Tag: LGBT Issues

A Canadian toy company has created the first transgender toy — Sam, a nesting doll — to help "teach kids about gender identity" and reduce transphobia before it starts. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

How the first transgender toy misleads children

Nicole Russell · July 3, 2017 8:09 pm

Oregon now offers driver’s licenses for men, women and ‘X’

Anna Giaritelli · July 3, 2017 11:41 am

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens while testifying on Capitol Hill on June 13 before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense department's budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Jim Mattis delays plan for transgender enlistment in military

Josh Siegel · July 1, 2017 1:49 am

More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urging him to move forward with a policy that could start Saturday that allows transgender people to enlist. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

National Security

Democrats ask Jim Mattis to move forward with plan for transgender enlistment

Melissa Quinn · June 30, 2017 5:29 pm

"We have and will continue to enforce hate crime laws aggressively and appropriately where transgendered individuals are victims," Sessions said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Jeff Sessions: Justice Department will prosecute transgender hate crimes

Kelly Cohen · June 29, 2017 2:40 pm

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, introduced the first Senate resolution to recognize June as LGBTQ Pride Month. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Senate Democrats introduce measure recognizing Pride Month

Melissa Quinn · June 28, 2017 6:44 pm

The District of Columbia is giving residents a new gender option on their driver's licenses or identification cards issued by the city's department of motor vehicles. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

DC driver’s licenses add ‘X’ gender option for transgender residents

Associated Press · June 27, 2017 11:41 am

Revelers were asked to leave the 2017 Dyke March Chicago this weekend on account of their Jewish pride flag, which bore the image of the Star of David. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

If the Star of David makes you feel unsafe, there’s a word for that …

Becket Adams · June 26, 2017 6:36 pm

If you look around the world it's clear that the countries with the most freedom for gay people are those with a high degree of economic freedom. (Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Gay pride and the miracle of capitalism

Casey Given · June 26, 2017 3:16 pm

The Supreme Court decided Monday to hear a case involving a Colorado baker's refusal to design and make a cake for a same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Alisha Green)

Supreme Court takes case on cake for same-sex marriage

Ryan Lovelace · June 26, 2017 1:36 pm

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said she was the recipient of hate speech while attending the New York City Pride March Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nikki Haley: NYC Pride March attendees yelled ‘hateful things’ at my family

Anna Giaritelli · June 26, 2017 1:19 pm

Support for gay marriage among U.S. adults hit 62 percent in June, the highest level ever recorded, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

US support for gay marriage hits highest-ever rate: Pew poll

Anna Giaritelli · June 26, 2017 12:06 pm