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LGBT Groups Merge to Form Modern Military Association of America

In the aftermath of the U.S. military implementing a new ban on transgender service members, a duo of groups that have worked to advance rights for LGBT people in the armed forces have merged to form the Modern...

Religious Freedom Commissioner Tony Perkins Blames Gay Troops for Rise in Sexual Assault in Military

The head of the Family Research Council and member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Tony Perkins, has attributed a rise in reported sexual assaults in the military to gay soldiers.Ac...

Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Affect Naval Academy

As a result of the transgender military ban that went into effect last week, the U.S. Naval Academy will no longer accept transgender students in 2020, reported the Capital Gazette.The school in Maryland cu...

Transgender Military Ban Goes into Effect

Donald Trump’s transgender military ban has gone into effect today, potentially jeopardizing the livelihoods of thousands.Almost two years after Trump first announced on Twitter that he was planning to enac...

Pete Buttigieg Calls Out Mike Pence for Religious Opposition to Gay Marriage

Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg addressed Vice President Mike Pence’s religious opposition to same-sex marriage at the LGBTQ Victory Fund’s annual brunch on Sunday (April 7), reported LGBTQ Nation.Butti...

Transgender Military Ban is “Act of Cruelty,” says Nancy Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denounced the Trump administration’s transgender military ban as an “act of cruelty” after a screening of the documentary TransMilitary in Washington, D.C., reported the Thomas Reuter...

Judge Rules that Transgender Military Ban Can’t Yet Take Effect

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a decision on Tuesday (March 19) saying that the Trump administration was wrong to claim it could begin to implement a transgender military ban, reported BuzzFeed News.La...

Trump Admin to Move Forward with Transgender Military Ban Amid Legal Dispute

The Trump administration is preparing to move forward with the implementation of its transgender military ban despite a legal dispute with LGBT rights advocates who say a court order remains in place against th...

California National Guard Will Not Discharge Transgender Service Members

According to one of the highest-ranking officers in the California National Guard, Maj. Gen. Matthew Beevers, California will defy Trump’s wishes and not discharge transgender service members from the troops. ...

Poll: 70% of U.S. Voters Support Transgender Military Service

A new poll has found a whopping 70 percent of the American public believe transgender people should be able to serve in the U.S. military despite policy from President Trump seeking to bar them from enlisting. ...

Cuomo Signs LGBT Bills Banning Conversion Therapy, Anti-Transgender Discrimination

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday two LGBT bills, one banning widely discredited “ex-gay” conversion therapy for youth, the banning anti-transgender discrimination.The governor penned his...

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Westboro Baptist Church Protests Morehouse’s Transgender Admissions Policy

Cuban LGBTQ Activists Hold Pride Parade after Cuban Government Cancels It

House of Representatives Passes Equality Act

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Rocketman Premieres at Cannes; Makes History as First Major Studio Film with Gay Sex Scene

Karamo Brown Opens Up on ‘Extreme Conflict’ He Had With Antoni Porowski

Trailer for Lesbian Batwoman TV Show Drops