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“Inexcusable” that LGBTQ issues weren’t raised in VP debate, say equality advocates
By John Riley on October 8, 2020
LGBTQ advocates lament missed opportunities to draw contrasts between Trump-Pence and Biden-Harris agendas
Right-wing, anti-LGBTQ pastor claims Kamala Harris is ‘trying to turn America into Sodom and Gomorrah’
By John Riley on August 27, 2020
North Carolina Rev. Patrick Wooden also claims Harris "took pride in locking up Black folk" as California attorney general
Trump administration’s “Unalienable Rights” commission may roll back LGBTQ protections
By Rhuaridh Marr on July 9, 2019
"This is an attempt to pull back a U.S. human rights vision that we've had for decades"
State laws effectively banning abortion significantly harm LGBTQ people
By John Riley on May 17, 2019
Recent laws in Alabama, Georgia, and other states may carry significant consequences, particularly for transgender individuals
Conservatives are demanding Brian Sims resign after he confronted Planned Parenthood protesters
By John Riley on May 9, 2019
Sims acknowledged that he was "aggressive," but said he would "fiercely protect a woman’s right to make the best choices for her health & her...
LGBTQ advocates alarmed at Trump’s religious exemption for health care workers
By John Riley on May 2, 2019
To coincide with the National Day of Prayer, President Trump announced the issuance of a finalized rule from the Department of Health and Human Services...
Former President Jimmy Carter: “I believe Jesus would approve of gay marriage”
By John Riley on July 10, 2018
With the exception of abortion, Carter says he's never seen "any serious conflicts" between politics and his religious faith
Pope Francis says Catholic Church shouldn’t recognize gay families
By Bailey Vogt on June 18, 2018
The Pope told a Catholic families event that the church should only recognize heterosexual parents
Suspected Austin package bomber may have decried gay marriage and abortion
By John Riley on March 21, 2018
Suspected bomber Mark Conditt is being credited with a blog comparing gay marriage to pedophilia and bestiality
Trump joked that Pence wants to “hang” every gay person
By Rhuaridh Marr on October 16, 2017
President apparently teases Pence for his harsh conservative views on abortion and LGBTQ rights
Roe at Arena Stage (review): Energetic, engaging and somewhat flawed
By Kate Wingfield on January 26, 2017
Roe dramatizes one of the most iconic cases of the Supreme Court
Arena Stage’s “Roe” focuses on the lives of the women in Roe v. Wade
By Doug Rule on January 19, 2017
Arena Stage's latest production looks at the iconic case that reshaped the legality of abortion
Tony Perkins slams pick of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State
By John Riley on December 14, 2016
Tony Perkins is hopping mad about President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Rex Tilleron, the CEO of ExxonMobil, as Secretary of State. The evangelical leader...
LGBT groups urge SCOTUS to strike down Texas abortion law
By John Riley on January 7, 2016
Several LGBT groups are coming to the legal aid of their allies in the reproductive justice movement, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down...
Cruz: Planned Parenthood shooter was “transgendered leftist activist”
By John Riley on November 30, 2015
Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) condemned the recent fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday,...