The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump-Vance administration to move forward with its ban on transgender people serving in the military while ongoing legal challenges continue. At an April 30 school board meeting in Tabernacle, N.J., about 40 people […]
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The OutLook: LGBTQ+ politics & policy: May 2, 2025
The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. On May 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a 400-page report titled “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria.” LGBTQ+ organizations including the Human Rights Campaign, Trevor Project and LPAC criticized the report as misleading and harmful to trans youth. Lambda […]
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The OutLook: LGBTQ+ politics & policy: April 25, 2025
The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. The LGBTQ+ youth option on the 988 crisis line may be shut down Oct. 1, per a draft U.S. Department of Health and Human Services budget. The line launched in 2022 to support queer youth at higher risk for suicide. The […]
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The OutLook: LGBTQ+ politics & policy: April 11, 2025
The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. PEN America has filed a “friend of the court” brief urging the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit by six Maryland parents seeking to opt their children out of lessons featuring LGBTQ+ themes. The organization argues the case threatens free speech, […]
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The OutLook: LGBTQ+ politics & policy: March 28, 2025
The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order this week, halting the removal of transgender service members Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bear Bade and Master Sgt. Logan Ireland. Both are litigants in Ireland v. Hegseth and Talbott v. Trump, cases currently […]
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Democrats, including the LGBTQ+ community, must stick together to win
As we watch with revulsion what Republicans are doing, both in Congress and in state legislatures, it is clear the diverse members of the Democratic Party must stick together if we are to have any chance of winning in 2024. To do that will require us to understand, and accept, that in 2024 it will […]
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Responsible voting and reporting: A recipe for democracy
Winston Churchill famously said, “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government—except all the others that have been tried.” Democracy has been especially exhausting in recent memory. Mainstream media has locked Americans into a perpetual election cycle: Once a president, for example, is sworn in, speculation begins on the outcomes of […]
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Why having LGBTQ+ people in office matters
Representation matters. It matters everywhere, from the actors people see in movies to the teachers who impart knowledge to the politicians who determine the laws that shape our lives. The results can be overwhelmingly beneficial, helping underrepresented people to connect with each other and reducing negative stereotypes. Few people can understand the aforementioned benefits better […]