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PoliticsHouse Democrats call for release of trans & HIV positive detainees from ICE facilities
Under Biden, ICE policy now calls for releasing pregnant people and families detained together. House members and advocates want that same consideration for trans people and people living with HIV.
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PoliticsMike 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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PoliticsHouse Democrats call for ICE to release transgender detainees from ‘inhumane’ facilities
Rep. Mike Quigley is behind a letter with over 40 Democrat signatures that requests that ICE either complies with its own regulations or release all trans inmates.
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PoliticsHouse Democrats filed a resolution to condemn Ben Carson for his transphobic comments
Carson allegedly justified making it easier for homeless shelters to refuse transgender women by calling them “big, hairy men.”
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PoliticsBen Carson won’t issue LGBTQ anti-discrimination guidance because Democrats would ‘dislike’ it
“We are all now more stupid than we were when we came in the room today, sir,” a Democrat told him at a hearing.
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News (USA)Ben Carson: Women aren’t comfortable with trans people’s ‘anatomy’ in the shower
The HUD Secretary discussed why he might be rolling back Obama-era protections for homeless trans people.
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US Rep. Quigley: New group to address transgender rights
Among the first topics they’re tackling is how to reduce violence against transgender Americans.
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Lawmakers call on HHS to end ban on blood donations from gay, bisexual men
Eighty congressional lawmakers sent a letter Monday to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell, calling for the Department to replace the FDA’s lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men with a policy based on individual risk factors.
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Democrats come out swinging during House hearing on ‘defending marriage’
Democrats came out swinging on Friday during a House subcommittee hearing on the Department of Justice announcement that it would curtail its defense of the federal ban on recognition of same-sex marriages.
