Tag: LGBT Issues

Kacey Musgraves performs onstage at the 2016 All for the Hall Los Angeles Benefit Concert at The Novo by Microsoft on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Los Angeles.

Kacey Musgraves: A gay country music icon would be a ‘powerful thing’

Katie Leach · March 24, 2018 3:01 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a town hall-style meeting, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at the Cambridge Public Library, in Cambridge, Mass. On the heels of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, Pelosi spoke about the recently approved federal tax overhaul. Her appearance at the event is part of what organizers say is a nationwide tour featuring members of Congress and others to call attention to the Republican tax plan.

National Security

Nancy Pelosi rips Trump’s ‘hateful’ transgender troop ban

Diana Stancy Correll · March 24, 2018 3:20 am

President Donald Trump salutes as he boards Air Force One, Friday, March 23, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

National Security

Trump cancels all-out ban on transgender troops, will allow some to serve

Travis J. Tritten · March 24, 2018 1:48 am

A government ethics and accountability group wants to know what the Department of Justice is hiding. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Federal court orders DOJ to turn over Trump meeting logs related to transgender ban

Travis J. Tritten · March 22, 2018 10:17 pm

ACLU’s bigoted purge of faith-based adoption agencies

Elizabeth Kirk · March 22, 2018 6:14 pm

In this July 16, 2016 file photo, Karen Pence, background, and her daughter Charlotte arrive for a welcome home rally in Zionsville, Ind.

Beltway Confidential

Charlotte Pence’s response to John Oliver is how we should all react to trolling comedians

Siraj Hashmi · March 21, 2018 7:19 pm

Education Secretary Betsy Devos testifies on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, before the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee, on the FY2019 Department of Education.

Betsy DeVos has a contentious exchange with congresswoman on federal education vouchers: WATCH

Tristan Justice · March 20, 2018 5:46 pm

John Oliver’s Marlon Bundo book dethrones James Comey on Amazon

Mandy Mayfield · March 19, 2018 9:37 pm

A Guide for the Gender-Perplexed

Andrew Ferguson · March 16, 2018 6:40 am

Because Aaron and Melissa Klein of Sweet Cakes by Melissa could not write a message affirming same-sex marriage on a cake, the Oregon government penalized them.

Oregon encourages intolerance by punishing Aaron and Melissa Klein

Ken Klukowski · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

Caitlyn Jenner said on Friday that the Trump administration "this administration has been the worst ever" regarding transgender issues. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Caitlyn Jenner: Trump administration ‘the worst ever’ for transgender rights

Katie Leach · March 10, 2018 4:32 pm

A failure to see the believability in working class people supporting President Trump validates Roseanne Barr's apparent goal for her eponymous show. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

‘Roseanne’ reboot knocked for inconsistency of working-class champion supporting Trump

Emily Jashinsky · March 9, 2018 9:02 pm