Tag: LGBT Issues

Church bells tolled 49 times, a giant rainbow flag hung from a county government building and the names of the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack were read aloud at various ceremonies Monday as people in Orlando and beyond remembered the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Washington Post’s Orlando retrospective dwells on ‘gun violence,’ omits terrorism and ISIS

Becket Adams · June 13, 2017 12:45 pm

Visitors gather at a makeshift memorial outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Congressional leaders Monday remembered the 49 people killed in last year's terror attack on Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Congressional leaders remember Pulse nightclub victims one year later

Jack O'brien · June 12, 2017 2:47 pm

Beltway Confidential

Radical protests of the DC Pride Parade add another crack to the DNC’s unity narrative

Emily Jashinsky · June 12, 2017 1:07 pm

The requests come prior to the July 1 deadline given to the services to craft a transgender policy. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

Two military services want more time to develop transgender acceptance policy: Report

Mandy Mayfield · June 8, 2017 11:41 pm

Three retired Army generals and an advocacy group on Wednesday urged Defense Secretary Jim Mattis against what they say could be a return to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for transgender troops. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

National Security

Retired generals urge Mattis to allow transgender recruits

Travis J. Tritten · June 7, 2017 5:39 pm

The best result would be for the state high court to vindicate the right of speech and set a precedent for similar challenges in other states. (Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Does a Kentucky printer have to print gay pride messages if they conflict with his religious beliefs?

William Duncan · May 31, 2017 12:00 am

Scouts’ Honor

Mark Hemingway · May 23, 2017 11:56 am

The measure requires public schools and open-enrollment charter schools to limit bathroom and locker room use to a student's birth gender. (AP)

Texas House approves transgender bathroom ban for public schools

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2017 6:08 pm

Pence refuses to comment on why Trump has delayed the immigration order. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Notre Dame students plan to walk out of Pence’s commencement speech

Melissa Quinn · May 19, 2017 6:17 pm

Scouts’ Honor

Mark Hemingway · May 19, 2017 6:15 am

An employee of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County "came out" as transgender last year and later wanted to transition from male to female via gender reassignment surgery, in order to live a more authentic life as a woman. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Taxpayer dollars shouldn’t pay for a state employee’s trans wishlist

Nicole Russell · May 17, 2017 3:18 pm

Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted in 2013 of illegally disclosing classified government information, will remain on active duty in a special status after her scheduled release from prison Wednesday. (U.S. Army via AP, File)

National Security

Chelsea Manning freed from military prison

Kelly Cohen · May 17, 2017 11:49 am