Posts by MJ Okma, Associate Director of News & Rapid Response
Gov. Abbott brings anti-LGBTQ activism to kick-off “special discrimination session” this Tuesday
GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today released “What Texas’ Special Session Means For LGBTQ Texans,” a video highlighting Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s “special discrimination session” against the transgender community.
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ICYMI: Secretary Mattis Delays U.S Military’s Transgender-Inclusive Recruitment Policy
The Department of Defense announced this past weekend that it will push back the plan first approved by the Obama Administration to allow transgender recruits to serve in the nation’s armed forces. This policy change was handed down with no explanation and comes a year after transgender soldiers currently enlisted in the military were allowed to openly serve. This delay now prevents transgender cadets who have graduated from military academies from being able to actively serve
Read MorePresident Trump adds violently anti-transgender activist Bethany Kozma to Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights
Anti-transgender activist is latest to be added to the most anti-LGBTQ administration in recent memory
Read MoreHow SB 2095 aims to block transgender Texans from participating in school athletics
Today the Texas House Committee on Public Education will consider a bill, already passed by the State Senate, which falsely equates hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to steroid use by allowing the governing body for Texas High School sports, University Interscholastic League (UIL), to bar transgender students on HRT from participation.
Read MoreProposed Obamacare repeal deal could drastically cut access to transgender healthcare
After last month’s failure, the Trump Administration is once again lobbying House Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Where does Senator Dean Heller stand on Nevada's proposed bill banning "conversion therapy"?
In the Nevada Assembly this year, a powerful bill is up for a vote which could ban the fraudulent practice of so-called “conversion therapy.”
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