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DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity

The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

Homeland Security Confirms Same-Sex Binational Couples Can Get Green Cards

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today confirmed that Americans can now sponsor their foreign-born same-sex spouses for citizenship the same way Americans with opposite-sex spouses can.

John Kerry Confirms Same-Sex Couples Now Eligible for Visas

The secretary of state announced that his department will begin treating married same-sex binational couples the same as opposite-sex couples immediately.

Janet Napolitano: Law Must Serve the Marginalized

With LGBT people, immigrants, and many others under attack, lawyers who serve their interests are needed more than ever, the University of California president tells a legal confab. 

NYT: Trump Said Haitians 'All Have AIDS,' Nigerians Live in 'Huts'

The racist comments were denied by the White House.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Is Out

Departure comes amid growing family seperations while the death of a transgender refugee in ICE custody remains unexplained.

Mattis Says Trans Troops Can Continue Serving for Now

Defense Secretary James Mattis today said a panel will study how best to address trans service, and nothing will change until the study is done.

20 savage reactions to Robert F Kennedy Jr. being picked to run Health & Human Services

We're really starting to wonder who has the brain worm here?

Lesbian Activist Short-listed for Position of Labor Secretary

American Rights at Work founder Mary Beth Maxwell could become America's first openly gay cabinet member if chosen to lead the Department of Labor in Barack Obama's administration. Though candidates including Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius and Michigan congressman David Bonior may be seen as higher-profile candidates, Maxwell has the backing of the Human Rights Campaign -- and fellow short-list candidate Bonior.

New Directive Will Help Binational Gay Couples Stay Together

In immigration proceedings, the federal government will consider same-sex couples families, making it less likely binational couples will be separated by deportation.

WATCH: Janet Napolitano 'Evolves' on Marriage Equality

The former Department of Homeland Security secretary and current Olympic delegate discussed security and LGBT rights ahead of the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, next month.

Georgetown Alumni Embarrassed of Fellow Graduate Kirstjen Nielsen

A petition of Georgtown alumni want the Homeland Security Secretary to resign after she OK'd putting children in cages.

Trump Approves Memo Implementing Trans Military Ban

The administration is ready to put the ban into effect.

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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.

AOC Confronts Head of Homeland Security on 'Rape Memes' About Her

She suggests in a congressional hearing that Homeland Security has a dehumanizing culture that is permeating the federal agency.