LGBTQ
This week in LGBTQ history: Celebrating and honoring Christine Jorgensen
May 27, 2016American transwoman was a pioneer in gender reassignment surgery and a fierce advocate for trans people's rights.
Read moreObama threatens defense bill veto over anti-LGBTQ, anti-worker provisions
May 24, 2016The provisions, inserted in a huge DOD bill by House Republicans, are among the reasons the administration told Congress the president's advisors "would recommend he veto the bill."
Read moreActivists begin hunger strike, call for halt to detention of transgender immigrants
May 19, 2016A group of activists is on hunger strike, calling for an end to all ICE detention on behalf of transgender undocumented immigrants.
Read moreThis week in LGBTQ history: Supreme Court decides on Colorado’s Amendment 2
May 16, 2016Twenty years ago, on May 20, 1996, a landmark victory was won at the United States Supreme Court in Romer v. Evans.
Read moreNorth Carolina discrimination law shows limits of corporate conscience
March 29, 2016"The legislation hastily enacted is deplorable and discriminatory, and it runs counter to everything we stand for."
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