St. Patrick’s parade planners to reconsider gay veterans ban

The organizers of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade have scheduled an emergency meeting for Friday to reconsider their vote to bar a gay veterans group from participating. The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, which organizes the parade, and representatives of OutVets met Wednesday, said Ed Flynn, a council member who voted to allow the gay veterans' group to march.

Documentary explores drag scene in city of the US heartland

Filmmaker Gabrielle Burton said she didn't plan for her documentary about the drag scene in Ohio's capital city to achieve wider distribution at a time of political and cultural division. "Kings, Queens, & In-Betweens" had screenings in Columbus and New York last Friday and becomes available on iTunes, Amazon and some cable providers next week.

‘When We Rise’ Hates on Republican Presidents, Shows Love to Hillary

The slander of President Ronald Reagan's legacy by liberal gay activists continues. After ignoring his influence in stopping California's Prop 6 as governor, President Reagan is painted as a homophobe unwilling to acknowledge or help gays during the height of the AIDS crisis.

Beyonce Calls For LGBT Support With 100 Days Of Kindness

Beyonce has encouraged fans to take part in the 100 Days of Kindness challenge to show their support to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. The Halo superstar, who is pregnant with twins, has taken to social media to rally her devotees after U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration announced the removal of federal guidelines that allowed transgender school students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

Trump backtracks on LGBT issues

There was candidate Donald Trump in Colorado, waving a rainbow flag emblazoned with a "LGBTs for Trump," a photo opportunity meant to signal he was a new brand of Republican when it comes to protecting LGBT Americans. Four months later, faced with a major decision point on the issue, Trump's White House held up another slogan: defense of states' rights.

White House signals reversal in transgender-bathroom policy

The Trump administration plans to roll back protections for transgender students, reversing federal guidance that required the nation's public schools to allow children to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identities. In a letter to the nation's schools, administration officials plan to say they are withdrawing guidance issued by the Obama administration that found that denying transgender students the right to use the bathroom of their choice violates federal prohibitions against sex discrimination, according to a draft of the letter obtained by The Washington Post .

Alliance Defending Freedom-source of many anti-LGBTQ lawsuits and bills-finally labeled a hate group

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Anti-gay Jeff Sessions confirmed as Trump’s attorney general

Despite activists and groups such as the Human Rights Campaign lambasting him for his record on equal rights, the Alabama senator has officially been elected to the prestigious position with a vote of 52 in favour to 47 against. Sessions' record on LGBT+ rights is abysmal - he voted against marriage equality, is in favour of allowing discrimination in the name of religion, and called discriminatory measure Don't Ask Don't Tell "pretty effective".

Trump moves leave LGBT groups, religious conservatives wary

Mixed signals from the White House on gay rights and conscience protections have put two constituencies on edge: LGBT advocates already wary of President Donald Trump and religious conservatives determined to hold him to his campaign promises. Last week, Trump pledged to maintain President Barack Obama's job protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender federal employees, and the White House touted him as a protector of the broader LGBT community.

Most Americans don’t want “religious freedom” laws…

A majority of Americans oppose denying services to LGBT individuals in the name of religion, according to a new poll from the . Sixty-one percent of respondents were against giving faith-based groups or private individuals the religious exemption to, say, refuse to cater a lesbian wedding, or to refuse to sign the marriage certificates of same-sex couples, as Kim Davis, a clerk in Rowan County, Ky., made national headlines for doing in 2015.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Help Block Potential Rollback of LGBT Rights

It's no secret that President Trump's family has played a key role in shaping the new administrations' politics, and a new report reveals the extent to which Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, hold sway over the president. As first reported by Politico , Ivanka Trump and Kushner personally helped squash a potential executive order that would have rolled back LGBT protections created during the Obama administration.

On LGBT rights, Trump seems willing to anger Christian right – …

The jury's still out on Donald Trump and LGBT issues, but so far he has defied Republican anti-gay orthodoxy Donald Trump hasn't yet been president for two weeks, but already he has taken numerous actions to fulfill promises he made as a presidential candidate. He has set the repeal of Obamacare in motion, implemented a ban on immigrants and travelers from certain Muslim-majority countries and worked closely with a conservative legal affairs group to nominate a Supreme Court justice.