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CORRECTED: LGBT Provisions Watered Down in Trump’s USMCA Deal

President Trump agreed on Friday to an updated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that includes aspirational language encouraging member states to adopt policies against LGBT discrimination in the workforce...

Victory Institute to Honor Danica Roem at Annual D.C. Conference

The LGBTQ Victory Institute will present Virginia state Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas) with an award named in honor of U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) next week at its annual International LGBTQ Leaders Confere...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, June 28

1. Read the resolution proposed by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida) for the US House to condemn the violence against gay men in Chechnya. 2. Also happening in Congress this week, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wi...

Georgia Congressman Tom Price’s confirmation to HHS dismays LGBT advocates

The U.S. Senate approved late Thursday another Trump Cabinet pick with an anti-LGBT history with the narrow confirmation of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of Health and Human Services. The 52 Senate Rep...

Few bright spots in a year dominated by LGBT setbacks nationally

2016 will go down in the LGBT history books as a year of sobering pushback against the many gains won in the years prior. In the space of 12 months, the community has gone from having the most pro-LGBT presiden...