All posts tagged "nomination"
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Trump nominates openly gay man to be ambassador to Lithuania
LGBTQ Victory Fund Institute estimates total number of out LGBTQ Trump appointees is "less than 20"
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5 reasons why LGBTQ advocates are alarmed by Trump’s judicial nominee Neomi Rao
LGBTQ advocates are balking at President Donald Trump’s selection of Neomi Rao, the current administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, for a...
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Jim Obergefell pens op-ed blasting Trump’s anti-gay 6th Circuit nominee Eric Murphy
Murphy previously argued that same-sex marriages are "disruptive" to our democracy
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Sen. Mike Lee holds up lesbian’s re-nomination to EEOC, which could stop working altogether
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is blocking the nomination of a lesbian re-nominated to serve another term on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission because of...
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Trump taps openly gay attorney for seat on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Patrick Bumatay is second openly LGBTQ person nominated to federal bench by President Trump
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UPDATE: Anti-gay lawyer confirmed as head of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division
Senate Republicans have filed for cloture, or to end debate, on nomination of Eric Dreiband
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Amid last-minute drama, Senate Judiciary Committee approves Kavanaugh nomination
Lambda Legal calls the move by Republicans "highly disturbing and extremely dangerous"
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Pro-LGBTQ groups reiterate call for Senators to vote against Brett Kavanaugh
LGBTQ groups and civil rights allies have reiterated their call for senators to vote against President Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh should his nomination...
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LGBTQ and progressive groups call on White House to withdraw Kavanaugh nomination
At least two LGBTQ groups and several allied progressive groups are calling on President Trump to withdraw the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh after...
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Senate Judiciary Committee cancels vote on Kavanaugh nomination amid sexual assault allegations
On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee cancelled a planned vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh following recent sexual assault allegations lodged...
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Senate Judiciary Committee approves nomination of anti-gay judicial nominee
19 LGBTQ groups wrote letters to senators asking them to oppose Stephen R. Clark's nomination
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Pro-LGBTQ groups run full-page ads urging senators to vote against Kavanaugh SCOTUS nomination
The Human Rights Campaign and the National Women’s Law Center have launched a campaign this week to urge U.S. senators to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s...
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President Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
President Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh , of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the U.S....
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Senate confirms Richard Grenell as U.S. Ambassador to Germany
The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 to confirm Richard Grenell, an openly gay man and former U.S. spokesman at the United Nations under the Bush administration,...
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LGBTQ advocates urge Senate to reject Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State
A coalition of 55 civil and human rights groups has written to U.S. senators to ask them to oppose the confirmation of CIA Director and...
