Trump Comes Out Against Equality Act
With a vote on the Equality Act in the U.S. House expected on Friday, a senior administration official indicated exclusively to the Washington Blade that President Trump opposes the bill.“The Trump administ...
LGBT Groups Merge to Form Modern Military Association of America
In the aftermath of the U.S. military implementing a new ban on transgender service members, a duo of groups that have worked to advance rights for LGBT people in the armed forces have merged to form the Modern...
Trump Hails Deal with Gilead for PrEP Donation as ‘Great News’
President Trump hailed on Thursday a deal with Gilead for the donation of PrEP for HIV prevention for the uninsured as “great news.”Trump, who announced during his State of the Union address a plan to beat ...
House Republican Seeks to Change Name of Equality Act to ‘Forfeiting Women’s Rights Act’
With a vote on the Equality Act expected next week in the U.S. House, Republicans are proposing a slew of anti-LGBT amendments on floor consideration of the measure.The distinction for the most condescendin...
Biden’s Early Support for Same-Sex Marriage Still Remembered for Impact
Seven years ago this week, former Vice President Joseph Biden gave an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that fundamentally altered the course of the marriage equality movement.Biden — now the front-runner...
House to Vote Next Week on Equality Act to Ban Anti-LGBT Discrimination
The U.S. House is expected to hold a floor vote next week on the Equality Act, legislation that seeks to ban anti-LGBT discrimination, a senior Democratic aide told the Washington Blade on Monday.The offici...
Pelosi: Supreme Court Review to Have ‘No Impact’ on Equality Act, Floor Vote in May
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether existing federal law prohibits anti-LGBT discrimination will have “no impact” on the advancement of legislation seeking to ban it explicitly under federa...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Whether Federal Law Bars Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed hear cases seeking to determine once-and-for-all if anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace is prohibited under federal law.In its orders list on Monday, the court announ...
Supreme Court Won’t Undo Death Penalty for Inmate Alleging Anti-Gay Bias in Jury
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday it won’t hear a case contesting the death penalty of gay man in South Dakota despite evidence suggesting the jury invoked the punishment based on his sexual orientatio...
It’s Official: Mayor Pete Buttigieg Declares 2020 Presidential Campaign
Before a crowd of adoring supporters in South Bend who braved the rain to hear him speak, Pete Buttigieg made his 2020 presidential campaign official by declaring he’d pursue the Democratic nomination to run fo...
Buttigieg on Pence: ‘I’m Not Critical of His Faith; I’m Critical of Bad Policies’
In response to Mike Pence over what has developed into a spat over his anti-LGBT record, Pete Buttigieg shot back Thursday at the vice president for asserting his Christian faith was under attack, saying the is...