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What Laura Loomer's meeting with Donald Trump means for America, according to out national security expert

Luke Schleusener, CEO of Out in National Security, spoke to The Advocate about what U.S. allies and adversaries may take from the MAGA influencer's Oval Office visit and the firings that came after.

GOP DEBATE: Huckabee, Santorum, Fiorina Blast Dems

Plus: Carly Fiorina takes a shot at Hillary Clinton's marriage; Mike Huckabee urges Americans to pray; Rick Santorum talks about children's need for a mother and father.

Maybe the Moderators Need Ideas for LGBT Questions?

There's just one more debate and it's supposed to be focused on foreign policy. Will there be no LGBT question this debate season?

Romney: I Won't Waver on Abortion, Gay Issues

Republican Mitt Romney sought Sunday to deflect charges that he is a flip-flopper, insisting he had learned from experience and could be counted on to keep his campaign promises if elected president. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, also called on top rival Mike Huckabee to apologize to President Bush. In an article in the journal Foreign Affairs, Huckabee criticized Bush's foreign policy as an ''arrogant bunker mentality.'' Huckabee said no apology is necessary and that Romney should read the article.

The Trump U.N. vote siding with Russia throws U.S. support for democracy into the trash heap of history

Opinion: In one fell swoop, the U.S. cemented itself as a willing accomplice to tyranny, wilted into a puppet of Russia, and humiliated itself on the global stage, argues John Casey.

Ben Carson's Campaign Just Got More Antigay

A retired two-star general who believes the military should be used to 'indoctrinate' people to evangelical Christianity is now leading presidential hopeful Ben Carson's campaign. 

LGBTQ+ Congress members cautiously optimistic about Gaza ceasefire deal

Mark Takano, Becca Balint, Julie Johnson, and Sarah McBride have spoken about it.

Randy Rainbow Tackles Trump Impeachment to the Tune of 'Gaston'

Rainbow parodies Trump's controversial foreign policy 'strategy' to a Disney classic. 

Back to the Bully Pulpit

After eight years of avoidance by the Bush administration, will Obama or McCain champion gay rights in American foreign policy?

GOP Debate: Trump Clashes With Bush, Pledges Loyalty

Donald Trump says he won't run outside the party structure, as does Ben Carson, in a foreign policy debate marked by many contentious moments.
 

Spain's Pro-Gay Marriage Socialists Win Reelection

Socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero won reelection Sunday in a clear endorsement of a record of social change including the legalization of gay marriage and on-demand divorce, reforms once unthinkable in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Spain. Zapatero also shifted Spanish foreign policy by pulling troops from Iraq in his first term, which he won three days after Islamic militants killed 191 people in a string of bombings against commuter trains. Voters handed Zapatero his second term despite worries about a slumping economy, immigration, and resurgent Basque separatists, blamed for gunning down a member of the prime minister's party on Friday -- timing that recalled the March 11, 2004, Madrid attacks.

Trump's Homeland Security Pick Fears Women in Combat Will 'Lower Standards'

Marine Gen. John Kelly has decades of battle experience -- and strong views about women in combat and the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Richard Grenell suggests Trump won't discriminate against gay Americans

Grenell's claims go against Trump's record.

Trump, Clinton Show Vast Differences in Foreign Policy Forum

And Trump gets surprised by a question from out military activist Sue Fulton.

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Romney Adviser: Obama's Reaction to Libya 'Limp Wristed'

Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton uses homophobic term to describe President Obama's foreign policy.

Richard Grenell, Trump's Top Gay Appointee, Joins Anti-LGBTQ+ Group

Grenell is now special adviser for national security and foreign policy at the American Center for Law and Justice, founded by Pat Robertson.

EU Advises Russia to Protect Gay Citizens' Human Rights

"Our expectation is that the Russian Federation does its part to protect its own citizens in full respect of human rights principles," the European Union's foreign policy chief said Monday at a Russian news conference.

The Right Hook

With no foreign policy credentials, next to no national profile, and having served in the statehouse for less than two years, Palin has such a thin record -- both legislatively and in terms of public statements -- that it's difficult to predict just what sort of vice president she might soon become. As for issues affecting gay Americans, there's only a handful of legal decisions -- made early in her tenure as governor -- that can help us divine where she stands.

Report: Mike Pence Lobbying Against Funding of Trans Troops' Transition Costs

One bill to ban such coverage failed, but sources say Pence is renewing the effort.