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Following President Donald Trump's decision to preserve employment protections for LGBT federal workers and contractors originally put in place by an executive order from former president Barack Obama, one of New Jersey's gay lawmakers is calling the move a distraction from the widespread anti-gay sentiment among his cabinet and prospective appointees. General Assemblyman Tim Eustace said that Trump's executive order barring refugees, immigrants and green card holders from certain Muslim countries stands in stark contrast to his decision not to take away Obama's guarantee to LGBT federal employees that they will not be fired for their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Democratic National Committee has removed a candidate from the chairmanship race after he pointed out some Muslims persecute gay people. Former House candidate Vincent Tolliver was ousted after he told The Hill one of the other candidates for DNC chair, Rep. Keith Ellison, should not lead the Democrat Party because he is a Muslim.
In picking Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee, Donald Trump has effectively erased anything positive about his earlier decision not to undo an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against us. Gorsuch is a younger Antonin Scalia, who, at 49, could serve three decades or longer on the bench to extend Scalia's culture war against us.
Former New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte will lead a team of political veterans chosen by the White House to help shepherd President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court through the U.S. The Boston Bruins came out of the All-Star break with a key road victory, trailing early but taking control for a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on ... (more)
Trump to keep Obama executive order for LGBTQ workplace protections Administration announces it will keep Obama policy from 2014. Check out this story on dailyworld.com: http://usat.ly/2jQCYdQ WASHINGTON - The White House said Tuesday that President Trump will maintain workplace protections for gays and lesbians instituted during the Obama administration.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he won't roll back federal workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people, giving a rare nod of approval to President Barack Obama's work on the issue. In a statement released early morning, the White House said Obama's 2014 executive order prohibiting LGBTQ workplace discrimination would remain intact "at the direction" of Trump.
The White House is embroiled in a debate over whether to reverse some key protections the Obama administration extended to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers, according to several people briefed on the process. A draft of a potential executive order began circulating in Washington over the weekend that would overturn President Barack Obama's directive barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal workforce and by federal contractors.
In a little-noticed development, then President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 5 named former Whitman-Walker Clinic associate director Katy French Talento as his White House health policy adviser. Talento's LinkedIn page and other biographical information on her shows that she served from December 1998 to November 2000 as a Whitman-Walker Program Evaluator and later as its Associate Director for Contracts and Grants.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Senator Elizabeth Warren and other prominent liberal leaders lined up at microphones across the nation to voice demands during a series of women's marches in the nation's cities, insisting their message was not only about women's rights, but about human rights they say are in jeopardy with President Donald Trump. Moore, in Washington D.C.: "If the federal government comes to take our Mexican brothers and sisters away, 30,000 people say I will do it.
Los Angeles, Jan 21 - Popular American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and other LGBTQ stars have compiled a 'thank you' video for Barack Obama for everything he achieved on behalf of their rights during his presidency. She posted the video on The Ellen Show's YouTube account, reports independent.co.uk.
With a new president on the horizon, President Barack Obama has put his last week in office to important use. He's ordered the release of 1,400 federal inmates serving under minimum-sentencing laws.
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Broadway star Jennifer Holliday has backed out as a performer at next week's presidential inaugural, saying she did not realise that her participation would be interpreted as a statement of support for President-elect Donald Trump. Holliday, best known for her Tony-winning role in Broadway's "Dreamgirls," faced pressure from her gay, lesbian and black fans when it was announced she would sing at a Thursday concert at Washington's Lincoln Memorial.
One rather queer aspect of the Donald Trump phenomenon is that people so expect to be offended by his paroxysms of intolerance that they haven't noticed there's one group the president-elect has never scapegoated, attacked, or belittled: LGBT Americans. Trump's reserve on gay matters, coming from a politician so promiscuous with his vituperation, represents a welcome watershed in LGBT history.
Pete-e Petersen and her wife Jane Abbott Lighty hold hands as they walk from a rally at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle on Friday, June 26, 2015. Pete-e Petersen and her wife Jane Abbott Lighty hold hands as they walk from a rally at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle on Friday, June 26, 2015.
On Tuesday, the network morning shows were thrilled by the prospect of Democratic lawmakers testifying against Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions during the confirmation hearing for the Donald Trump cabinet pick. However, none of the broadcasts bothered to recall that those same Democrats once eagerly worked with the Alabama senator on civil rights issues.
In particular, he will vow to tell incoming president Donald Trump "no" when necessary. He will defend police and law enforcement officers across the country who have been "unfairly maligned" in recent years, and he will insist he understands the struggle for justice by "African-American brothers and sisters" and from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, according to prepared remarks to be made before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
In this Friday, June 26, 2015 file photo, people gather in Lafayette Park to see the White House illuminated with rainbow colors in commemoration of the Supreme Court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriage in Washington. It was a new look for the White House: illuminated in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Gunman kills at least five and wounds nine at Florida airport: Man in a Star Wars shirt executes victims with shots to the head in baggage claim then surrenders - but ANOTHER suspect is loose EXCLUSIVE: Chicago torture victim, 18, is asking why 'friend he idolized' was one of black gang who beat, burned and tortured him chanting 'f*** Trump, f*** white people' Scientology lawyer goes on national TV to slam Leah Remini for show that led to death threats against their leader David Miscavige More Hillary Clinton emails surface - and show how anti-gay Sharia law ruler The Sultan of Brunei treated Bill 'like part of his family' Russian election-year cyber attacks fall-out is a 'witch hunt' orchestrated by Democrats, says Trump as he asks Congress to investigate leak of top-secret hacking intelligence report EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of 'publicly impugning' her character in ... (more)
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a crime becomes a hate crime when there's an added element of bias. For example, a murder is labeled a hate crime if the victim was killed because he was gay.