Lisa Keen
Judge Stops HHS Rule Change from Taking Effect
U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block issued a temporary injunction Monday, Aug. 17, delaying the implementation of new rules written by the Trump administration that would eliminate protections for LGBTQ people in health care. The injunction [...]
Day 2 Democratic National Convention LGBTQ Overview
Tuesday night's Democratic National Convention launched with a video "keynote" in which 17 people — including three gay men — shared the time to explain why they are voting for the party's presidential nominee Joe Biden. Throughout the night, LGBTQ [...]
President Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony
In the midst of a controversy over President Trump's attempts to interfere with the right of citizens to vote by mail, President Trump made a surprise announcement Tuesday morning that he will sign a presidential pardon for Susan B. Anthony, who [...]
Monday Night Democratic National Convention LGBTQ Overview
Long gone are the days when the Democratic National Convention slated only a token openly gay person on its pre-primetime schedule. Monday night, the first day of the DNC's four-day 2020 convention, openly LGBTQ people were everywhere: in the [...]
A Preview and Schedule of the 2020 Democratic National Convention
There will be a lot of history made at this week's Democratic National Convention. Some of it will be highly visible – like prime-time closing night speeches by two high-profile LGBTQ leaders. Some will be totally behind the scenes – like the role [...]
Biden Picks Harris; Names Lesbian her Campaign Chief of Staff
It was not a big surprise, but it was a much-anticipated revelation: Democratic presidential nominee-apparent Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he has chosen U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California to be his running mate. Political observers considered [...]
Federal Judge Not Likely to Grant Injunction to Stop Anti-LGBTQ Rule Change
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., indicated Monday he is not likely to grant an injunction to stop a Trump administration change in rules that will eliminate nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people. In an hour-long hearing conducted by [...]
Supreme Court Focuses in on Religion
While LGBTQ people nervously await the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions regarding two big employment discrimination cases, the court this month heard arguments in other cases that could have significant impact. On Wednesday, May 6, the Trump [...]
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Foster Care Fight
There was troubling news for LGBTQ legal activists coming from the U.S. Supreme Court Monday: The high court announced it will review a lower court decision that held a Catholic foster care agency could not discriminate against same-sex couples. The [...]
Buttigieg: 'I'm ready' to Take on Attacks Over Being Gay
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg's being gay made him stand out in the first few months of his campaign last year, earning him a surge of media attention that his relatively obscure reputation as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, might not have [...]
Iowa Caucus: Buttigieg Declares Victory
Openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg declared his campaign to be "victorious" following the caucus voting in Iowa Monday night, even though a huge controversy was unfolding because the Iowa Democratic Party could not report [...]
US Supreme Court to Review Religious Exemption Appeals in Health Insurance Coverage
In a move that LGBTQ legal activists see as "deeply worrisome," the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it will review two appeals in which the Trump administration is seeking to make it much easier for employers to exclude health insurance coverage [...]