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State Dept.: US Not Seeking Trans People’s Removal from UN Documents

The State Department on Thursday denied a report that says the U.S. wants to remove transgender people from U.N. human rights documents. The Guardian newspaper reported U.S. diplomats are “seeking to elimina...

Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats and U.N. Officials Must Marry or Leave

The State Department imposed a new policy restricting visas for unmarried same-sex partners of diplomats and U.N. staff, reported NBC News. While marriage has always been required for the partners of straigh...

Colorado Judge Rules in Favor of Intersex Plaintiff in Passport Case

A new ruling states that the Trump Administration's State Department can no longer lean upon a binary-preferring gender policy to refuse passports to gender-diverse citizens. On September 19th, a U.S. Distri...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 10

1. Finally, after nearly 70 years, the US Department of State issued a formal apology for the "Lavender Scare." 2. Cuba won't allow one of its LGBT rights activists out of the country, the Washington Bla...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 4

1. Hundreds of foreign LGBT individuals seek asylum in America, persecuted and exiled from their home countries because of their sexuality. Donald Trump's campaign, built on anti-refugee, anti-immigrant rhetori...