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Friday, April 12, 2019 was the day that President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the military officially started. As the #TransMilitaryBan goes into effect today, every transgender patriot should know that a grateful nation supports you. pic.twitter.com/SLj4AWYDA5—...

The U.S. Census Bureau recently submitted to Congress the planned questions for the 2020 census which is expected to allow respondents to specify if they are part of a same-sex couple. NBC News reports that a census spokesperson credits the...

The former Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Co-Sponsor at a Cheyenne, Wyoming junior high was notified by email that she is no longer welcome at the school "...due to incidents that have occurred at McCormick...”, KGWN reports. Kaycee Cook, who...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, ahead of the first-ever hearing on the Equality Act tomorrow in the House Judiciary Committee, civil rights leaders and advocates joined Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon on Capitol Hill to highlight the critical need, efforts and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed a non-binding resolution rejecting President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military. The resolution was sponsored by U.S. Representative Joseph Kennedy, III (D-MA), chair of the...

At United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, Gilbert Baker (far left), Lynn Segerblom next to him, Robert Guttman next to her and unknown individual on the far right. There were two versions of the original flag, including this one and...

“This is a major victory in our fight to ensure everyone living with HIV can serve their country without discrimination.” ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Defense and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan...

On a largely party-line 54-45 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed William Barr, on Thursday, as President Donald J. Trump’s next U.S. attorney general — a move that has put equality groups on guard amid indications he’d continue anti-LGBT policy and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-4-MA) lead efforts for a resolution opposing President Trump’s ban on openly transgender servicemembers from serving in the U.S. military and urging the Department of Defense to not reinstate this discriminatory policy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, in a show of solidarity and bipartisanship, members of both houses of Congress introduced parallel Bills to protect the service of transgender service members and hopeful recruits. If passed, these efforts would make open and...

The nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organization is reiterating its call for the U.S. Senate to oppose President Donald J. Trump's nomination of William Barr as Attorney General of the United States. The Human Rights Campaign, on Thursday, also called...

In preparation for President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address tonight, several Members of Congress have chosen to invite actively-serving and veteran transgender service members to attend the event as their honored guests: Army Major Ian Brown will...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on Wednesday, granted a waiver from federal non-discrimination requirements to South Carolina’s Foster Care Program, which has contracted with a child welfare provider who seeks permission to refuse to serve prospective parents...

National equality organizations are suiting up following Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision granting the Trump administration’s request to begin implementing its ban on military service by transgender people. While the 5-4 ruling temporarily reinstates the ban, several lawsuits in lower...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), on Wednesday, released a letter calling on the Senate to reject the Trump-Pence White House’s nomination of William Barr as Attorney General of the United States. During his nomination hearing this week,...

Logan Paul, 23, is a YouTube and internet personality who has been embroiled in controversy. Last January, Paul posted a video of him filming the dead body of a suicide victim hanging from a tree in Japan’s Aokigahara Forest, known...

Fresh off of taking their respective oaths of office, the now seated governors of Michigan and Wisconsin signed, on Monday, executive orders barring anti-LGBT discrimination in state government. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive directive, ED 2019-9, prohibits LGBTQ discrimination in...

Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Protections will be included in U.S. House Rules for First Time Ever WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States House of Representatives has passed an historic rules package that bans discrimination on the basis of...

Lambda Legal, on Friday, urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the Court to stay enforcement of the preliminary injunctions that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its...

A federal district court heard oral argument, Nov. 30, in the Trump administration’s effort to have Lambda Legal’s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) dismissed. Lambda Legal...