Tag: LGBT Issues

In this Friday, June 26, 2015 file photo, people gather in Lafayette Park to see the White House illuminated with rainbow colors in commemoration of the Supreme Court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriage in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WH: GOP president would play influential role on LGBT issues

Susan Crabtree · August 7, 2015 7:35 pm

Washington Secrets

Poll: Truce sought between LGBT, religion, but gays lose in ‘cultural war’ 4-1

Paul Bedard · August 5, 2015 8:04 pm

President Barack Obama, center, and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, right, arrive to speak to the media after meeting together at State House in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, July 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

National Security

Obama lectures Kenyan president on gay rights

Barbara Boland · July 25, 2015 6:51 pm

"In most states, you can get married on Saturday, post your wedding photos to Facebook on Sunday, and then get fired on Monday just because of who you are,"Â Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I.,Â said. "This is completely wrong. Fairness and equality are core American values."Â (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Dozens of Dems push ‘Equality Act’ for LGBT community

Elizabeth Potter · July 24, 2015 9:04 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Obama’s pride strikes

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2015 12:00 pm

The EEOC issued a decision Thursday expanding federal laws banning employment discrimination to protect gays and lesbians. (AP Photo)

EEOC bars LGBT workplace discrimination

Susan Crabtree · July 17, 2015 11:55 am

In this 2014 photo Kristen Beck speaks at the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg, W.Va. Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL born in Wellsville, is planning a primary challenge to Maryland's longest-serving U.S. representative, Democrat Steny Hoyer. (AP Photo/FBI)

Transgender SEAL plans to bring fighting spirit to Congress

Emilie Padgett · July 16, 2015 9:25 pm

Aaron and Melissa Klein, the owners of "Sweet Cakes," were required by Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian to immediately pay $135,000 from their "personal property" to the lesbian couple for whom they refused to bake a wedding cake. (Screenshot)Â

Record-breaking $358K raised for ‘Sweet Cakes’ Bakery for Christians who refused to make lesbian wedding cake

Barbara Boland · July 15, 2015 6:13 pm

CodePink's Medea Benjamin demonstrates on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing related to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Obama secures LGBT legacy with transgender military service

Susan Crabtree · July 14, 2015 1:55 am

"[T]he working group will start with the presumption that transgender persons can serve openly without adverse impact on military effectiveness and readiness," said Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, in the center. (AP File Photo)

National Security

DOD allows transgender troops to serve openly

Tara Copp · July 13, 2015 10:25 pm

A member of Scouts for Equality holds an unofficial knot patch incorportating the colors of the rainbow, a symbol for gay rights, during a rally to call for equality and inclusion for gays in the Boy Scouts of America as part of the 'Scouts for Equality Day of Action' May 22, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Boy Scouts move to end ban on gay leaders

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2015 9:06 pm

Mainstream Scream: Vox calls American Revolution ‘a monumental mistake’

Paul Bedard · July 13, 2015 6:30 pm