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Barr Hints at Continuing Anti-LGBT Policies at Trump Justice Department

William Barr, President Trump’s pick to become the next attorney general, held his cards close to the vest on LGBT issues Tuesday during his confirmation hearing, but hinted upon confirmation he’d pursue the an...

Anti-LGBT Sessions Out, but New Anti-LGBT Trump Pick leads DOJ

The firing of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions — who used the Justice Department to undermine LGBT rights — has led to the interim appointment of another official with an anti-LGBT record that makes a change...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 14

1. The Justice Department refused to release a copy of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' speech to the anti-LGBT hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, but “somehow” conservative magazine The Federalist got a hol...

DOJ withdraws lawsuit against N.C. over anti-trans bathroom law

Although North Carolina replaced anti-LGBT House Bill 2 with a law that critics say still enables anti-LGBT discrimination, the U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn the lawsuit against the state filed last yea...

Justice Dept. to give $8.5 million to Pulse nightclub victims

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced it will give more than $8 million to the victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre.A Justice Department press release says its Office of Victims of Crime will provi...

Another anti-transgender move from Trump Justice Department

After revoking guidance barring schools from discriminating against transgender students, the U.S. Justice Department has now backed off its legal challenge to the controversial anti-LGBT North Carolina state l...

DOJ lets stand court order against transgender health care

In yet another blow from the Trump administration to transgender rights, the U.S. Justice Department under U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has let stand a court order against the implementation of an Obamac...

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

1. Locally, the reaction to the beer has been fantastic. Way more people are asking to carry the beer than we can supply.” Cheers! This anti-HB2 beer has raised more than $42,000 for LGBT groups in North Caroli...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 19

1. “The anti-LGBT provision in NDAA is not about supporting our troops, defeating ISIS, or protecting religious liberty – it’s about bigotry, plain and simple.” The U.S. House passed a bill that would gut Presi...

Justice Department, U.S. Attorney investigating treatment of Georgia LGBT prisoners

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office have opened up a joint investigation into the Georgia Department of Corrections' (GDC) treatment of LGBT prisoners. The investigation follows the hi...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 29

1. The Justice Department made a quiet but significant move on Thursday, bypassing the option to seek dismissal of a case that claims sexual orientation is a type of sex discrimination banned by the Civil Right...

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

Health Dept. Proposes Removing Data Collection on LGBTQ Foster Kids

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

Same-Sex Couples More Likely To Be Denied a Loan, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Converse Releases New Pride and Trans Pride Sneakers

Frank Ocean Reveals He’s Been in a Relationship for Three Years

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