President Trump’s own HIV/AIDS advisory council adopted a resolution Thursday urging his administration not to implement a new regulation that would enable discrimination against transgender patients in health care.
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A memo from the Trump administration on the allowance of homeless shelters to refuse transgender people has been leaked, and it includes instructions on how to spot transgender women in order to turn them away.
Earlier this month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced plans to rescind Obama-era regulations that required single-sex homeless shelters funded by the HUD to house transgender homeless people based their gender identity instead of their assigned sex. Now, with
President Trump’s own HIV/AIDS advisory council adopted a resolution Thursday urging his administration not to implement a new regulation that would enable discrimination against transgender patients in health care.
previously issued in 2018, in response to a lawsuit brought by several transgender plaintiffs challenging the state’s previous ban prohibiting any individual from amending the gender marker on their birth certificate.
FOX5 DC.LeBlond’s first trial ended with a hung jury. He was convicted of Ziona’s murder in a second trial and sentenced to life in prison, but an appeals court later overturned that conviction on the grounds that the judge in the case had erred in allowing the former testimony of an unavailable witness to be admitted, as well as hearsay testimony from a detective that the unavailable witness had identified LeBlond as the shooter.
NBC News, Merritt Corrigan, the deputy White House liaison at USAID, was fired on Monday following months of attacks from LGBTQ advocates and congressional Democrats who found some of her past tweets or public statements offensive and contrary to USAID’s mission.Shortly after, Corrigan unlocked her previously private Twitter account and issued six tweets, blasting USAID, congressional Democrats, and the media.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A transgender woman who spent nearly eight months in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody won asylum in the U.S. last August because of the persecution she suffered in her native Cuba.
targeted by transphobic memes on Facebook, including one that called her a “guy who wears a bra.” Last week, a Tioga County restaurant, Crossroads Tavern, made headlines for printing a menu that offered an item called “Levine Balls,” with the description reading: “Two spicy cheese balls named after Health Secretary Levine since he/she does not realize he has a set and would not miss them,” reports Central Pennsylvania CBS affiliate WETM.Also last week, organizers of the Bloomsburg Fair were
The Advocate, Mary Trump also slammed Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military, calling it “disgusting,” and said it was “absurd” that her uncle believed gay people liked him.Trump tore apart any notion that Donald Trump is an ally to the LGBTQ community during the interview — something he has previously touted, including during the 2016 campaign, where he claimed he would be a better “friend” to LGBTQ people than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Asked about Donald Trump’s
reports that a few dozen people took part in the Back the Blue rally, while the Black Lives Matter rally was attended by more than 100 people.Interactions were reportedly predominantly peaceful, with both sides chanting slogans — “Black Lives Matter” on one side, and “All Lives Matter” on the other — and staying away from one another.Police attended, and blocked part of the street, but the only movement between groups was some Back the Blue attendees moving into the street towards the Black
memo, authored by retired Rear Admiral Alan Steinman, M.D., the former Surgeon General equivalent of the U.S.
The Fight, a cinema-verité documentary that profiles Strangio and several other lawyers working for the ACLU on some of the most high-profile court cases challenging the Trump administration’s more galling policies and directives.Specifically, the film chronicles cases involving Trump’s proposed Muslim ban, the separation of immigrant children from their parents, abortion access for undocumented minors who have been raped, a proposed Census question on citizenship, and the Pentagon’s ban on
EXCLUSIVE: New Regency will redevelop “Rub & Tug” into a TV series, with the pilot to be written by Emmy-nominated writer/producer, Our Lady J.
ColoradoPolitics.com. “We are grateful to our legislators and to all Coloradans who advocated to see these bills pass with bipartisan support.”The bill banning the gay and trans panic defense was previously killed in the Senate Judiciary Committee after the legislature resumed following a seven-week recess due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following a flurry of anti-trans comments made on social media, sales of JK Rowling’s books have dipped in the US.
announced on Twitter three years ago this month — and whether the president would reconsider the policy after 116 members of Congress wrote a letter last week urging him to allow trans people to serve openly in the military.The press secretary responded by pivoting to the Trump administration’s much vaunted plan to decriminalize homosexuality globally.“I haven’t talked to him about that specific policy, but this president is proud that in 2019 we launched a global initiative to end the
Sports Illustrated‘s annual swimsuit issue.The Brazilian model makes history with her appearance in the July 21 issue, which features Sampaio modeling two different swimsuits — a one-piece by Haus of Pink Lemonaid and a bikini by Triangl — CNN reports.Sampaio, 23, has also penned an essay for Sports Illustrated, saying she is “excited and honored” to be included in the issue.
Several advocacy groups on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to remove transgender protections from the Affordable Care Act.
letter comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ people from workplace discrimination, and was signed by 116 lawmakers, all Democrats.“In light of the U.S.
Variety reports.““[It’s] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she’s a woman that transitioned into a man,” Berry said, misgendering the character.
Halle Berry has apologized and admitted she “made a mistake” after facing backlash following her admission that she was considering taking on the role of a transgender man for her next project.The Monster’s Ball actress originally revealed she was excited about the potential new job in an Instagram Live with fans over the weekend (July 4-5, 2020), as she said: “(The role is) a character where the woman is a trans character, so she’s a woman that transitioned into a man.