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Jen Psaki says Biden wants to send “important message” to the world on LGBTQ rights
Psaki believes that the White House’s work this weekend “sends a clear message about his commitment to the LGBTQ+ community.”
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President Biden establishes an initiative that will protect LGBTQ federal employees
The President is ordering all of the federal government to commit to advancing “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.”
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President Biden appoints Jessica Stern as the Special Envoy for LGBTQ Rights
The appointment of a Special Envoy for LGBTQ rights fills a position started in the Obama administration and left unfilled during most of the Trump administration.
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Don’t just sing for Juneteenth. Commit to ending the racism that made it necessary.
Lawmakers like Joe Manchin should stop singing along to “We Shall Overcome,” and try passing legislation toward real and lasting change, so people actually can overcome.
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Interior Secretary raises the Pride flag for first time over the department’s headquarters
The decision is a big difference from the policy of her Trump-appointed predecessors, including one who removed sexual orientation from the department’s anti-discrimination policy.
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Joe Biden’s plan to vaccinate 70% of Americans by July 4 means LGBTQ people need to step up
Dr. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services, spoke with LGBTQ Nation about the administration’s “National Month of Action” and how queer folks can make a difference.
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Biden administration will defend Christian schools accused of anti-LGBTQ bias
The administration says it shares the “same ultimate objective” as the college and universities that have been sued for discrimination.
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The Pentagon surprisingly decides to continue Trump’s ban on Pride flags in military
Biden condemned the Trump administration’s decision to ban Pride flags from military bases last year, and pledged to overturn it as President – but the Pentagon is continuing it specifically for Pride.
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Kayleigh McEnany rages over the “fawning” media coverage she thinks Jen Psaki is getting
Trump’s last press secretary repeatedly mocked LGBTQ people and lied to the press. So it makes sense that she assumes Jen Psaki is getting “glowing” media coverage because she got photographed.
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State Department tosses Trump regulation that denied citizenship to gay couples’ kids
Children born abroad to LGBT couples via surrogacy will be granted citizenship again instead of being declared “born out of wedlock.”