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WASHINGTON, D.C. — (03-18-25) — U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction blocking president Trump's ban on Transgender military service. The judge blasted the Trump administration actions with this order. The preliminary injunction indefinitely blocks an executive order by Trump which aimed to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. The [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (03-10-25) — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that they had agreed to hear a challenge to a law in Colorado that bans “conversion therapy” aimed at minors who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity. The barbaric right wing "conversion therapy" practice is banned in 20 states and now the [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (01-27-25) — President Donald Trump has ordered a halt to all distribution of HIV medications to poor countries purchased with foreign aid from the United States, according to The New York Times. The draconian order includes HIV drugs that are already in local clinics and ready to be administered to HIV-positive patients [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (09-20-23) — Democrats revive an investigation into discrimination committed by the US Military against the LGBTQ service members and veterans. The DNC marked the 12th anniversary of the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on Wednesday by relaunching their efforts into investigating the lasting impacts of military policies that [...]
WASHINGTON D.C — (07-17-23) — Republicans in the House of Representatives passed its annual defense funding bill that included anti-LGBT amendments that fit the party’s conservative priorities and sticking points like a glove - Knowing it has no chance of passage in the Democratic controlled U.S. Senate. Rick Perry, the chair of the House Freedom [...]