Senate Democrats introduce a bill to fight LGBTQ human rights abuses
Three Democratic senators and one member of Congress just introduced a bill that would require the U.S. to proactively promote LGBTQ rights around the world…
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Meet John Blair, the gay Democrat running for Congress in New Mexico
Congressional candidate John BlairPhoto: via John Blair for Congress John Blair, a Democratic congressional candidate for New Mexico’s third district, is running for Congress to…
Trump administration denounces Uganda’s new ‘Kill the Gays’ bill
A pride celebration in Uganda in 2014. This year’s effort was stopped by a government threat and police. Some of the refugees in Columbus are…
Donald Trump says he stands ‘in solidarity with LGBTQ people’ (as long as they’re not American)
Doanld TrumpPhoto: Shutterstock Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York City yesterday, where he said that he stands in solidarity with…
A government commission headed by an anti-LGBTQ activist will ‘reevaluate’ human rights
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives for a working dinner of NATO members at the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium, on Jul. 11, 2018.Photo:…
The Trump administration is denying citizenship to the kids of gay parents if they’re born abroad
Allison Blixt, Stefania Zaccari, and their two children. The State Department said that only one of the children had birthright American citizenship, despite both moms…
Even Trump’s most homophobic cabinet secretaries are allowing Pride events. Why?
Pride month is around the corner, and two years into the Trump era several US agencies are still holding Pride celebrations. But some important guests…
Here’s Mike Pompeo’s 6 most anti-LGBT moments
CIA director Mike Pompeo has been nominated to be the new Secretary of StatePhoto: Donkey Hotey (CC license 2.0) President Donald Trump has ousted now-former…
Six decades later, the Lavender Scare is still with us
Progress revolves like a coil stretch out, advancing up and forward, then circling down and back, though not as far as when it began, until…
Obama nominates sixth openly gay diplomat to ambassador post
Clayton A Bond (left) and Ted Osius with their son Theodore Alan Bond-Osius.Photo: Clayton Bond (left) and Ted Osius with their son Theodore Alan Bond-Osius.…