Chris Johnson
Anti-LGBT Lawsuits Already Headed Justice Kavanaugh's Way
Precisely on cue with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-LGBT groups have filed lawsuits challenging LGBT rights that may in the near future serve to test the new justice on his position on the issue. The complaints [...]
Trump Names Openly Gay Judicial Nominee — Bringing Total to 2
President Trump has nominated to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals an openly gay federal prosecutor tasked with enforcing organized crime and drug laws, doubling the number of his out judicial nominees. The White House announced Trump's [...]
It's Official: Senate Confirms Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, bringing to an end a tumultuous confirmation process for President Trump's judicial nominee. With Vice President Mike Pence presiding over the chamber in case [...]
Judge Rules HB2 Deal Doesn't Impair Bathroom Access for Trans People
A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit against the compromise over North Carolina's anti-LGBT House Bill 2 to continue, but found the new law doesn't inhibit bathroom access to transgender people in the state. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder, a [...]
LGBT Candidates Could Produce Rainbow Wave in November
With the 2018 congressional mid-terms fast approaching, a record number of LGBT candidates are seeking election to all levels of government ranging from federal office to state attorney general, many under a banner of challenging President [...]
Pence Urges Voters to Back Trump Over Anti-LGBT 'Religious Freedom' Acts
Vice President Mike Pence counted on Saturday President Trump's actions in favor of "religious freedom" — considered by LGBT rights supporters as means to enable anti-LGBT discrimination — as reasons for why conservative voters should turn out in [...]
Massachusetts Anti-trans Ad Renews Fear-Mongering Over Bathroom Use
The campaign in Massachusetts seeking to repeal a law barring discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations is resorting to old tactics of stoking unfounded fears about male sexual predators being allowed in women's [...]
Biden Urged to Run in 2020 at HRC Dinner
Attendees at the annual Human Rights Campaign national dinner Saturday night urged Joseph Biden to challenge President Trump in 2020 amid speculation the former vice president is mulling a run for the White House. As Biden approached the podium at [...]
LGBT Groups Call for Halt to Kavanaugh Vote Amid Attempted Rape Charges
With Christine Blasey Ford coming forward as the individual alleging sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, LGBT groups are joining the calls to pull the brake on his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of a scheduled vote on his [...]
Kavanaugh Shifts to Masterpiece When Queried on Gay Marriage Ruling
President Trump's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh shifted to the ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case — which came down in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a custom-made wedding cake for a same-sex couple — when [...]
Kavanaugh Hearings to Begin Tuesday Despite Trump Scandals
Despite objections to holding confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court amid the withholding of documents from his time at the Bush White House and mounting scandals facing President Trump, the Senate is nonetheless poised [...]
Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona Primary
Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) achieved a significant victory on Tuesday in the Arizona primary when she became the first openly bisexual person to win a major party nomination to run for a U.S. Senate seat.The Associated Press declared [...]