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Betsy DeVos Visits Catholic School with Explicit Anti-LGBTQ Policies

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited a Catholic elementary school that bans transgender students and gay teachers, according to the Huffington Post. DeVos visited Harrisburg Catholic Elementary School ...

Current Education Dept. More Likely to Dismiss LGBTQ Students’ Discrimination Complaints, Report Finds

A report from the Center for American Progress found that students who reported discrimination on the basis of their sexuality or gender identity were significantly less likely to receive relief from the Educat...

Betsy DeVos Knew Negative Effects of Discrimination when Making Transgender Bathroom Rollbacks

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos defended her agency’s decision to roll back protections for transgender students, reported The Hill. DeVos acknowledged the agency’s 2017 choice to rescind Obama-era bathro...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, Feb. 13

1. John Cox, a Republican candidate for governor in California, once equated homosexuality with polygamy and bestiality. At a Values Voter Presidential Debate in September 2007, the San Diego businessman said w...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 26

1. Today in "take-back Tuesday," Education Sec. Betsy DeVos rescinds yet another set of Obama-era protection guidelines, these for college sexual assault survivors. New rules allow university leadership to deci...

DeVos won’t vouch for LGBT students under school voucher programs

She hasn’t issued an Educational Degree No. 24, but US Department of Education Sec. Betsy DeVos is not a fan favorite in the LGBT community. Her consistent push to introduce school voucher programs is seen by m...

DeVos: It’s OK if states discriminate against LGBT students

Under a grilling during a congressional hearing Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say she’ll speak out against discrimination against LGBT students — or even students experiencing racial dis...

LGBT rights leaders flunk Trump on first 100 days

With the 100-day mark of President Trump’s time in the White House fast approaching, LGBT rights supporters are giving him failing grades as the nation evaluates him at the benchmark. Since he took the oath ...

DeVos meets with LGBT groups over trans student protections

Representatives from a trio of LGBT organizations and families with transgender kids met Wednesday with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the aftermath of the Justice and Education Departments revoking Obama-e...

Trump rescinds transgender student protections

Much to the dismay of the LGBT advocates who sought to keep guidance barring discrimination against transgender kids in schools, the Trump administration on Wednesday revoked the guidance. White House Press ...

DeVos confirmed despite concerns over anti-LGBT donations

Despite efforts from Senate Democrats and LGBT advocates to block the confirmation of Betsy Devos as education secretary, the U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed on Tuesday President Trump’s pick to the head the Dep...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Trans Woman Ashley Diamond Sues Georgia Department of Corrections

Court Strikes Down Bans on Conversion Therapy as Violations of Free Speech

GLAAD Poll Reveals LGBTQ Support of Trump in Election Lower than Previously Reported

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Phoebe Bridgers, Brandi Carlile, and Other LGBTQ Artists Secure Grammy Nominations

Amazon Prime’s Gay-themed Film ‘Uncle Frank’ Set to Debut

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