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Lesbian EEOC Appointment Dies in Senate

The nomination of lesbian attorney Chai Feldblum for a third term on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission died in the Senate last week when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declined to...

Utah Senator Blocks Lesbian EEOC Appointment

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Wednesday continued his one-man effort to block the nomination of lesbian attorney Chai Feldblum to a third term on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In a Dec. ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 1

1. “Religious freedom was one of the building blocks of this great nation, and after the nation was torn apart, the guarantee of equal protection under law was used to stitch it back together. But HB 1523 does ...

Anti-gay health official sues Georgia for ‘religious discrimination’

Dr. Eric Walsh, the anti-gay pastor who once said that gay people's sexuality comes from the “pits of hell,” filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Georgia Department of Health for rescinding a job offer...

The year of marriage, Kim Davis, Caitlyn Jenner and Republican hatred

To be the “best year ever” in LGBT history, 2015 had to do better than 2013. That was the year the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the key section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and allowed a decision to...