Social Security

The Biden administration just made travel a whole lot easier for transgender people with a series of policy changes. Retirement paperwork will get easier too.

Anthony Gonzales’s partner died shortly after marriage equality became legal in their state. Now he’s finally getting the Social Security benefits he’s due.

Former judge Karl Alexander was “persuaded over the years” to buy an AR-15 rifle for a white supremacist felon because of their romantic relationship.

She was with her partner for 27 years. But since they couldn’t get married before her partner died of cancer, she’s being denied benefits.

And the excuse they’re using to deny benefits is disgusting.

After losing the love of his life, the government is causing him even more pain.

Eleven GOP senators, many of whom face competitive re-election fights in 2016, supported the amendment offered by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii).

President Barack Obama’s $4 trillion budget proposal released Monday includes a major change to the Social Security Act that would allow same-sex couples to receive spousal benefits regardless of where they live.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The widow of a woman who pushed to legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island before she died of cancer will be entitled to her Social Security benefits after a yearslong fight to get them, an advocacy group said Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Lambda Legal has filed suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of a Texas widow denied spousal benefits after the death of her wife, arguing that denying Social Security benefits to same-sex spouses because they live in states that discriminate against their marriages violates the U.S. Constitution.