Tag: LGBT Issues

Schools required to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with gender identity.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

10 states sue Obama administration over transgender bathroom use

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2016 5:53 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter's plan addresses many specifics that some thought would raise questions. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

The Pentagon has OK’d transgender troops. Now what?

Jacqueline Klimas · July 2, 2016 4:01 am

The NBA came out strong against HB2 the day after Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed it into law in March. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

NBA, Hornets say revisions to North Carolina bathroom bill don’t go far enough

Kelly Cohen · July 1, 2016 2:02 pm

While the number is more than double the amount previously thought, transgender adults still only make up 0.6% of the adult population nationwide.

Analysis: 1.4 million transgender adults in U.S.

Kelly Cohen · June 30, 2016 7:21 pm

"This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force," Carter said. (Nicky Loh/Bloomberg, File)

National Security

Carter lifts ban on transgender troops

Jamie McIntyre · June 30, 2016 5:44 pm

Misty Plowright and Misty Snow will be running for House and Senate seats in Colorado and Utah respectively.

Transgender women running for House, Senate seats

Kelly Cohen · June 29, 2016 12:54 pm

According to U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, the exemptions on religious grounds granted by the state's recently signed House Bill 1523 violates the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision in the Obergefell case, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. (iStock photo)

Federal judge: Religion can’t block same-sex marriage license

Kelly Cohen · June 28, 2016 7:02 pm

Schools required to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with gender identity.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Report: North Carolina legislature seeks to change bathroom bill

Kelly Cohen · June 28, 2016 6:03 pm

Dr. Peter Marks has stated that the conditions are based on —œthe best available scientific evidence.—£ (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Dems urge FDA to end ban on gay blood donations

Maria Biery · June 28, 2016 4:55 pm

Hillary Clinton used the occasion to mark last year's Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which mandated that all states recognize gay marriages. (AP Photo)

Clinton marches in New York City gay pride parade

Joseph Lawler · June 26, 2016 8:34 pm

According to the reports, Pentagon officials are likely to meet as early as Monday to finalize the details of ending the transgender ban. (Wikimedia Commons)

Pentagon looks to end transgender ban on July 1

Mariana Barillas · June 24, 2016 10:27 pm

Obama designates first LGBT monument

Obama designates first LGBT monument

Nicole Duran · June 24, 2016 4:01 pm