• News Wrap: G7 foreign ministers renew 'unwavering' support for Ukraine

    News Wrap: G7 foreign ministers renew 'unwavering' support for Ukraine

    Nov 26, 2024 11:50 PM EST

    ... many of its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies known as DEI. The company will no longer participate in an index that tracks workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees. It will also terminate an equity racial center that was set up after the killing of George Floyd. And Walmart will no longer ...

  • Is the political climate influencing a spike in racist incidents?

    Is the political climate influencing a spike in racist incidents?

    Nov 26, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    ... are using the election of Donald Trump as an encouragement to cause fear and anxiety in communities of color and religious communities and in the LGBTQ community. Because of his use of racist, sexist, and other discriminatory rhetoric on the campaign trail, he's essentially encouraged his followers to spew ...

  • Who are Trump's Cabinet picks? Here's every name so far

    Who are Trump's Cabinet picks? Here's every name so far

    Nov 26, 2024 05:24 PM EST

    ... formerly worked for George Soros. He’s also an advisor to Trump and a donor to his campaign. If confirmed, he would become the first LGBTQ+ person to lead the Treasury and among the few to be confirmed by the Senate for a Republican Cabinet position. Likely to prioritize Trump ...

  • Transgender Americans share concerns about Trump's threats to rollback rights

    Transgender Americans share concerns about Trump's threats to rollback rights

    Nov 20, 2024 11:30 PM EST

    However, because these are broad nondiscrimination protections, this could implicate all LGBTQ students at schools where it can be an especially vulnerable place for trans kids and queer kids. Just, if they don't have a safe environment at home, school is where they go to feel affirmed often. Amna ...

  • Federal workers brace for Trump's plan to potentially replace them with loyalists

    Federal workers brace for Trump's plan to potentially replace them with loyalists

    Nov 19, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    ... this guise of rooting out communists, essentially. And Moynihan said that sometimes that meant that they would target who they -- quote -- "deemed as deviants," like LGBTQ people. But Don Moynihan added that filling the civil service with cronies, as well as loyalists, with friends, defeats the very purpose that the ...

  • About 20% of Americans get their news from social media influencers, report finds

    About 20% of Americans get their news from social media influencers, report finds

    Nov 18, 2024 08:02 PM EST

    ... are more liberal. Pew said news influencers on the short-form video app were more likely than those on other sites to show support for LGBTQ+ rights or identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. The platform also had the smallest gender gap for news influencers. ____ AP media writer David ...

  • Trump promised to end 'wokeness' in education. He has promised to use federal funds as leverage

    Trump promised to end 'wokeness' in education. He has promised to use federal funds as leverage

    Nov 15, 2024 05:08 PM EST

    ... at AEI, a conservative think tank. For example, Trump plans to rescind guidance from President Joe Biden's administration that extended Title IX protections to LGBTQ+ students. And Trump would go further, promising a nationwide ban on transgender women in women's sports. “Trump ran on getting boys out of ...

  • Democrats were hammered with misleading attacks on transgender issues. The party is grappling with how to move forward

    Democrats were hammered with misleading attacks on transgender issues. The party is grappling with how to move forward

    Nov 14, 2024 08:55 PM EST

    ... in any state for a school to determine and carry out surgical treatment for minor students. WATCH: How a second Trump presidency could impact the LGBTQ+ community “You gotta fight back” with those explanations, Moulton said, adding that the silence compounds the negative effects for transgender people. “What did we ...

  • Sarah McBride reflects on becoming first openly transgender person elected to Congress

    Sarah McBride reflects on becoming first openly transgender person elected to Congress

    Nov 12, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    ... willing to work with any Democrat, and they can barely work with their own Republican colleagues. But, look, there are obviously real differences of opinion LGBTQ equality. I'm used to working with people who not only disagree with me, but who disagree with me on some pretty fundamental issues ...

  • In St. Louis, a chance to preserve Black history

    In St. Louis, a chance to preserve Black history

    Nov 12, 2024 03:12 PM EST

    ... done by local and state entities, with the way that they've devastated and demolished, [and] built over graves.“ Ian Darnell, an assistant curator for LGBTQIA+ collections at the Missouri Historical Society, said people often don’t realize how important their memories are. “We hear that all the time. People ...