Tag: LGBT Issues

Instead of encouraging parents to do what's best for their family, the toolkit tells parents what to do, encouraging them to show "acceptance and support of their child's gender identity."

Beltway Confidential

Minnesota Dept. of Education’s propaganda-laden transgender toolkit

Nicole Russell · August 7, 2017 8:29 pm

Caitlyn Jenner was spotted cruising through sunny Malibu in a classic Triumph Spitfire convertible, top down, sunglasses on. Jenner accented the laid back look with a bright red Make America Great Again hat. (Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Caitlyn Jenner takes joy ride in MAGA hat, sticks with Trump despite transgender ban

Emily Jashinsky · August 4, 2017 6:45 pm

The major policy announcement could reverse the decision last summer to allow open transgender service and caught most officials at the Pentagon and Capitol Hill off guard. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

National Security

53 House Democrats warn Jim Mattis: Trump transgender ban is an ‘unconstitutional directive’

Travis J. Tritten · August 4, 2017 5:35 pm

Derek Hunter, a contributing editor at the Daily Caller, criticized Lena Dunham's decision not to confront the attendants.

Lena Dunham faces social media heat for tweets alleging transphobic talk about American Airlines employees

Jack O'brien · August 4, 2017 3:34 am

Following President Trump's Twitter announcement that transgender people will be barred from the military, the personnel, health care and fairness issues sure to ensue may compel some soldiers, sailors and others to hide their identities and live a lie to remain in the military.

National Security

Military scrambles to devise transgender policy after Trump tweets

Associated Press · August 3, 2017 10:34 pm

"We have made an investment in you and you have made an investment in the Coast Guard and I will not break faith," Zukunft said, recounting a conversation with a transgender Coast Guardsman. (U.S. Coast Guard)

National Security

Coast Guard commandant signals he will resist Trump’s military transgender ban

Travis J. Tritten · August 1, 2017 5:13 pm

"Patriotic transgender Americans who are serving -- and who want to serve -- must not be dismissed, deprived of medically necessary health care or forced to compromise their integrity or hide their identity," the statement said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

National Security

56 retired generals, admirals oppose Trump transgender ban

Travis J. Tritten · August 1, 2017 3:51 pm

Respecting Religion

Andrew Walker · August 1, 2017 10:30 am

President Trump tweeted on July 26 that he will bar transgender individuals from serving "in any capacity" in the armed forces. The Pentagon is taking no action in response to the commander in chief's expressed wishes because, Defense Department officials say, a tweet is not the same thing as an order. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

National Security

Pentagon says Trump’s transgender tweet was not an order

Jamie McIntyre · July 31, 2017 6:36 pm

That's the problem with inanimate objects -- when you ask for their preferred gender pronouns, they almost never answer. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

MTV is so politically correct its trophies are now genderless

Emily Jashinsky · July 31, 2017 4:47 pm

Is Trump, the first president to enter 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. accepting marriage equality, gearing up to wage a culture war against the LGBT community? (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Trump promised to protect LGBT Americans, not pander to them

Joseph Murray · July 31, 2017 4:18 pm

Ivanka Trump is frustrated with her critics for misunderstanding the power she has to persuade her father into changing his views. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ivanka Trump wants to lower expectations of what she can accomplish: Report

Caitlin Yilek · July 31, 2017 11:55 am