Tag Archives: Mara Keisling
HHS reverses ‘critical protections’ in health care
The Trump administration announced November 1 that it will immediately stop enforcing non-discrimination protections for LGBT people in health care and seek a change in regulations to formalize that policy.
HHS moves again to stop protections for transgender people
News broke Sunday that the Department of Health and Human Services has prepared a proposal that could jeopardize the ability of transgender people to get medical care under the Affordable Care Act. President Trump said he's just trying to "protect
State of the Union: Many feel ‘under attack’
President Trump did not attempt to assert any support for LGBT citizens during his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, and LGBT leaders vowed to continue fighting a "long game" for civil rights during the Trump administration.
Unprecedented wave of anti-LGBT bills prompting vetoes, lawsuits in the states
Almost 200 anti-LGBT bills have been introduced to state legislatures this year and Lambda Legal and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit against the worst of them.
GLAD scores major victory in Maine supreme court for transgender students
In an historic first, a state supreme court ruled yesterday that a male-to-female transgender student who was accepted by school staff and students as a girl could not be barred from using the girls’ bathroom at school.
Quote check: Senator Collins on ENDA
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), a co-sponsor and strong supporter of ENDA, praised the Senate Thursday --both on the floor and in a press release-- for making history with the passage of ENDA. But she, like some others, left something
Problems linger over religious exemptions to flagship civil rights legislation
This is a bad year gone worse for ENDA – the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Even though it might pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, the bill will have no realistic chance of passing the Republican-controlled House. Now, on the same day ENDA
HUD secretary first cabinet member to address transgender event
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan became the first United States cabinet secretary to address a transgender event when he gave the keynote speech at the eighth anniversary celebration of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE).
