Tag: LGBT Issues

A Trump administration will likely be the most welcoming to LGBT people in United States history. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s election is no blow to gay rights

Casey Given · November 16, 2016 8:22 pm

According to a new FBI report, hate crimes against Muslims in America grew by 67 percent in 2015 over the previous year. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

FBI: Hate crimes against Muslims grew by 67 percent in 2015

Kelly Cohen · November 14, 2016 6:26 pm

Advocates for gay and transgender rights say it will be difficult to order an about-face at this point. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Turner)

National Security

Gay, transgender troops worry Trump’s Pentagon could roll back reforms

Jamie McIntyre · November 10, 2016 7:49 pm

"If you had watched Mad Men, it was way worse than Mad Men — way worse," said former President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Bill Clinton: Trump would return US to ‘Mad Men’ era

Anna Giaritelli · November 2, 2016 12:08 am

The breadth of the order alarmed religious groups that work with the government, such as military chaplains. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

National Security

Hatch: Obama’s defense bill veto an attack on religious liberty

Joel Gehrke · November 1, 2016 5:16 pm

Donald Trump taunts Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

LGBT group endorses Trump, calls Clinton ‘detrimental’ for gay community

Anna Giaritelli · November 1, 2016 3:03 am

Peter Thiel speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday, October 31st, 2016. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Peter Thiel: Liberals won’t ‘tolerate the views’ of half the country

Joel Gehrke · October 31, 2016 7:02 pm

Clinton promises LGBT crowd she will end ‘conversion therapy’

Clinton promises LGBT crowd she will end ‘conversion therapy’

Becket Adams · October 30, 2016 7:28 pm

A member of the audience wears a shirt that reads "Yay Gay" as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at a warehouse for the company "Team Wendy" which produces helmets for military, law enforcement, and rescue teams, in Cleveland, Monday, June 13, 2016, after an Orlando nightclub shooting. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Washington Secrets

Gays ignore Trump outreach, 72% back Hillary

Paul Bedard · October 25, 2016 7:58 pm

"Our government should have no part in funding discrimination," the letter says. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

National Security

42 senators push to strip ‘discrimination’ provision from defense policy bill

Jacqueline Klimas · October 25, 2016 4:17 pm

The group said it will spend the remainder of the 2016 elections to work on down-ballot races. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Log Cabin Republicans don’t endorse Trump

Robert King · October 22, 2016 5:50 pm

A federal judge in Texas has rejected a request to scale back his decision to block Obama administration's directive that transgender students should be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Judge upholds ban on Obama’s transgender bathroom rules

Kelly Cohen · October 19, 2016 3:19 pm