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U.S. agencies to celebrate Pride month, but without Cabinet secretaries
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary James Mattis and HUD Secretary Ben Carson aren’t attending Pride celebrations hosted by their agencies. (Washington Blade photos of Pompeo and Carson...
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Puerto Rico marks Hurricane Maria anniversary
Sept. 20, 2018, marked a year since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Thursday marked one year since Hurricane Maria...
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Carson: HUD won’t issue LGBT guidance because ‘you would dislike’ it
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) More than two years after the Trump administration withdrew federal guidance on rules barring...
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HUD proposes rule change to gut trans protections at homeless shelters
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) In an abrupt reversal after assurances that non-discrimination policies at Department of Housing...
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Wexton seeks to block HUD from gutting trans protections at homeless shelters
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) has introduced a bill to block HUD from gutting transgender protections. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) In short order after the Trump administration...
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Federal workers plan Pride celebrations, despite Trump’s anti-LGBT attacks
GLIFAA marches in the 2018 Capital Pride Parade. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) Amid continuing news of anti-LGBT attacks from the Trump administration, LGBT federal employees are still...
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Philly officials upset over Trump trans rollback
(Photo public domain) PHILADELPHIA — By announcing a plan to end protections for transgender people in homeless shelters last month, the Trump administration raised the ire of Philadelphia area...
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HUD appears to defy Bostock ruling with anti-trans rule for homeless shelters
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson has issued a proposed rule to allow anti-trans discrimination in homeless shelters. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) In apparent...
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Trump administration targets homeless trans Americans
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson.(Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) In the midst of a worsening pandemic and with record numbers of Americans unemployed, the...
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HUD appears to have given up on anti-transgender homeless shelter rule
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson sent mixed signals prior to proposing the anti-trans homeless shelter rule. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) The Trump...
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