Trump appointee criticized for previous anti-LGBTQ comments departs USAID

The Trump administration has removed references to LGBTQ people from official government documents.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after criticizing President Donald Trump in a video shown during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, California Governor Gavin Newsom asked the president to declare a major disaster in his state.Newsom said in his DNC video that Trump had “threatened the state of California, 40 million Americans who happen to live here in the state of California, to defund our efforts on wildfire suppression because he said we hadn’t raked enough

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his state found a way to bring the coronavirus under control by following scientific guidelines and coming together -- an example that he says the Trump administration has refused to follow.

Bill Maher fired back at President Donald Trump after a tweet in which he lambasted the comedian and his HBO show, “Real Time.” On Wednesday, Trump took to Twitter to reveal that he watched a recent episode of Maher’s show in which he criticized the president for not attending several prominent figures' funerals such as Sen. John McCain, former first lady Barbara Bush and Rep.

Candiace Dillard is apologizing for her past anti-gay comments. The “Real Housewives of Potomac” took to Instagram on Wednesday to address old resurfaced tweets that criticized gay men and the LGBTQ community.

took to Instagram on Wednesday to address old resurfaced tweets that criticized gay men and the LGBTQ community.«I want to address tweets that resurfaced from nearly 10 years ago that may have offended people I love dearly and those who have supported me as a Potomac Housewife,» she began. «To my loyal fanbase, particularly the LGBTQIA+ viewers, thank you for your unwavering support.

Politico Magazine, the president’s advisors are split on the matter, with some — including Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner — advising him against jumping into the fray over a sensitive issue, while others, including Donald Trump, Jr., are certain he can clinch re-election by activating social conservatives and embracing hard-line positions on social issues.The first group of advisors fears a backlash should Trump begin opining on transgender issues, pointing to the various examples of

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.

The Federalist is a right wing, anti-LGBTQ website whose leaders can be seen on Fox News and the Sunday talk shows.People for years have been wondering who funds it. Up until now no one knew.The site’s co-founder Ben Domenech resigned after just three days from The Washington Post over previous plagiarism allegations.

Riverdale‘s Madelaine Petsch is defending her co-star Vanessa Morgan amid a ton of hateful comments she has received.

Grime star Wiley has been banned from Facebook and Instagram after launching an anti-Semitic tirade last week.The Wearing My Rolex rapper started posting antisemitic tropes on his Twitter feed on Friday, writing Jews "make me sick", repeating the trope of Jewish people controlling businesses and comparing this to the Ku Klux Klan, and insisting Israel should not be a Jewish state.Wiley has since been dropped by longtime on-and-off manager John Woolf, and Metropolitan Police officials confirmed

Wiley has been permanently banned from Twitter after he launched an extensive thread of anti-Semitic messages on the social media site.The London rapper faced widespread condemnation after posting the vitriolic messages across Instagram and Twitter last weekend.Twitter announced on Saturday (July 25) that Wiley had been banned from the site for a week, but his account appears to have been permanently suspended as of this morning (July 29).When searching for his profile, users are met with a

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

[email protected] panel, Shinkoda — who played crime boss Nobu Yoshioka in nine episodes — revealed that Loeb had instructed writers to scrap plans for a storyline that would delve deeper into Nobu’s relationship with Madame Gao (Wai Ching Ho).“Jeph Loeb told the writers room not to write for Nobu and Gao — and this was reiterated many times by many of the writers and showrunners — that [he said] ‘Nobody cares about Chinese people and Asian people.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterDaredevil Actor Peter Shinkoda took a stand on Sunday during #SaveDaredevilCon as he claimed that former head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb said anti-Asian comments during the production of the series.Shinkoda plays, Nobu Yoshioka who is part of the Hand in the series.