News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Aug 9, 2017

How Could You Represent Someone Like Milo Yiannopoulos?

Aug 4, 2017

Betsy DeVos Refuses to Take a Stand Against Discrimination, Again

Jul 28, 2017

Donald Trump Attacks Transgender People to Help Build Border Wall

Jul 27, 2017

President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Is an Affront to the Core Tenets of the US Military

Jul 27, 2017

Jeff Sessions Thinks It Should Be Legal to Fire You for Being LGBT

Jul 26, 2017

With Three Tweets President Trump Cruelly Threatens Trans Service Members With Rank Discrimination

Jul 21, 2017

North Carolina’s Rewrite of HB2 Is Nothing More Than a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Jul 18, 2017

Lawmakers in Texas Are Returning to the Capitol for More Anti-Trans Discrimination

Jul 13, 2017

Congress Should Reject This Unconstitutional Amendment Denying Care to Transgender Service Members and Their Families

Jun 26, 2017

Can Businesses Turn LGBT People Away Because of Who They Are? That’s Up to the Supreme Court Now.