Tag: LGBT Issues

"When we have people elected into office that believe in conversion therapy and are trying to strip trans rights in the military and do these things that are directly attacking the LGBT community, I have no patience," Gus Kenworthy said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Second gay Olympian plans on skipping White House visit if invited

Katelyn Caralle · February 15, 2018 3:24 pm

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education keeps a tally of campus speech restrictions which violate the First Amendment. Its 2018 list of the ten worst colleges for free speech includes Harvard University, Northwestern University, Fordham University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Michael Barone: What’s oozing out of campuses is polluting society

Michael Barone · February 15, 2018 5:01 am

The theme of the event was "Deconstructing Sex, Sexuality, And Gender In The Black Community." (Facebook)

Red Alert Politics

Yale’s black solidarity conference deteriorates into sex talks

Isaiah Denby · February 14, 2018 7:01 pm

North Carolina passed a law making sure no magistrates would be targeted for their religious beliefs and no one would be denied a prompt marriage. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Ruling shows faith, LGBT rights don’t have to be at odds

Nicole Russell · February 14, 2018 2:01 pm

USA figure skater Adam Rippon has been a vocal critic of Vice President Mike Pence for supporting gay conversion therapy. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Trump Jr. mocks Adam Rippon for saying he doesn’t want his Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence

Diana Stancy Correll · February 14, 2018 4:08 am

Since November, at least $400 in donations to Georgetown University student group Love Saxa have been either misplaced or passed on to the LGBTQ Resource Center Reserve and other LGBT-friendly groups. (iStock)

If speech is violence at Georgetown, then is stealing a virtue?

Washington Examiner · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Close-up of a gender-neutral bathroom sign.

Education Department to cease considering transgender restroom discrimination complaints: Report

Naomi Lim · February 13, 2018 4:48 am

Miami teacher Jocelyn Morffi was fired from the Catholic school where she taught for "not the right kind of Catholic" due to her decision to marry another woman. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

This Catholic school was right to fire a gay teacher who got married

Daniel Payne · February 13, 2018 2:17 am

Adam Rippon performs in the men's single skating free skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The figure skater is one of the first openly gay Team USA athletes to compete in the Winter Olympics, and Rippon has criticized Vice President Mike Pence and the Trump administration for their views on gay rights. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Team USA figure skater Adam Rippon plans to skip White House visit

Melissa Quinn · February 12, 2018 3:16 pm

"ForePlay" featured a number of skits describing vulgar sexual activities hardly appropriate for performance at a public setting such as UCLA. (Facebook)

UCLA preps for Valentine’s Day with ‘Sex Squad’

John Patrick · February 8, 2018 5:08 pm

A USA Today story contained a quote from Adam Rippon in which he said, "You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversation therapy?" (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Mike Pence reassures gay US figure skater Adam Rippon: ‘We are FOR YOU’

Anna Giaritelli · February 8, 2018 1:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

Media mangle numbers in new claims of burgeoning ‘transgender’ teen population

Emily Jashinsky · February 8, 2018 11:42 am