All posts tagged "ben carson"
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HUD withdraws Trump-era revisions restricting shelter access for transgender people
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has withdrawn Trump-era changes to rules governing transgender access to shelters.
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Trump administration tells homeless shelters how to identify and deny access to trans women
Trump administration tells homeless shelters how to identify and deny access to trans women
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Trump administration moves forward with rule allowing shelters to turn away transgender individuals
Rule gives individual shelters leeway to determine whether to refuse people based on their biological sex at birth
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HUD crafting rule to allow single-sex homeless shelters to turn away transgender people
Rule says individual shelters may set their own criteria for determining a person's sex, but standards must be applied equally
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Trump is undoing ‘decades of progress’ on LGBTQ rights, bipartisan civil rights agency says
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls findings "devastating," says Trump has "blatantly and deliberately" targeted LGBTQ people
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The Feed: New poll suggests America isn’t ready for a gay president – Delta edits out ‘Rocketman’ gay content – Megan Rapinoe named Woman of the Year
Four LGBTQ stories you need to know now
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Two House members introduce resolution condemning Ben Carson’s anti-transgender comments
A pair of Democratic House members have introduced a resolution condemning Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for recent remarks he made disparaging transgender...
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Virginia congresswoman reiterates call for Ben Carson’s resignation after transphobic remarks
Jennifer Wexton denounces HUD Secretary's anti-trans comments, and accuses him of lying to Congress under oath
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Ben Carson refuses to apologize for transphobic remarks at HUD meeting
Carson reportedly called trans women "big, hairy men" during a discussion about women's shelters
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Ben Carson allegedly calls trans women “big, hairy men” during HUD meeting
Carson, no stranger to anti-trans rhetoric, said he was worried about trans women accessing homeless women's shelters
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Trump administration wants to allow shelters to discriminate against transgender people
Shelters would be allowed to skirt Equal Access Rule by housing people based on their biological sex at birth
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Ben Carson invokes trans shower panic to justify rollback of LGBTQ protections at HUD
HUD Secretary claims transgender people's use of shelter facilities matching their gender identity may infringe on others' rights
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Ben Carson removes nondiscrimination language from HUD’s mission statement
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has green-lighted a change to the agency’s mission statement that removes language referring to “inclusive” communities and HUD’s...
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Congressional Transgender Equality Task Force demands meeting with Trump civil rights officials
Members of Congress decry Trump administration's "relentless assault" on transgender community
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U.S. Senate confirms Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirm renowned anti-LGBTQ neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate Ben Carson as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. It was...
