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Commentary
The most common housing discrimination is the one that LGBTQ people never see
As important as the Equality Act is, it won’t actually end the practice of simply ignoring LGBTQ housing applicants.
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Politics
Mike Quigley rips into Ben Carson for suggesting it’s okay to discriminate against trans women
For the third year in a row, Carson’s Housing and Urban Development has not tried to prevent anti-trans discrimination. So Mike Quigley ripped into him – again.
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Politics
HUD Secretary Ben Carson denigrated trans women at the San Francisco office. It didn’t go over well.
Staffers pushed back, saying his remarks were “derogatory” while others walked out in protest after Carson referred to transgender women as “‘big, hairy men” in dresses.
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Election 2020
Presidential candidate Julian Castro talks trans issues
Castro is hardly a household name, but he’s a party insider who has long been tagged as one of the rising stars of the Democratic party.
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Politics
Trump administration will give homeless shelters the right to turn away transgender people
The change would allow shelters to turn people away by claiming a “religious” exemption.
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News (USA)
Even Trump’s most homophobic cabinet secretaries are allowing Pride events. Why?
Worth noting: None of them are willing to show up at their own event though.
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News (USA)
Ben Carson strips anti-discrimination language from HUD statement
Are they making room to allow for anti-LGBTQ discrimination in housing?
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News (USA)
Ben Carson: No ‘extra rights’ for LGBT people if he becomes HUD Secretary
“Extra rights means you get to redefine everything for everybody else. That doesn’t seem very fair to me.”
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News (USA)
Ben Carson, who called LGBTQ people ‘abnormal,’ accepts cabinet post
The AP reports that Trump loyalist Ben Carson has been offered the position of secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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News (USA)
HUD issues guidance on equal access for transgender people in homeless shelters
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday released long-awaited guidance to ensure equal access for transgender people in homeless shelters that receive federal funding.