Biden’s First 30-day LGBTQ Report Card Mark Segal National February 24, 2021 0One month into his term as President, Joseph R. Biden has done more for LGBTQ equality than any President’s full...
Am I Getting Another Stimulus Check? Katie Burkholder Coronavirus February 18, 2021 0The COVID-19 pandemic has had horrific economic ramifications, with unemployment rates reaching heights not seen since the Great Depression. Income...
Will Biden COVID Stimulus Plan Hurt Tipped Workers? Lou Chibbaro, Jr., Washington Blade courtesy of the NLGBTQ Media Association Coronavirus February 17, 2021 0Joshua Chaisson, the gay founder and leader of the Restaurant Workers of America, a national nonprofit group that advocates for...
Biden Signs EO to Undo Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Chris Johnson, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association National January 25, 2021 0President Biden has signed an executive order that reverses Trump administration policy against transgender military service and prohibits discharges based...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump D'Anne Witkowski Creep of the Week January 20, 2021 0If all goes well, by the time you read this Donald Trump will no longer be president. But 2021 has...
Biden, Harris Inauguration Events Mostly Virtual Lou Chibbaro, Jr., Washington Blade courtesy of the NLGBTQ Media Association National January 16, 2021 0The Presidential Inaugural Committee for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is calling on the LGBTQ community to...
Trump Names Owner of Conversion Therapy Practice to Key Administration Post Katie Burkholder National December 28, 2020 0Donald Trump has named Marcus Bachmann to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, an advisory panel in the...
Creep of the Week: Joseph Epstein D'Anne Witkowski Creep of the Week December 26, 2020 0I’m trying to think of a scenario in which it would be appropriate to call Dr. Jill Biden “kiddo.” Maybe...
Mayor Pete Will Make a Great Secretary of Transportation Mark Segal Outspoken December 23, 2020 0In my October Q & A with then-candidate Joe Biden, I asked whether he would put LGBTQ people in his...
Pete Buttigieg Makes History as First LGBTQ Cabinet Nominee Katie Burkholder National December 16, 2020 0Pete Buttigieg has been nominated for U.S. Secretary of Transportation in the Biden-Harris administration, cementing him as the first out...
Biden Promises LGBTQ Leaders ‘the Most Pro-equality Administration in History’ Chris Johnson, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association National December 5, 2020 0President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday to a conference of LGBTQ leaders he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris “are committed to...