All posts tagged "Biden administration"
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White House to Offer Monkeypox Vaccines at LGBTQ Events
The Biden administration is releasing an additional 1.8 million doses of the monkeypox vaccine to various localities.
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LGBTQ Groups Respond to Monkeypox Emergency
LGBTQ organizations have welcomed the Biden administration’s decision to declare the ongoing monkeypox outbreak a national health emergency. The hope is that the declaration will...
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U.S. Declares Monkeypox a National Health Emergency
Monkeypox represents a significant risk to Americans and allows public health officials to adopt measures to contain it.
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Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Penal Colony
Russian judge finds WNBA All-Star guilty on trumped-up drug charges in what some see as a politically-motivated trial.
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White House Names Monkeypox Czars
The Biden administration has named Robert Fenton, Jr. as the coordinator of the United States’ monkeypox response in response to the ongoing global outbreak that...
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U.S. Offers to Release Convicted Arms Dealer in Exchange for Brittney Griner
The Biden administration has offered to exchange convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout as part of a deal to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and...
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Education Department Proposes New Rule Protecting LGBTQ Students
The U.S. Department of Education announced a proposed rule impacting how Title IX, the federal law prohibiting discrimination “on the basis of sex,” will be enforced...
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South Dakota Governor Threatens to Sue Feds Over Trans-Inclusive School Lunch Policy
South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is threatening to sue the U.S. government if it attempts to enforce a new policy that would cut funding...
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Biden Administration Investigating 6 Religious Colleges for LGBTQ Rights Violations
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched three new investigations — bringing the total number of investigations launched this year to...
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Karine Jean-Pierre To Be First Out LGBTQ White House Press Secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre, the current White House Deputy Press Secretary, will soon become the first out LGBTQ person, as well as the first Black person, to...
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Texas AG sues feds over pushback against state’s anti-trans actions
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has sued the Biden administration over recent actions it has taken to push back against a Texas directive requiring...
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Gay Indian-American becomes highest-ranking LGBTQ White House staffer
Gautam Raghavan, a gay first-generation immigrant and former Obama staffer, has been named director of the Office of Presidential Personnel.
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HIV advocates praise Biden administration’s “refocused” national HIV/AIDS strategy
On Wednesday, to coincide with World AIDS Day, President Joe Biden unveiled a new national HIV/AIDS strategy that refocuses efforts on the long-stated goal of...
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White House calls Texas bill restricting transgender athletes’ ability to compete “hateful”
The White House called a Texas bill seeking to restrict transgender athletes from competing according to their gender identity "hateful"
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Gay congressman wants to correct military records of LGBTQ people discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
A congressional bill seeks to correct the military records of service members who received less than honorable discharges for being LGBTQ.
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