Tag: LGBT Issues

U.S. Secretary for Defense Jim Mattis prepares to address a media conference.

Jim Mattis has ‘no valid reason’ to exclude transgender troops, medical association says

Travis J. Tritten · April 5, 2018 1:33 pm

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson speaks during an interview.

National Security

Air Force clears colonel who refused to endorse same-sex spouse

Travis J. Tritten · April 3, 2018 3:50 pm

Despite the cries from the LGBT Left, the decision may not have been political. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Red Alert Politics

Harvard students create support group for BLGTQ-identifying athletes

Isaiah Denby · April 2, 2018 7:39 pm

Mental health experts question claims in Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ transgender study

Travis J. Tritten · April 2, 2018 7:16 pm

Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill banning licensed therapists from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation, on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Olympia, Wash. Washington joins 10 other states, including California and Oregon, plus the District of Columbia that have laws or regulations banning conversion therapy for LGBT minors.

Washington state bans sexual-orientation conversion therapy

Mandy Mayfield · March 29, 2018 3:46 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a prayer vigil for the victims of the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church shooting Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Floresville, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than two dozen and injuring others.

Mike Pence ‘heartened’ by high school senior organizing first LGBT pride festival in his hometown

Naomi Lim · March 28, 2018 11:30 pm

Kelly Clarkson participates in the "The Voice" panel during the NBCUniversal Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 9 in Pasadena, Calif.

Kelly Clarkson stands up for herself after openly gay contestant on ‘The Voice’ called her ‘small minded’

Diana Stancy Correll · March 28, 2018 9:35 pm

National Security

Federal judge asks for more info on Pentagon’s plan to bar transgender troops

Travis J. Tritten · March 27, 2018 8:46 pm

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speak during the panel The Opioid Crisis, at the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Washington.

HHS rule would encourage discrimination, Democrats charge

Robert King · March 27, 2018 7:35 pm

Roseanne Barr touched on what she thinks Donald Trump did right during the presidential campaign, such as focusing on jobs. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, focused on topics that didn't directly affect Americans, she said. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Roseanne Barr: Trump isn’t homophobic, supports her views ‘quite well’

Katie Leach · March 27, 2018 5:48 pm

A U.S. Air Force Honor Guard marches during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Boston. The city's 117th St. Patrick's Day Parade followed a shortened snow route used three of the past four years due to the buildup of snow from three recent nor'easters.

National Security

More than two-dozen retired military leaders say transgender policy forces troops to ‘hide in the shadows’

Travis J. Tritten · March 27, 2018 2:30 pm

In this Feb. 7, 2018, photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrives for the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. The United States is urging allied nations to help deal with the growing number of foreign fighters that are being held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, saying the militants should be turned over to face justice in their home countries. Mattis is expected to raise the issue during a meeting in Rome this week with other members of the coalition that is fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

National Security

Here’s what we know, and don’t know, about Jim Mattis’ transgender policy

Travis J. Tritten · March 26, 2018 8:57 pm