• New biography documents life of pioneering LGBTQ rights activist Marsha P. Johnson

    New biography documents life of pioneering LGBTQ rights activist Marsha P. Johnson

    Jun 18, 2025 10:25 PM EST

    ... I speak now, we're in a time when the administration has been involved in an effort that really revises and erases a lot of transgender history from official government Web sites. There was reporting about the removal of some information, including related to Marsha P. Johnson's life, from ...

  • WATCH: Pentagon has given Trump possible options for Israel-Iran conflict, Hegseth tells Senate panel

    WATCH: Pentagon has given Trump possible options for Israel-Iran conflict, Hegseth tells Senate panel

    Jun 18, 2025 01:16 PM EST

    ... as a sailor during the Korean War. He also has touted other moves to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs and said a ban on transgender troops was a way to regain the “warrior ethos.” WATCH: ‘We have earned our spots’: Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service ...

  • 9 questions about Trump’s military parade

    9 questions about Trump’s military parade

    Jun 13, 2025 07:01 PM EST

    ... with some viewing the military parade as a commemoration of the institution’s history. Others have balked at the parade’s price tag and how the event papers over the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs and an ongoing effort to remove transgender troops from service.

  • Veterans are divided over the Army's big parade, being held on Trump's birthday

    Veterans are divided over the Army's big parade, being held on Trump's birthday

    Jun 11, 2025 04:23 PM EST

    ... Republican president's policies that have targeted military veterans and current service members, including cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs and a ban on transgender troops. Purdy said the parade, long sought by Trump, will needlessly display U.S. military might on the president's 79th birthday. "It's ...

  • WATCH: Lawmakers question Hegseth on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending

    WATCH: Lawmakers question Hegseth on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending

    Jun 10, 2025 12:42 PM EST

    ... workouts with troops or of himself signing directives to purge diversity and equity programs and online content from the military. He has boasted of removing transgender service members from the force and firing so-called woke generals, many of whom were women. He was on the international stage about a ...

  • News Wrap: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and allies gather for final day of WorldPride

    News Wrap: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and allies gather for final day of WorldPride

    Jun 08, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... political than Saturday's parade. Speakers criticized the Trump administration's rollback of anti-discrimination policies for the LGBTQ plus community and executive orders targeting transgender people. The mayor of Moscow says Russia intercepted at least 10 Ukrainian drones that were headed for the city. In Ukraine, one person was ...

  • June 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    June 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Jun 06, 2025 11:36 PM EST

    Friday on the News Hour, the potential fallout for the country amid the dramatic war of words between President Trump and Elon Musk. The Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is being brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges. Plus, we speak with two transgender service ...

  • 'We have earned our spots': Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service

    'We have earned our spots': Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service

    Jun 06, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... is part of a larger fight to serve in any capacity. And I would like to continue to advocate for transgender service members and also transgender Americans. 2nd Lt. Nicolas Talbott: I think there are a lot of very strong opinions out there in the world about transgender people and ...

  • World Pride celebrations in nation’s capital bring mix of joy and anxiety

    World Pride celebrations in nation’s capital bring mix of joy and anxiety

    Jun 01, 2025 09:35 PM EST

    John Yang: Some people who are planning to come from foreign countries, sort of outsiders looking in, have expressed concern about personal safety, particularly transgender people. Three European nations have issued travel advisories. The Canadian LGBTQ rights group Eagle Canada cancelled its particular participation. We have a bit of tape ...

  • News Wrap: CDC no longer recommends COVID shots for healthy children and pregnant women

    News Wrap: CDC no longer recommends COVID shots for healthy children and pregnant women

    May 27, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... did not violate the student's free speech. Local school officials had argued that the wearing of the shirt would have a negative impact on transgender and gender non-conforming students. Separately, the justices also declined to hear an appeal from a Native American group to stop a copper mining ...