Category Archives: News
After Title VII ‘watershed,’ is the court reshaping?
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch show signs of forming a new middle ground on the Supreme Court bench, at least when it comes to LGBT issues.
Supreme Court: Title VII covers sexual orientation and gender status
Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for Chief Justice John Roberts and four more liberal justices, ruled that federal law banning discrimination based on "sex" in employment covers discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender status.
4th Circuit examines ‘this transgender situation’
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals engaged in lively discussion of whether federal law protects transgender students but seemed confident the U.S. Supreme Court will settle the issue soon.
Supreme Court: First Amendment issues in the spotlight
The Trump administration defended its efforts to bolster religious belief exemptions and curtail other First Amendment considerations in two cases before the Supreme Court this week.
Supreme Court to weigh in on foster care fight
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review a lower court decision that said a city could require a Catholic-run foster care agency to comply with a city non-discrimination ordinance to continue its contract with the city.
Trump names gay man to cabinet-level post, storm brews
President Trump announced on Twitter Wednesday evening that he is appointing longtime Republican gay activist Richard Grenell to serve as the nation's highest ranking intelligence official, but there were hints the appointment might not last more than a few weeks.
Nevada debate slugfest: Warren, Buttigieg score
Democratic presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg appeared to "win" the ninth Democratic presidential debate, in Nevada, after landing tough criticisms against better polling competitors.
State of the Union: polarizing or forward thinking?
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg called President Trump's State of the Union address "highly polarizing" and said it included "some disturbing efforts...to further divide the American people." Log Cabin spokesman Charles Moran saw it as "forward thinking."
Iowa Monday: Buttigieg part of a ‘four-way tie’
Openly gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has defied the odds and finds himself in a four-way tie going into Monday's caucus voting in Iowa.
Appeals court rules Indiana must recognize non-bio mom
The Republican-appointed federal appeals judges ruled January 17 that Indiana cannot refuse to put a non-biological mother's name on the birth certificate of the child her wife gave birth to.
