Tag: LGBT Issues

Dan Patrick and Beto O'Rourke are shown.

Texas Lt. Gov.: Beto O’Rourke is ‘light in the loafers’

Diana Stancy Correll · April 30, 2019 5:04 pm

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., vice-chair of the House Judiciary Committee, joins advocates for the The Equality Act, a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill for LGBT rights, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019. The Equality Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in education, employment, housing, credit, federal jury service, public accommodations, and the use of federal funds.

There’s no evidence at all that the Equality Act will help the economy

Peter Sprigg · April 30, 2019 4:45 am

Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, from South Bend, Indiana, and civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, right, President of National Action Network, hold a lunch meeting at Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem, New York, Monday, April 29, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Two days after synagogue shooting, Buttigieg kisses anti-Semite Al Sharpton’s ring

Becket Adams · April 29, 2019 9:05 pm

Will Democratic candidates let the Left define ‘who we are’?

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2019 4:00 am

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg pauses for a moment while speaking at a campaign event Thursday, May 9, 2019, in West Hollywood, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

CNN editor claims the ‘religious Right’ is flummoxed by Buttigieg’s sexuality. Cites a single example.

Becket Adams · April 25, 2019 10:40 pm

Pictured are President Trump, left, and Joe Biden, right.

Joe Biden says he wants to make America ‘straight’ again

Julio Rosas · April 25, 2019 7:06 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York.

Democratic rivals poised to exploit Biden’s past pronouncements

Emily Brooks · April 25, 2019 4:08 am

Vice President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up.

Can Joe Biden save Democrats from themselves?

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2019 4:00 am

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks.

Evangelical leader says Pete Buttigieg should repent, not ‘flaunt’ being gay

Caitlin Yilek · April 24, 2019 8:42 pm

Mike Pence, Pete Buttigieg.

Beltway Confidential

After weeks of trashing Pence for woke points, Buttigieg dodges questions about the whole act

Becket Adams · April 23, 2019 8:16 pm

Members of the Nevada National Guard stand at a roadblock on a road leading to the Las Vegas Strip during a New Year's celebration, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in Las Vegas.

National Security

At least three state National Guards to refuse enforcing Trump’s transgender troop ban

Julio Rosas · April 23, 2019 8:09 pm

US Ambassador to Germany Richard Allen Grenell, center, at the presidential palace in Berlin Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

Richard Grenell says he’s pleased Pete Buttigieg has backed off ‘hate hoax’ against Mike Pence

Daniel Jativa · April 23, 2019 4:16 pm