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The Democratic National Convention is creating LGBT history in full public view. This will mark the first national political party convention with LGBT participation on every level: the largest number of out LGBT delegates and OUT delegates at every level, from a small country district to super delegate, from county commissioner to U.S. Senator.
From left: Susanne Joan Gamber, an activist and Veteran of the United States Air Force; Jeremiah Allen, a Queer, Trans African-American and Indigenous tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Lakota Sioux tribe; Nathaniel Rhysnburger, group leader with West Sound Transbrella; and Mitchell C. Hunter, a transman activist, leader, and spokesman in the transgender community. BREMERTON - On Friday, July 15, members of the public and the Kitsap County Council for Human Rights gathered for a forum discussing the transgender experience, intersectionality and implicit bias in our community.
Peter Thiel on Thursday became the first openly gay Republican convention speaker in history to talk about his sexual orientation, and said he disagreed with portions of his party's platform that restrict rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. "I am proud to be gay.
Prodding her party, Caitlyn Jenner said Wednesday it was easier to come out as transgender than as a Republican and conceded Democrats promote more inclusive policies. Jenner, the Olympic gold medalist and transgender activist, gently chastised Republicans as she spoke at a brunch on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention.
The Gloucester County School Board is turning to the U.S. Supreme Court as it seeks a stay an injunction allowing a transgender student to use the boys restroom next school year.
Caitlyn Jenner isn't wavering in her support for Republicans; she just booked an appearance in Cleveland, the site of the Republican National Convention, two days after the confab begins on July 18. Jenner will appear at a "Big Tent Brunch" hosted by groups like Equality Ohio and socially-liberal conservatives, including the American Unity Fund and the Log Cabin Republicans, the latter being an LGBT GOP organization. Former talk show host Montell Williams, a Republican LGBT rights supporter, will introduce Jenner at the event, which will call for the party to embrace queer rights in its new platform.
Today, the Human Rights Campaign , the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, denounced Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson for filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of 10 states seeking to block President Barack Obama's historic guidance to ensure the dignity and equal treatment of transgender students in public and federally-funded schools. "It's a sad day when powerful law enforcement officials come together to harm children by collectively discriminating against them simply because of who they are," said JoDee Winterhof, senior vice president for policy and political affairs at The Human Rights Campaign.
Obama's transgender proclamation is just the latest in a long line of 'guidance' letters issued to establish direct presidential control of state governments. or going on eight years America has been witness to a president unmoored to the constitution.
The request for a preliminary injunction, filed late Tuesday, provides the most extensive look yet at the Justice Department's argument that the bathroom-access requirements violate federal law. The filing comes just after North Carolina lawmakers left the measure largely intact during their session that ended Friday, all but ensuring that the measure's fate will be decided in federal court.
Religious supporters of a Mississippi law dealing with objections to same-sex marriage say they hope a higher court will overturn the federal judge who stopped the law from taking effect. Those who oppose the measure are applauding the action by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to block House Bill 1523 , saying proponents of the law are misusing religion to support it.
Supporters of the LGBT rights movement won the latest round against conservatives when a federal judge ruled that a Mississippi "religious objections" law is unconstitutional, just moments before it was to take effect Friday. The decision could influence federal judges considering challenges to other state laws and will be held up by gay-rights advocates as another reason for legislatures to back off considering similar bills.
A federal judge blocked a controversial Mississippi law that would've gone into effect Friday, which would've allowed businesses and government employees to deny services to gay and transgender people based on religious grounds. U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves issued a 60-page opinion in which he described the Mississippi law, known as House Bill 1523, as "state-sanctioned discrimination."
A federal judge blocked a controversial Mississippi law that would've gone into effect Friday which would've allowed businesses and government employees to deny services to gay and transgender people based on religious grounds. U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves issued a 60-page opinion in which he described the Mississippi law, known as House Bill 1523, as "state-sanctioned discrimination."
Transgender people will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, the Pentagon announced Thursday, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces. Saying it's the right thing to do, Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out a yearlong implementation plan declaring that "Americans who want to serve and can meet our standards should be afforded the opportunity to compete to do so."
Democratic candidate for senate Misty Snow poses for a photograph Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Salt Lake City. Primary voters in Utah and Colorado Tuesday selected transgender women, both named Misty, to run for spots in Congress next fall, reports Politico.
In an opinion issued late Tuesday afternoon, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Fort Worth ISD's attempt to let all students use a restroom consistent with their gender identity is likely illegal. Paxton was asked for the opinion in May by Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, an outspoken opponent of letting transgender children use either bathroom.
The U.S. Defense Department plans to repeal its ban on transgender service members, ending a year of contentious internal debate about how they can serve openly. The decision is expected to be announced July 1, USA Today reported Friday, citing a senior Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Why did a 29-year-old man who had previously been investigated by the FBI remain free and able to terrorize an Orlando gay bar? The NRA's Chris Cox wrote a column for USA Today identifying political correctness - specifically, the Obama administration's - as the chief factor in creating the opportunity for the massacre. He later doubled down on his claim in an interview with Face the Nation.