News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Dec 15, 2017
The Fight for Open Transgender Military Service Is Only Beginning

Dec 5, 2017
Reading the Tea Leaves From the Supreme Court’s Cakeshop Argument

Dec 1, 2017
It’s Always Been About Discrimination for LGBT People

Nov 13, 2017
Transgender Prisoners Face Sexual Assault and Discrimination at Pittsburgh Jail

Nov 9, 2017
Veteran’s Day Reflections From a Civil Libertarian Former Soldier

Nov 9, 2017
Our Fight to Defeat the Transgender Military Ban Enters a New Phase

Nov 8, 2017
Transgender Soldiers Are Equal to the Task. We Have Earned the Right to Serve Our Country.

Nov 7, 2017
President Trump’s Likely Pick for Global Women’s Issues Ambassador Has an Anti-Women, Anti-LGBT Background