Tag: LGBT Issues

Pelosi blamed the GOP's "hateful agenda" after the amendment appeared to have passed, but then failed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Pelosi: LGBT vote shows GOP’s ‘bigotry,’ ‘hateful agenda’

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2016 5:10 pm

Nearly half of the respondents in a new CBS News/New York Times poll, 46 percent, said transgender people should be required to use the bathroom that corresponds with their birth gender. (AP Photo)

Poll: Americans split over transgender bathroom laws

Kelly Cohen · May 19, 2016 4:40 pm

GOP files bill to block Obama’s transgender rule

Pete Kasperowicz · May 19, 2016 3:33 pm

ESPN and Curt Schilling parted ways in April after the former major league pitcher and network analyst posted a meme to Facebook taking issue with the recent controversy surrounding bathroom laws and transgender persons. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

ESPN president: ‘No tolerance’ for Curt Schilling

Becket Adams · May 19, 2016 3:46 am

The guidance also said it does "not add any requirements to applicable law." (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

State AGs demand clarity on Obama’s transgender guidance

Kelly Cohen · May 18, 2016 4:46 pm

The Senate, after an eight-month delay, confirmed Eric Fanning as Army secretary Tuesday, making him the highest-ranking openly gay official in Pentagon history. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Fanning becomes first openly gay military service secretary

Susan Crabtree · May 17, 2016 11:12 pm

Sir Elton John slammed N.C. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory for supporting a bill preventing transgender people from using bathroom facilities that don't match their biological sex. (Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Elton John slams N.C. governor over transgender bathroom bill

Mariana Barillas · May 17, 2016 5:45 pm

House Dem on gender: ‘God has made it a continuum’

House Dem on gender: ‘God has made it a continuum’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 17, 2016 3:12 pm

"Advancing the goal has long been a cornerstone of American diplomacy, and I am proud that my administration has made advancing the human rights of LGBT individuals a specific focus of our engagement around the world," Obama said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama: I am proud of my LGBT record

Susan Crabtree · May 17, 2016 2:11 pm

"It is a very, very small portion of the population, but as I said, you have to protect everybody, including small portions of the population," Donald Trump said. (AP Photo)

Trump calls to reverse Obama transgender directives

Al Weaver · May 16, 2016 10:37 pm

An openly gay pastor previously claimed that he ordered a cake from Whole Foods with the words "Love Wins," only to find an employee had included an offensive term describing homosexuals. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

Gay pastor admits cake slur a hoax

Mariana Barillas · May 16, 2016 10:19 pm

The Texas senator says the president does not have the power to be the country's "bathroom police." (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Cruz: Obama’s transgender directive is ‘politically correct lunacy’

Daniel Chaitin · May 14, 2016 9:10 pm