WASHINGTON, DC— Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., House Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob [...]
Today, President Biden Signed an executive order to expand access to affordable, high-quality care and provide support for care workers and family caregivers. This executive order, which includes [...]
Almost 40 years ago, Howard and Brad Grossman bought wedding bands to signify their commitment to each other after years of dating. But with same-sex marriage illegal at the time, the gay couple [...]
Queer and transgender people face unique challenges when it comes to handling their money. According to the Center for LGBTQ Economic Research, LGBTQ consumers are 7% less likely to have a [...]
The LGBTQ+ pioneers who made great sacrifices are continually at risk. Suzanne Bonamici and Michael Adams Opinion contributors Time is running out to make long-overdue investments in our [...]
This past July marked the 40-year anniversary of The New York Times story noting a rare cancer found in several dozen “homosexuals.” That cancer, of course, was Kaposi’s sarcoma, and the cause [...]
Staff at nursing homes in California are no longer prohibited from deliberately misgendering residents, a California district court ruled this month, saying the ban that was enshrined as part of [...]
For decades, the LGBTQ+ community has advocated for equal rights and representation. From the pivotal 1969 Stonewall Riots to the historic ruling allowing for same-sex couples to marry in 2015, [...]
From 2001 to 2004, Bonnie McGowan found herself dealing with a lengthy discrimination lawsuit. She had purchased 157 acres in New Mexico with plans to build an LGBTQ+-friendly retirement village [...]
Doug Kimmel of Hancock is a retired psychologist, co-founder of the national SAGE organization, and professor emeritus of The City College of New York. A few years ago, I helped organize SAGE [...]
Gay and lesbian military members have been able to serve openly since 2011, when the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed. But for some who were expelled for being gay before [...]
A new national campaign, Freedom & Opportunity for All, has launched to advocate for the passage of the Equality Act. The effort is led by 16 founding organizations, which will collaborate [...]
New Jersey is taking historic steps to prevent discrimination against LGBTQ+ elders. Last week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed the “LGBTQ+I+ Senior Bill of Rights,” a law providing [...]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), under the direction of the Biden administration, has announced it will now include discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual [...]
The Florida Commission on Human Relations recently announced its intention to enforce the Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County and extend protections to LGBTQ+ Floridians, not only [...]
Senior care providers who receive funding from the state could be required to complete cultural competency training focused on sexual orientation and gender identity if a proposed bill passes. [...]
At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid-1980s, John Laird joined with five other gay men to launch the Santa Cruz AIDS Project in order to support people living in the seaside city who were [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights groups on Thursday celebrated President Joe Biden’s swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies, contractors and recipients of [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her press conference on January 7 tells reporters that she and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called upon Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th [...]
A federal court has issued an injunction against a Trump administration executive order that prevented anyone contracted or granted funds by the federal government from offering anti-bias [...]
