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House Unanimously Votes to Give Tax Refunds to LGBTQ Couples

The House of Representatives voted unanimously to retroactively give same-sex couples the same tax benefits of marriage as opposite-sex couples, according to LGBTQ Nation. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA) and...

House of Representatives Passes Amendment to Overturn Trans Military Ban

The House of Representatives voted to approve an amendment to the annual defense policy bill to reverse President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban on Thursday (June 11), reported The Hill. The amendm...

Bipartisan Hate Crime Prevention Bill Introduced into House

A bipartisan bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives that improves the reporting of hate crimes and expands resources for victims, according to The Hill. Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Pete Ol...

House Votes to Block Funding for Transgender Military Ban

The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday (June 18) to block President Trump’s move to ban transgender people from military service, reported NBC News. The amendment, which passed by a 243-183 vote, will...

Equality Act Hearing Held in House Judiciary Committee

The first ever hearing on the Equality Act was help in the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday (April 2), with most of the eight witnesses supporting the legislation, according to LGBTQ Nation. Chair of th...

NAACP Backs Equality Act

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP), the country’s oldest civil rights organization for African Americans, has publicly endorsed the Equality Act, reported NBC News. The Eq...

Congress Speaks with Parents of Transgender Kids about Equality Act

Parents of transgender children met with Congress members on Wednesday (January 30) to discuss the passage of the Equality Act, reported Gay Star News. The parents came from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) F...

House Members Write to Mike Pompeo Demanding He Condemn Chechen LGBTQ Violence

Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15), David Cicilline (RI-01), and Lee Zeldin (NY-01) led 62 other members of the House to urge Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to publicly condemn the violence being perpetrated...

House Democrats Pass LGBTQ Protections for Staff

On the first day of the 116th Congress, House Democrats got to work after taking back the majority by passing a LGBTQ rights protection for the staff, reported PinkNews. A rules package passed in the House o...

Homophobic N. Carolina Republican Won’t Be Seated, Say House Democrats

The Democratic party, headed by incoming House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, said that they will not seat North Carolina Republican Mark Harris because of election fraud, reported the Washington Post. The ...

The Popular Vote in Diversity: Meet Some of 2018’s Legislative Heroes

The 2018 midterm elections yielded several diverse candidate selections that will most certainly put LGBTQ rights at the forefront in politics across the nation. The “blue wave” pummeled states across the South...

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

Majority of Republicans Believe Adoption Agencies Should Not Be Allowed to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Couples

AIDS Quilt Moving to San Francisco

Former Texas House Speaker Urges Supreme Court to Make LGBTQ Discrimination Illegal

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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