Social Security survivors benefits will now be available to same-sex spouses and partners who had been denied access due to previous bans on gay marriage. The Department of Justice and the Social Security Administration on Monday announced that they dismissed…
Out Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) has reintroduced legislation to protect LGBTQ veterans. It’s called the SERVE Act (Securing the Rights our Veterans Earned). It would guarantee and protect Veteran Affairs (VA) benefits for LGBTQ veterans discharged from the military due…
An openly gay congressman from New York has reintroduced a bill to track data on violent deaths involving LGBTQ victims. Last week, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney reintroduced the LGBTQ Essential Data Act, which would authorize $25 million to fully fund…
The Biden administration made official on Wednesday its position that discrimination against LGBTQ kids in schools is illegal under federal law at a time when states have enacted measures prohibiting transgender kids from playing in school sports or obtaining transition-related…
The Justice Department has offered its full-throated support to religious schools that want to discriminate against LGBTQ students. According to The Washington Post, the Biden administration confirmed in a Tuesday court filing that it will “vigorously” defend a religious exemption…
The sponsor of Tennessee’s new law requiring signs that warn customers trans shoppers can use the bathroom in their establishment is warning small business owners they could go to jail if they don’t follow the law. Rep. Tim Rudd (R)…
Oregon has become the 14th state to ban the LGBTQ panic murder defense after out bisexual Governor Kate Brown signed the bill into law. The defense allowed a defendant to claim they attacked their victim after they found out that…
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