Tag: LGBT Issues

Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League posted the design for the gender-neutral bathrooms on Facebook, which is set to be included in the franchise's new Austin, Texas, location. (Photo: Annie Ray)

Alamo Drafthouse reveals unique design for gender-neutral bathrooms

Joshua Axelrod · May 25, 2016 7:25 pm

Eleven states filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Obama administration to challenge its federal guidance on how schools should accommodate transgender students. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Eleven states sue Obama administration over transgender bathroom guidance

Kelly Cohen · May 25, 2016 6:42 pm

"If President Obama thinks he can bully Texas schools into allowing men to have open access to girls in bathrooms, he better prepare for yet another legal fight," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Report: Texas to file lawsuit against Obama’s bathroom directive

Kelly Cohen · May 25, 2016 4:10 pm

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is criticizing his state's anti-LGBT legislation that prohibits transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

North Carolina senator: Bathroom law goes ‘too far’

Kelly Cohen · May 25, 2016 12:18 pm

Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he expects Rep. Sean Maloney, D-N.Y., to re-introduce an amendment that would protect LGBT defense contractors from discrimination. (AP Photo)

Dem pledges more votes on LGBT amendments

Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2016 5:12 pm

Stringer said the facility will be a pass-through center for illegal immigrants but not "hardened criminals." (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

ICE plans facility for transgender immigrants in Texas

Kelly Cohen · May 24, 2016 4:32 pm

Rep. Ralph Abraham said Title IX has been interpreted to refer only to biological sex since it became law in 1972, and has nothing to do with gender identity. (AP Photo)

GOP bill redefines ‘sex’ to kill Obama’s bathroom rule

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2016 4:30 pm

In a recent hoax, the Rev. Jordan Brown claimed he ordered a cake from Whole Foods that said "Love Wins" but when he got home, he claimed, he noticed that someone at the grocery bakery had added the word "fag" to the cake. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Beltway Confidential

Hate crime hoaxers should be prosecuted

Ashe Schow · May 23, 2016 4:57 pm

VP uses commencement address to tout women "in the battlefield." (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

National Security

Biden at West Point: Women and gays strengthen our military

Ryan Lovelace · May 21, 2016 7:19 pm

Nevertheless, the ministers are still not allowed to perform gay weddings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Church of Scotland ministers can enter gay marriages: Report

Ryan Lovelace · May 21, 2016 4:15 pm

The band was scheduled to play a show in Charlotte on Sept. 11 and another in Raleigh on Sept. 12. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Maroon 5 cancels N.C. shows because of bathroom law

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2016 3:12 pm

"We write laws, and we need to respect the president that he disagrees with us, but that is why the courts would be involved," said House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP struggles for response to Obama’s transgender rule

Susan Ferrechio · May 20, 2016 4:01 am