Senate Republicans Betray American People, RBG and Our Health
Senate Republicans Refuse to Honor the Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Final Wish After She Changed the World. By: Audrey Cole/Reporter— “My most fervent wish is…
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As Pattern Of Alleged Sexual Assaults Emerges, Brett Kavanaugh Called To Withdraw
NCLR: “The gravity of this pattern of alleged sexual assaults casts a troubling cloud …” In other words, the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh “must be withdrawn.”…
AG Healey on the House Passage of the Contraceptive Access Bill
BOSTON—AG Healey today issued the following statement following the House passage of H. 536, An Act Relative to Advancing Contraceptive Coverage and Economic Security in our…
#MeToo: Too Inclusive or Exclusive, My Story
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— Women attacking other women for not including men in the #MeToo movement feeds into the exact problem about why women’s issues are…
After Reported Federal Finding of Extreme Gender Disparity, Google to Face Shareholder Vote in June
BOSTON—In 2016, seven of nine top U.S. tech companies bowed to shareholder pressure, disclosing their gender pay gaps and making major progress to improve pay…
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…
NYC Pride Selects Diverse Marshals; 2016 Theme ‘Equality Needs You’ Reflects the Choices
NEW YORK—Heritage of Pride announced today three Grand Marshals for the 47th NYC Pride March on Sunday, June 26, 2016: Jazz Jennings is the 15-year-old…
My Daughter’s Army: Greg Hogben’s Book on the Blatant & Subtle Oppression of Women, Gay Rights
The feminist author on gender equality, his love for Malala Yousafzai and Emma Watson By: Graysen M. Ocasio/TRT Publisher— The story and the man go…
Planned Parenthood Battle Emblematic of a Bigger Struggle for Women’s Rights
By: Mike Givens*/Special Guest Columnist— In 2015, a horrifying trend of abuse, marginalization and mistreatment is rearing its head publicly across the country. The…
Now We Celebrate Marriage Equality: Tomorrow We Fight for More
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— I still vividly remember how it felt to be spat on and called a “fag&ot” at fourteen, when I went…
One-on-One: Barney Frank Still Has All the Right Moves
By: Sarah Toce/The Seattle Lesbian— Barney Frank’s effortless ability to relate to common folk on issues concerning civil rights is uncanny. The Harvard grad-turned political…
Leslie Feinberg: Transgender Pioneer, Author, Civil Rights Icon Dies
Leslie Feinberg was ahead of her time, as many have stated in the past. Not only was she a transgender rights advocate, she was involved…
Supreme Court Seems to Lean Toward Religious Exemptions
Nobody spoke about recent efforts to circumvent laws protecting LGBT from discrimination by claiming religious motivations; nobody pointed out that people with religious objections to contraception often have religious objections to alternative insemination for lesbians and condom distribution for safe sex education.
President Obama Awards Medal of Freedom to Gay Icons
Bayard Rustin & Sally Ride are the recipients of the Awards By: Lisa Keen*/Keen News Service— The White House announced yesterday (August 8) that President…
Defeating DOMA & Prop 8: We’ve Made History, but We’re Far From Finished
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— Wednesday June 26th 2013 will be a day that’s remembered in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history, and our community’s…
DOMA’s Repeal: A Nick on the Tip of the Iceberg
By: Nicole Lashomb, Editor-in-Chief— DOMA. It is about time that heinous act of discrimination was overturned. Like many of you, I was in tears, celebrating…
Obama Wins 2nd Debate; Romney Disses Gay & Single Parents
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A number of LGBT bloggers expressed dismay Tuesday night that no question about same-sex marriage was posed during the first…
Creep of the Week: Misogynistic Rush Limbaugh
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Poor Rush Limbaugh. Can’t a guy even call a girl a s&#t on the radio these days without people getting…
The Hispanic Black Gay Coalition Opens Registration for Inaugural Lesbians of Color Symposium
BOSTON, Mass. — Registration for The Hispanic Black Gay Coalition’s (HBGC) Inaugural Lesbian of Color Symposium (LOCS) opened this month on the organization’s website. The symposium,…