Author Archives: Lisa Keen
LGBT candidates scoring big wins in primaries
Two Congressional candidates advanced in primaries this month, and, for the first time ever, a transgender woman won a major party nomination for governor.
DOJ steps up its “religious liberty” agenda
LGBT groups say the Department of Justices latest moves to "protect religious liberty" look more like an escalation of the administration's campaign against equal rights for LGBT people.
Spicer book: why Trump convention speech included LGBT community
According to former White House press secretary Sean Spicer's new book, Republican presidential candidate Trump included support for the LGBT community in his speech as a way to stave off a floor fight over rules.
Four critical Senate races, few LGBT PACs
For Democrats, the hardest part of capturing the Senate majority will be hanging onto to four seats they already hold.
Kavanaugh: a ‘yank’ to the ‘extreme right’
The head of the LGBTQ Task Force said of Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: "“There hasn’t been a nominee for the Supreme Court this extreme since Robert Bork.”
Polis advances; others fall short in primaries
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) will face a pro-Trump Republican for the Colorado governor's office in November.
Kennedy: ‘He got Roberts, Alito, and Gorsuch’
The outcome of the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado case has ushered in a new level of unpredictability to Supreme Court decision-making when it involves LGBT people. But sometimes, the unpredicted result sounds very promising.
Breaking new: Supreme Court rules for baker
In a stunning setback, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 that a state civil rights commission violated a baker's religious freedom when it required that he treat same-sex couples the same as heterosexual couples in his business.
