Tag: LGBT Issues

Texas and a dozen other states are set to ask a U.S. judge in Fort Worth to stop the implementation of recommendations put forth by the Obama administration on allowing transgender students to use bathroom facilities. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Swing-state voters want government out of transgender bathroom use

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2016 12:17 pm

The man, who withheld his identity in an interview with Univision, only called himself Miguel, and said Mateen carried out the shooting for "revenge." (Image courtesy screenshot)

National Security

Alleged gay lover of Orlando shooter cites ‘revenge’ as motive

Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2016 7:21 pm

After the office's finding, the Dorchester County school district decided on June 18 that it must allow the student access to the girls' bathroom. (iStock photo)

South Carolina school agrees to allow transgender elementary student access to girls’ bathroom

Maria Biery · June 22, 2016 4:15 pm

As part of its response, the Justice Department will provide Florida $1 million in emergency funds. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Lynch to LGBT: ‘We stand with you’

Kelly Cohen · June 21, 2016 7:33 pm

While Republicans have remained relatively silent on the question of gay blood donations, the recent shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub has fueled the issue among House Democrats. (AP Photos/Mel Evans)

All the ways the federal government is creeping left on LGBT rights

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

The genderfication of U.S. politics

Steven Hayward · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

Donald Trump went out of his way to recognize the gay and lesbian victims of the slaughter and frame his anti-terror approach as a signal of his commitment to gay rights. (AP Photo)

Can Donald Trump appeal to gays and evangelicals?

W. James Antle III · June 20, 2016 4:01 am

"We are and we will keep doing everything in our power to stop these kinds of attacks, and to ultimately destroy ISIL," President Obama said. (AP Photo)

In Father’s Day weekend message, Obama tells parents to lead by example

Anna Giaritelli · June 18, 2016 10:00 am

Customers will have two credits each, up to $20 per ride, to spend this weekend, Uber announced Friday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Uber offers free rides to and from LGBT venues

Kelly Cohen · June 17, 2016 4:29 pm

Two Marines under investigation for alleged threat to attack gay bars

National Security

Two Marines under investigation for alleged threat to attack gay bars

Maria Biery · June 16, 2016 9:41 pm

Cooper asked if her new LGBT support after her opposition to same-sex marriage amounts to "hypocrisy." (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Florida AG slams Anderson Cooper: ‘He cut me off’

Mariana Barillas · June 16, 2016 6:52 pm

Donald Trump claimed LGBT Americans have been drawn to his message following the recent mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Trump: LGBT Americans are ‘so much in favor of what I’ve been saying’

Gabby Morrongiello · June 15, 2016 5:41 pm