White House hails Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling as religious liberty win
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders hailed Tuesday as a win for religious freedom the narrow ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to serve a...
View ArticleWhite House won’t say if Kennedy successor will uphold LGBTQ rights
The White House affirmed on Thursday President Trump has started the process for nominating a successor to U.S. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, but won’t say if that choice will uphold his legacy on...
View ArticleJune passes with no Pride Month recognition from White House
Pride Month came and went, and Donald Trump stayed silent for his second June in office. While this did not come as a surprise to many LGBTQ leaders, it adds to the frustration the community has felt...
View Article‘Fierce warriors’ rally against Trump plan to undo trans health rule
ABOVE: Transgender advocates rallied in opposition to a Trump administration plan to undo a transgender health care rule. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key. Transgender rights advocates rallied...
View ArticleDems urge delay on contentious first day of Kavanaugh hearings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, W.A. (AP) | Senate Democrats sought to put the brakes on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday as they called for a delay in proceedings on a contentious...
View ArticleActivists gather at White House to protest Trump anti-trans proposal
Upwards of 200 people gathered outside the White House on Monday to protest against the Trump administration’s proposal to define sex in federal policy as biological gender. National Center for...
View ArticleWatch: Michelle Obama tells Ellen how she tried to escape the White House to...
Michelle Obama promoted her new autobiographical memoir “Becoming” on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Nov. 15. During the interview, the former first lady recalled a story from her book about the night she...
View ArticleIDAHOBiT marked in US, around the world
Politicians and activists in the U.S. and around the world on Friday commemorated the annual International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued...
View ArticleMegan Rapinoe blasts Trump for ‘excluding people like me’
Megan Rapinoe appeared on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” to discuss the U.S. Women’s National Team’s World Cup win and to give her thoughts on Donald Trump’s presidency. Cooper asks Rapinoe what she would...
View ArticleTrump nominates third gay ambassador
ABOVE: President Trump nominated gay U.S. Foreign Service officer Robert S. Gilchrist to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania. In a little-noticed development, the White House released a statement...
View ArticleButtigieg calls latest Trump move enabling anti-LGBTQ bias a ‘huge step...
ABOVE: Pete Buttigieg denounces the Trump rule allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination. (Photo by Chris Johnson) DECORAH, Iowa | In the aftermath of the Trump administration unveiling a proposed rule change...
View ArticleWhite House: ICE to consider release of vulnerable detainees on...
ABOVE: The Eloy Detention Center in Eloy, Ariz., on July 22, 2018. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers) Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf on April 1 did not specifically say...
View ArticleRichard Grenell to step down as US ambassador to Germany
ABOVE: U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell. Photo public domain. U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell plans to step down from his post. Grenell on Sunday in a tweet confirmed a German...
View ArticleTrump staffer terminated from USAID upon anti-LGBTQ Twitter tirade: report
ABOVE: Merritt Corrigan. (Photo via Twitter) A Trump administration staffer unleashed of series of tweets Aug. 3 expressing anti-LGBTQ animus, prompting the U.S. Agency for International Development to...
View ArticleTrump stokes fears about Biden presidency in convention speech
ABOVE: President Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the White House. (Screenshot via YouTube) President Donald Trump, accepting the Republican nomination to run for re-election as...
View ArticleWhite House defends denying citizenship to kids of gay couples born via...
ABOVE: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. (Screenshot from C-SPAN) White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, under questioning from the Washington Blade, defended the Trump...
View ArticleRic Grenell snaps at reporter for asking about decriminalizing homosexuality
Richard Grenell snapped at a reporter who asked about the global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality. (Screenshot via CSPAN) Richard Grenell, the former acting director of national intelligence...
View ArticleEarly, by mail or in person; use your voice by Nov. 3
On May 6, 2012, the nation’s sitting vice president made history. After advocating for LGBTQ equality in Congress for decades and for nearly four years beside former President Barack Obama in the White...
View ArticleDowntown D.C. storefronts boarded up ahead of Election Day
ABOVE: Businesses along Connecticut Avenue south of Dupont Circle have boarded up their windows in anticipation of any arrest after Election Day. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers) A growing...
View ArticleMegan Rapinoe blasts Trump for ‘excluding people like me’
Megan Rapinoe appeared on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” to discuss the U.S. Women’s National Team’s World Cup win and to give her thoughts on Donald Trump’s presidency. Cooper asks Rapinoe what she would...
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