Roger Severino, the anti-LGBTQ right-wing Christian activist who made things difficult for LGBTQ Americans during his time running HHS's Office Of Civil Rights for Trump, is suing the Biden administration for firing him. Roger Severino, a former Trump appointee at the...
Clarence Thomas Pens Scathing Attack Suggesting Same-Sex Marriage Must Be Overturned
The opinion, co-authored by fellow Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, made the argument that marriage equality should never have been allowed, because of (you guessed it) "religious freedom." Former Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won’t get a hearing from the...
Bob Good’s Path To Congress: Inciting Fear of Transgender People
Bob Good, who successfully wrested the Republican nomination for Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seat away from incumbent Denver Riggleman, is using fears of "a man dressed as a woman" in his campaign literature. We haven't checked in on the Republican Party...
Trump-Appointed Judge Says It’s Constitutional for Businesses to Refuse Gay Customers
Trump's conservative judicial appointees continue to spread the idea that things like wedding cakes constitute "art" and are therefore exempt from anti-discrimination laws. Go figure. Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Justin Reed Walker ruled on...
Civil Rights Office at HHS Moves Closer to Killing Protections for LGBTQ Patients
Run by Christian right activist Roger Severino, the Health And Human Services office has been pushing in this direction for a while now. Roger Severino, a Christian right activist who heads the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’s Office for Civil Rights, is one...
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