Tag: LGBT Issues

Posters have appeared across the University of Pennsylvania, promoting a study looking for "individuals anywhere on the female-to-male (FTM) spectrum" who wish to be paid to take hormones that will change their gender. (Michael Moroz)

Red Alert Politics

University of Pennsylvania to pay students to take gender-altering hormones

Peter Van Voorhis · November 18, 2017 1:22 am

In a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington Friday afternoon, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said guidance documents, which former President Barack Obama's Justice Department leaned on, should be a way to "explain existing law -- not to change it." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Jeff Sessions ends Obama-era practice of changing policy through ‘guidance memos’

Kelly Cohen · November 17, 2017 7:15 pm

The Ja Du moment presents some serious questions to those trying to redefine gender. But will they grapple with any of them? (10News/YouTube)

Beltway Confidential

Born a white Florida man, now identifies as a Filipina

Emily Jashinsky · November 15, 2017 10:40 pm

Don Willett testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 15. Willett has been nominated to the United States Circuit Judge For The Fifth Circuit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Appeals court nominee defends tweets on bacon, A-Rod at Senate hearing

Ryan Lovelace · November 15, 2017 5:48 pm

Ryerson University professor Anthony Bonato believes that mathematics departments need to focus more on gender parity and queer awareness. (iStock photo)

Red Alert Politics

Professor: Queer awareness needed in mathematics

Isaiah Denby · November 15, 2017 3:03 pm

Of Australians eligible to cast a ballot in Wednesday's postal survey, 61.6 percent said "yes" to amending the definition of marriage, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. (Daniel Munoz/AAP Image via AP, File)

Australia votes ‘yes’ to allow same-sex marriage

Naomi Lim · November 15, 2017 12:20 am

Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, head of the Defense Health Agency, signed off on the medical waiver after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's controversial bans on federal funding for gender reassignment surgeries and block transgender people from serving in the military last month. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon to pay bill for gender transition surgery for soldier: Report

Katie Leach · November 14, 2017 10:27 pm

At the time of publication, the petition had already exceeded more than 1,000 signatures. (iStock)

Student leads charge to elevate “Gender Queer Studies” to full academic major

Isaiah Denby · November 14, 2017 8:26 pm

On Monday, another woman alleged Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore sexually assaulted her. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is now trying to block Moore's election without sparking a grassroots conservative backlash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell moves to block Roy Moore without sparking grassroots backlash

David M. Drucker · November 14, 2017 5:01 am

British high school teacher, Joshua Sutcliffe, appeared on ITV's "This Morning" after he was suspended for misgendering a student. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

British teacher may get fired for ‘misgendering’ transgendered student

Tom Rogan · November 13, 2017 9:51 pm

There are at least five prominent disputes working their law through lower courts -- ranging from religious liberty and abortion rights to prayer before football games and e-commerce -- that could hit the Supreme Court's docket soon. (iStock)

5 new controversies that the Supreme Court could take up

Ryan Lovelace · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

President Trump's nominee to lead the military healthcare system, Dean Winslow, has a history of being outspoken and taking political risks. (David B. Gleason / Wikimedia Commons)

Trump Pentagon nominee who called gun laws ‘insane’ has a history of being outspoken

Travis J. Tritten · November 11, 2017 5:01 am