Tag: LGBT Issues

Mack Beggs of Euless Trinity, a transgender senior, defeated Chelsea Sanchez of Morton Ranch to defend his Class 6A girls 110-pound title during the UIL State Wrestling Championships at the Berry Center on Saturday in Cypress, Texas. Beggs, who was born female, was not allowed to enter the boys' tournament because the rules for Texas public high schools require athletes to compete under the gender on their birth certificate. So, for the last two years, Beggs' very role in the tournaments has stirred debate about what transgender students are allowed to do in sport. (Jason Fochtman /Houston Chronicle via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Texas transgender wrestler controversy shows Title IX’s weaknesses

Nicole Russell · February 27, 2018 7:29 pm

"Not many people are aware that we're behind some of our allies and adversaries in terms of artillery pieces. Germany, for example, is ahead of us in artillery. So, we're quickly catching up and passing. I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything," Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jim Inhofe’s Pentagon wish list: More money for missile defense

Travis J. Tritten · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Roddy Flynn is the executive director of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. He also helps manage Equality PAC. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

LGBT caucus director came from a ‘bipartisan family’

Laura Barrón-López · February 27, 2018 5:00 am

"Everybody here has worked so hard to make it to the Olympics and have the opportunity to walk in the closing ceremony! Well... Everyone except Ivanka. Honestly, tf is she doing here??" Gus Kenworthy tweeted. (Image courtesy screenshot)

US Olympic skier slams Ivanka Trump for attending closing ceremony: What is she doing here?

Naomi Lim · February 25, 2018 9:46 pm

As social justice warriors attack the TV show Friends, actor Matt LeBlanc has come to its defense. (Photo by Alexander G. Seyum/Invision/AP)

Red Alert Politics

Matt LeBlanc defends ‘Friends’ from social justice warriors

Katie Zehnder · February 24, 2018 6:46 pm

"I didn't take the phone call because I needed to focus on the competition," Adam Rippon said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Olympian Adam Rippon: I would now answer Mike Pence’s phone call

Caitlin Yilek · February 23, 2018 2:11 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will likely recommend that the transgender members remain in the military when he meets with President Trump to provide a briefing on the topic, according to two U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

National Security

Jim Mattis expected to break with Trump, advise keeping transgender troops in the military: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · February 22, 2018 10:46 pm

It's unsettling, to say the least, that a school would purposely participate in not only allowing kids to deny biological reality, but corroborating against their parents to engage in that. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Now the transgender movement is trampling parental rights

Nicole Russell · February 22, 2018 5:39 pm

A lawsuit, filed by the LGBTQ legal group Lambda Legal, says that married couple Fatma Marouf (pictured left) and Bryn Esplin (pictured right) tried to become foster parents for refugee children. It was filed against the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Screenshot / Lambda Legal via YouTube)

Lesbian couple sues HHS, Catholic Church over being blocked as foster parents

Robert King · February 20, 2018 6:25 pm

Agreeing on a precise definition of "identity politics" will be helpful as a means of better explaining the problem. (Pixabay)

Beltway Confidential

Defining ‘identity politics’

Emily Jashinsky · February 16, 2018 3:36 pm

U.S. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy tweeted Thursday that he broke his thumb during practice. He also said, "It won't stop me from competing (obvi) but it does prevent me from shaking [Vice President Mike] Pence's hand so...Silver linings!" (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Gay US Olympic skier says ‘silver lining’ of broken thumb is he can’t shake Mike Pence’s hand

Diana Stancy Correll · February 16, 2018 12:48 am

The Pentagon has until Wednesday to send a plan to the White House on transgender troop policy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Army secretary says transgender policy ‘hasn’t really come up’ in troop talks

Travis J. Tritten · February 15, 2018 4:50 pm