Tag: LGBT Issues

Nevertheless, the ministers are still not allowed to perform gay weddings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Church of Scotland ministers can enter gay marriages: Report

Ryan Lovelace · May 21, 2016 4:15 pm

The band was scheduled to play a show in Charlotte on Sept. 11 and another in Raleigh on Sept. 12. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Maroon 5 cancels N.C. shows because of bathroom law

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2016 3:12 pm

"We write laws, and we need to respect the president that he disagrees with us, but that is why the courts would be involved," said House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP struggles for response to Obama’s transgender rule

Susan Ferrechio · May 20, 2016 4:01 am

Pelosi blamed the GOP's "hateful agenda" after the amendment appeared to have passed, but then failed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Pelosi: LGBT vote shows GOP’s ‘bigotry,’ ‘hateful agenda’

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2016 5:10 pm

Nearly half of the respondents in a new CBS News/New York Times poll, 46 percent, said transgender people should be required to use the bathroom that corresponds with their birth gender. (AP Photo)

Poll: Americans split over transgender bathroom laws

Kelly Cohen · May 19, 2016 4:40 pm

GOP files bill to block Obama’s transgender rule

Pete Kasperowicz · May 19, 2016 3:33 pm

ESPN and Curt Schilling parted ways in April after the former major league pitcher and network analyst posted a meme to Facebook taking issue with the recent controversy surrounding bathroom laws and transgender persons. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

ESPN president: ‘No tolerance’ for Curt Schilling

Becket Adams · May 19, 2016 3:46 am

The guidance also said it does "not add any requirements to applicable law." (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

State AGs demand clarity on Obama’s transgender guidance

Kelly Cohen · May 18, 2016 4:46 pm

The Senate, after an eight-month delay, confirmed Eric Fanning as Army secretary Tuesday, making him the highest-ranking openly gay official in Pentagon history. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Fanning becomes first openly gay military service secretary

Susan Crabtree · May 17, 2016 11:12 pm

Sir Elton John slammed N.C. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory for supporting a bill preventing transgender people from using bathroom facilities that don't match their biological sex. (Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Elton John slams N.C. governor over transgender bathroom bill

Mariana Barillas · May 17, 2016 5:45 pm

House Dem on gender: ‘God has made it a continuum’

House Dem on gender: ‘God has made it a continuum’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 17, 2016 3:12 pm

"Advancing the goal has long been a cornerstone of American diplomacy, and I am proud that my administration has made advancing the human rights of LGBT individuals a specific focus of our engagement around the world," Obama said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama: I am proud of my LGBT record

Susan Crabtree · May 17, 2016 2:11 pm