 'Lower Standards'
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December 7, 2016
New A.G. Matt Whitaker's Cozy Past With Homophobes
The acting U.S. attorney general (since Jeff Sessions's) departure, once prosecuted a gay politician in a flimsy case and worked for an antigay candidate.
November 8, 2018
Biden to Nominate Trans, Lesbian Officials to Department of Defense
The Biden administration continues to uplift LGBTQ+ representation in government with Shawn Skelly and Brenda Sue Fulton.
April 23, 2021
How a Federal Government Shutdown Will and Won't Affect You
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September 29, 2023
Kansas Man Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Up, Bomb Nashville Pride
He said he would “make shrapnel pressure cooker bombs for this event” and that he was going to “commit a mass shooting.”
June 22, 2023
Labor Dept. Issues New Rules for Same-Sex Marriages, Benefits
With the fall of section 3 of DOMA comes new rules on rights and benefits for married gay and lesbian couples.
September 18, 2013
DHS to Further Restrict Travel for HIV-Positive Foreign Nationals
The Department of Homeland Security announced proposed regulations Thursday purporting to offer a "streamlined," "categorical" waiver for HIV-positive visitors from other countries. However, by using this "streamlined" application process, applicants would have to also waive the possibility of any change in immigration status while in the U.S.
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Arsonist Behind Fire at Seattle Gay Bar Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime
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