All posts tagged "Trump administration"
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Trump’s USDA tries to reverse 4-H organization’s pro-LGBTQ policy
The Trump administration has been pressuring the national 4-H youth organization to rescind a policy allowing LGBTQ participants — setting in motion a series of...
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Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons sued over rollback of protections for transgender inmates
Policy change was prompted by a lawsuit claiming female inmates are "threatened" by the mere presence of transgender women
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Barbra Streisand records message urging LGBTQ people and allies to vote
Award-winning singer, actress, and global icon Barbra Streisand has a message for LGBTQ people and allies: vote. Streisand, a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ community,...
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56 major companies stand up against attempts to erase transgender civil rights protections
Fifty-six major companies are standing in solidarity with members of the nation’s transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming communities and expressing their opposition to a Trump administration...
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Retired military officers and veterans among groups opposing transgender ban
A number of former military officers, veterans’ and civil rights organizations, women’s groups, military scholars and historians, and states have filed briefs supporting efforts to...
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LGBTQ groups ask court to keep injunction blocking transgender military ban in place
Lawyers for anonymous transgender troops argue their clients will be harmed if the ban is allowed to be implemented
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Consumer group demands genetic testing companies refuse to cooperate with Trump administration
SumOfUs demands companies refuse to aid Trump administration's use of genetic testing to determine "biological sex"
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Trump administration seeks to erase recognition of transgender people by federal government
Government's proposed definition of gender is an attempt to reverse Obama-era expansion of transgender legal rights
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Former President Barack Obama endorses 17 LGBTQ candidates for office
President is often deployed as a surrogate for Democratic candidates to gin up turnout among liberal voters
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The West Winger: Gautam Raghavan on Trump, the midterms, and how Democrats can reclaim America
In his new book, former White House staffer Gautam Raghavan showcases the people behind President Obama's eight years in office
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Federal court denies Trump administration’s latest attempt to push forward with transgender military ban
Judge's decision coincides with 7-year anniversary of end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
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Federal judge rules Trump administration must turn over documents related to transgender military ban
Administration had sought to hide correspondence relating to decision to ban transgender service members
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Fighting Back: Transgender Activist Charlotte Clymer
When a local restaurant asked trans activist Charlotte Clymer to leave for using the women's restroom, they picked a fight with the wrong person
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Study: Transgender veterans are as healthy as their cisgender peers
A new study finds the mental and physical health of transgender veterans is similar to the health of cisgender veterans, adding more evidence to support...
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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, one of Trump’s most anti-LGBTQ cabinet members, resigns
Resignation was likely triggered by intense scrutiny over spending, ethical, and policy decisions
