LGBTQ Equality Campaign In Michigan Sues For Rights
Fair and Equal Michigan lawsuit argues the impact of COVID-19 made it impossible to meet signature collection requirements to maintain the constitutional right to citizen-initiated…
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Michigan: Big 3 Automakers Support Banning LGBTQ Discrimination
Automakers Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Company join Michigan CEOs to prohibit LGBTQ discrimination in Michigan Detroit, MI—Michigan’s “Big Three” automakers…
Warren Releases Plan For Securing LGBTQ+ Rights & Equality
The Warren campaign is the only campaign to directly send TRT such a detailed LGBTQ+ plan CHARLESTOWN, Mass.—Today, Elizabeth Warren released her plan to secure…
Key Cases Before SCOTUS: Our Rights At Stake
SCOTUS’ Decision Will Impact all LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones By: HRC— After coming out as transgender to her employer, Aimee Stephens was fired…
Arizona Supreme Court Disappoints LGBTQs
Arizona Issues Limited Ruling on Religious Exemptions Case PHOENIX—Today the Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling in Brush & Nib LLC v. City of Phoenix, concerning whether…
Salem Mayor Joins Around 100 Mayors’ Brief To High Court In Support Of LGBTQ Rights
Friend-of-the-court brief in three cases concerning LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections will be heard on October 8 SALEM, Mass.—Today Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll signed onto a friend-of-the-court…
Cory Booker: Guarantees He’ll Repeal Trump’s Trans Military Ban, If Elected
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— IOWA—Speaking in Iowa, presidential candidate Cory Booker (D-NJ) told a local crowd that if he were elected president in 2020, he’d…
Rights Orgs. Respond To Potential Kavanaugh Confirmation As Next SCOTUS Justice
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Progressive advocacy groups are mobilizing to oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as the next U.S. Supreme Court…
Reactions to Trump’s Nomination of Kavanaugh To The Supreme Court
Last night Pres. Trump announced that he is nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court,…
Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Orgs. React
United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced yesterday, June 27, that he will be retiring as of July 31. National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Legal…
Radical Religion Rears Its Ugly Head Once Again
Religious right using legislation to curb LGBTQ rights; what radical religion accomplishes By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/ TRT Columnist— In the name of religious freedom, or,…
Creep of the Week: The Uber Conservative & Anti-LGBT Hater Jeff Sessions
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Ah, religious freedom. That call to arms for conservative Christians who believe that they live in some Bizzaro Land version…
God, Faith, and Family: Healing, Growing, and Nurturing Positive Energy
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It’s easy to get into a funk these days. The nation is at a crossroads in more ways than one….
Organizations, AG Respond to Trump Executive Order on Religious Exemptions
A directive that has worried many in the LGBTQ community and women circles reared its ugly head today. President Trump, with the stroke of his…
Equality Act Reintroduced in Congress with Unprecedented Corporate Support
To protect and bring equality for all, the Equality Act must be passed By: Stephen Peters/HRC— Today, HRC joined with bipartisan lawmakers and an unprecedented…
GOP’s Anti-LGBT Votes Send Message VA Not Open for Business
RICHMOND, Va. – By killing an amendment that would have stripped discriminatory language from Virginia’s Constitution and advancing a bill that reaffirmed the right of religious officials to refuse to…
Trump’s Religious Freedom Order: A Sweeping Plan to Legalize Discrimination
News reports obtained by The Investigative Fund and The Nation reveal that a leaked copy of an executive order to be signed tomorrow morning by…
GLAD on Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court
Yesterday, the President nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the United States Supreme Court. GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), which litigates in federal…
Faith, God and Family: Opera, Sports, and Hope in the New Year
The New Year, the inevitable limbo and its effect on the LGBTQ community Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— During my time at a Massachusetts law school…
Matthew Shepard’s Moving Story Presented in a Musical Experience at Symphony Hall
By: Allen Bush— Berklee presents Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Conspirare in a performance of Considering Matthew Shepard, a moving, three-part contemporary oratorio composed by Craig Hella Johnson. In 1998, a…
Ask a Trans Woman: Clinton or Trump, a Political Fight We Must Focus On
Either Clinton or Trump will win, our LGBTQ rights depend on our choice By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Disclaimer: As this is an advice and opinion…
MassEquality PAC Announces Endorsements
BOSTON – September 26, 2016 – Today, the MassEquality PAC officially announced its third round of endorsements for the 2016 Massachusetts legislative races. Candidates newly endorsed…
Food for Thought as you Vote in the Upcoming Elections in November
The importance of this elections for LGBTQ people By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT columnist— It’s a presidential election year in the good old U.S.A. and everyone…