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TRANS RIGHTS POST-SOTU: TEXAS COURT, HHS AND ADVOCATES RESPOND

TRANS RIGHTS POST-SOTU: TEXAS COURT, HHS AND ADVOCATES RESPOND

by Jenny Huh | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Living, State of the Union

WASHINGTON – A day after President Biden’s State of the Union, a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents for providing gender-affirming health care to...
AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, TEXAS REPUBLICANS SET OMINOUS AGENDA FOR TRANS PEOPLE

AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, TEXAS REPUBLICANS SET OMINOUS AGENDA FOR TRANS PEOPLE

by Jenny Huh | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – Six-year-old Isa says she doesn’t mind being a girl with a penis. “Yep, very happy,” said Isa, formerly Isaac, who, according to her mother Violet A., has identified herself as a girl since she started speaking at two. Though she’s too young to know that...
Supreme Court To Decide If Web Designer Can Refuse Service For Same-Sex Weddings

Supreme Court To Decide If Web Designer Can Refuse Service For Same-Sex Weddings

by Maia Pandey | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear an appeal concerning a Colorado website designer’s refusal to create same-sex wedding websites. The web designer, Lorie Smith, said that while she is willing to serve LGBTQ+ customers, she refuses to design...
HRC: Corporate Support for LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality Continues to Rise

HRC: Corporate Support for LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality Continues to Rise

by Ellisya Lindsey | Jan 27, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — A record-number of corporations participated in the Human Rights Campaign’s 20th annual workplace equality survey, the organization announced on Thursday.  “We are never going to reach a destination but will always be on a path of continuously improving...
“Take pride in your flavor”: Menthol cigarette use highest among marginalized groups targeted by tobacco industry, report finds

“Take pride in your flavor”: Menthol cigarette use highest among marginalized groups targeted by tobacco industry, report finds

by Maia Pandey | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — About one in five lesbian-, gay- and bisexual-identifying adults smoke cigarettes, compared to about one in seven adults who identify as straight — placing LGB Americans among the top 10 populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use, according to...
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