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Why did Nancy Pelosi endorse an anti-LGBT candidate?
Pelosi said she supported the conservative, anti-LGBT candidate in a primary contest.
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A bipartisan effort is afoot in the Senate to kill Trump’s trans military ban
Can President Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military be stopped?
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19 senators ask Trump administration why it’s erasing LGBTQ people
The Senators are concerned about questions regarding LGBTQ people being systematically removed from studies of government services.
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Top Senate Democrats will filibuster Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Senate Minority Leader Chuch Schumer said he will oppose the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch, and Republicans might change Senate rules to get Gorsuch confirmed.
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Defense nominee says he doesn’t care who ‘two consenting adults go to bed with’
“If someone brings me a problem,” James Mattis told Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, “I will look at it but I am not coming in looking for problems,”
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Gillibrand to introduce legislation to prohibit anti-LGBT adoption bias
The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would prohibit any entity that receives federal funds from discriminating against adoptive or foster parents based on sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status.
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Bill would give ‘honorable’ discharges to service members kicked out under DADT
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Thursday introduced legislation to correct the records of service members discharged from the U.S. military solely due to their sexual orientation prior to the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, to reflect honorable service and reinstate benefits they would have earned.
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Bill to ban discrimination against gay adoptive, foster parents has bipartisan support
WASHINGTON — A bill that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people seeking to adopt or become foster parents is due to be reintroduced Tuesday in the U.S. Congress.
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House, Senate bills aim to equalize benefits for same-sex military families
A pair of bills introduced in the U.S. Congress this week would change the definition of “spouse” in four areas of U.S. Code related to recognition, support, and benefits for married service members and veterans, in an effort to provide key military benefits for same-sex spouses of gay service members.
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Gillibrand leads renewed call to help bi-national couples
The junior senator from New York is taking up the lead on a renewed call for administrative action to help bi-national same-sex couples in anticipation of a ruling from the Supreme Court on the Defense of Marriage Act. In a letter sent out Thursday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and other U.S. senators call on the […]