Prominent LGBT activists back Bonds in D.C. Council race

Council member Anita Bonds is finding LGBT support in her bid for re-election. Fourteen prominent LGBT Democrats have announced their support for the re-election of D.C. Council member Anita Bonds in a race in which a lesbian is running as an independent for one of the two at-large Council seats up for grabs in November.

Attorneys: Inmate’s IQ too low to execute

Attorneys for a Nebraska death row inmate whose case inspired the 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry" say he should be ruled ineligible for execution because he has the intellect of a young child. John Lotter was sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 killings of Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old transgender man, and two witnesses, Lisa Lambert and Philip DeVine, at a rural farmhouse in Humboldt, about 75 miles south of Omaha.

We reviewed Kevin Williamson’s past work. The Atlantic hiring him is even worse than you think.

After The Atlantic hired former National Review writer Kevin Williamson, Media Matters and a number of others called out Williamsons' history of problematic commentary -- including his belief that "the law should treat abortion like any other homicide" and, as Rewire.News characterized it, that "women who have had abortions should face capital punishment, namely hanging." It turns out there are plenty of other reasons that The Atlantic should feel bad about the new hire and his self-proclaimed commitment to "raising a brand new kind of hell."

CNS Managing Editor Praises Rejection of Transgender Rights As…

Does CNSNews.com managing editor Michael W. Chapman still hate the LGBT community with a passion ? You betcha! Chapman grumbled in a Feb. 13 blog post : In a stunning example of moral sanity and common sense, the Department of Education will now reject any cases dealing with bathroom complaints by transgender students, reported BuzzFeed , and which leftist Rep. Nancy Pelosi addressed in a tweet with #ProtectTransStudents. The story noted that the Trump administration, back in February 2017, rescinded Obama-era rules that said public schools should allow transgenders to use the bathroom of their choice, e.g., a male student who imagines he is female may use the ladies room.

Trump moves to ban most transgender troops

US soldiers of the 502nd Infantry regiment 2nd Batallion 3rd Platoon of the Charger Company, stand at a checkpoint around Lakokhel camp in the Zari district of Kandahar city on December 02, 2010. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU - See this story on www.politico.com President Donald Trump on Friday issued orders to ban transgender troops who require surgery or significant medical treatment from serving in the military except in select cases - following through on a controversial pledge last year that has been under review by the Pentagon and is being fought out in the courts.

.com | Trump: Ban transgender troops linked to military effectiveness

Retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria presents considerable risk to military effectiveness, says the White House as Donald Trumps presses on to ban most transgender troops. Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under "limited circumstances", following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving.

Lawmakers spotted at March for Our Lives rallies around US

Democratic lawmakers turned out in force on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in cities across the country to call for an end to gun violence. At March for Our Lives rallies across the U.S., congressional Democrats joined in calls demanding swift action on gun control more than a month after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving

President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under "limited circumstances," following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving. The White House said retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of "gender dysphoria" - those who may require substantial medical treatment - "presents considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality."

LGBTQ groups criticize Ben Carson for comment about transgender people

Advocacy groups for the LGBTQ community are calling Housing and Urban Development Department Secretary Ben Carson 's remarks about transgender people discriminatory and inaccurate. Add Trump Administration as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Trump Administration news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

Transgender violence has spiked since the 2016 Presidential Election

Trump is on the verge of a DOUBLE FIRING: Hours after dramatically terminating Rex Tillerson by Twitter, he moves to oust embattled Veterans Affairs secretary to 'right the ship' Wannabe jihadist, 21, pleads guilty to planning to build a pressure cooker bomb and 'kill as many people as possible' in New York City in the name of ISIS No one is 100% straight: Study says sexuality is a 'spectrum' and all of us get aroused by men and women Classmate who 'killed' nursing student was obsessed with her after she dumped him for another man and 'carefully arranged her corpse in his bed' before fleeing US for Nicaragua Ten-month-old French Bulldog puppy dies on a United Flight after air crew 'order its owner to put it in overhead compartment' Startup claims it will someday be able to preserve the brain using a 'high-tech embalming' method and upload your consciousness to the cloud - but you have to ... (more)

Federal appeals court rules for fired transgender funeral director

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [official website] pursued the claim on behalf of Aimee Stephens, a former employee of Defendant-Appellant R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. [website]. Stephens was terminated two weeks after revealing to the funeral home that she was transgender and would begin dressing as a woman for work.

Court rules in favor of fired transgender funeral director

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a woman who said she was illegally fired by a Detroit-area funeral home after disclosing she was transitioning from male to female and dressed as a woman. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Home in Garden City discriminated against director Aimee Stephens by firing her in 2013.

Far-Left in a HUD-on Collision with Trump

There's no law against being conservative, but two extreme organizations would love to believe there is. After more than a year of watching President Trump populate his agencies with pro-life, pro-freedom leaders, many liberals are doing everything they can to force the staffers -- and their policies -- out.