• EEOC moves to drop transgender discrimination cases to comply with Trump's order

    EEOC moves to drop transgender discrimination cases to comply with Trump's order

    Feb 15, 2025 07:52 PM EDT

    ... to erase trans people are deeply harmful to a vulnerable community and inconsistent with governing law," she said. Sarah Warbelow, vice president of legal at LGBTQ+ rights group Human Rights Campaign, added in an emailed statement: “This is the inevitable outcome when the EEOC is weaponized to greenlight discrimination against ...

  • Trump signs executive order to establish a White House Faith Office

    Trump signs executive order to establish a White House Faith Office

    Feb 07, 2025 05:26 PM EDT

    ... religious leaders. He assailed the Rev. Mariann Budde for her sermon the day after his inauguration, when she called for mercy for members of the LGBTQ+ community and migrants who are in the country illegally. Vice President JD Vance, who's Catholic, has sparred with top U.S. leaders of ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' from U.S. at the National Prayer Breakfast

    WATCH: Trump says he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' from U.S. at the National Prayer Breakfast

    Feb 06, 2025 02:13 PM EDT

    Trump and his administration have already clashed with religious leaders, including him disagreeing with the Rev. Mariann Budde’s sermon the day after his inauguration, when she called for mercy for members of the LGBTQ+ community and migrants who are in the country illegally. Vice President JD Vance, who's ...

  • Thousands across the U.S. protest Trump policies

    Thousands across the U.S. protest Trump policies

    Feb 05, 2025 10:24 PM EDT

    ... opposition to Trump’s agenda, protests have also begun. In Alabama, several hundred people gathered outside the Statehouse to protest state and federal actions targeting LGBTQ people. On Tuesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey promised to sign legislation declaring that there are only two sexes, male and female — echoing Trump's ...

  • What to know about USAID, and why it's a target for the Trump administration

    What to know about USAID, and why it's a target for the Trump administration

    Feb 03, 2025 10:19 PM EDT

    ... America. In Mexico, a busy shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has been left without a doctor. A program to provide mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth fleeing Venezuela was disbanded. In Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala, so-called “Safe Mobility Offices” where migrants can apply to enter the ...

  • Education Department tells U.S. colleges to follow sexual assault policies from Trump's first term

    Education Department tells U.S. colleges to follow sexual assault policies from Trump's first term

    Jan 31, 2025 07:12 PM EDT

    ... and universities,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. The Biden administration sought to overhaul the rules and expand Title IX to protect LGBTQ+ students. It expanded the type of behavior that's considered sexual harassment — a reversal of the DeVos policy, which used a narrower definition. But ...

  • After Target backs away from diversity programs, civil rights activists call for a boycott

    After Target backs away from diversity programs, civil rights activists call for a boycott

    Jan 31, 2025 02:58 PM EDT

    ... Participants circled up for a prayer before the speeches began. Target, which long was viewed as a strong advocate for the rights of Black and LGBTQ+ people, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday on the call for a boycott. But in a memo to employees last ...

  • Trump signs order to end federal support for gender transitions for people under 19

    Trump signs order to end federal support for gender transitions for people under 19

    Jan 28, 2025 11:03 PM EDT

    ... out transgender people of all ages from all walks of civic life,” said Harper Seldin, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. Seldin said the ACLU is reviewing the order “to understand what, if anything, has immediate effect versus what needs to go through ...

  • Lukashenko wins 7th term in Belarus presidential election that the opposition calls a farce

    Lukashenko wins 7th term in Belarus presidential election that the opposition calls a farce

    Jan 26, 2025 07:11 PM EDT

    ... with Lukashenko, and I’m ready to serve as his vanguard,” said Communist Party candidate Sergei Syrankov, who came in second place. He favors criminalizing LGBTQ+ activities and rebuilding monuments to Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Candidate Alexander Khizhnyak, head of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, led a voting ...

  • Target says it is ending its DEI goals and programs, citing an 'evolving external landscape'

    Target says it is ending its DEI goals and programs, citing an 'evolving external landscape'

    Jan 24, 2025 09:40 PM EDT

    ... initiatives, Target's work to build a more inclusive workforce predated 2020, and the company also was long seen as a trailblazer with respect to LGBTQ+ inclusion. But the employee memo shared Friday said Target no longer would participate in surveys designed to gauge the effectiveness of its actions, including ...