Transgender candidate could become a first in NYC
If he wins, Wymore would be the first openly transgender officeholder in the nation’s biggest city and one of only a handful ever in the U.S.
Category: Politics
GOP urges lawmakers to erase LGBT protections
Republican Party leaders are urging the Idaho Legislature to put a stop to local communities’ efforts to provide discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
GOP leaders court social conservatives
The fight for the soul of the Republican Party intensifies this week as Republican leaders gather in Washington to court religious conservatives.
California readies for possible return of gay marriage
Supporters await a U.S. Supreme Court decision that will determine whether California’s voter-enacted ban on gay marriages lives or dies.
Del. Senate approves gender identity bill
A bill aimed at protecting transgender people in Delaware by outlawing discrimination based on gender identity passed the state Senate on Thursday and now goes to the House.
Gay marriage dispute pending in New Mexico
King has scheduled a news conference Thursday in Albuquerque about a request for a nonbinding opinion by his office on whether same-sex couples can be legally married in the state.
Gay marriage measure eyed for 2014 ballot in Ohio
Organizers seeking to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage say they’re aiming to put the issue before voters in 2014.
Del. Senate panel eyes gender identity bill
A bill outlawing discrimination in Delaware based on gender identity is getting its first hearing in the General Assembly
Education bill rewrite would protect gay students
Buried in the proposed rewrite of the nation’s massive education law are protections for gay and lesbian students that its supporters liken to the landmark 1972 protections for the rights of female athletes in high school and college.
Gay marriage effort fails in Illinois legislature
A push to allow gay marriage in Illinois has failed, despite last-minute urging from President Barack Obama and months of lobbying efforts to make the solidly Democratic, Midwestern state the 13th in the country to approve it.
