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National Park Service reverses Pride ban for employees in uniform after backlash from LGBTQ+ community

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland reversed an earlier policy forbidding employees from participating in uniform, which caused uproar.

Gay Man to Direct the Office of Personnel Management

John Berry is to be named director of the Office of Personnel Management by President-elect Barack Obama, making a gay man the president's top adviser on personnel matters for federal employees.

Sexual Harassment Scourge Extends Beyond Hollywood to Ford and Interior Dept.

Hollywood and congressional power players make headlines for harassment, but the problem is also rooted at places like Ford. 

L.A. Gay Club Oil Can Harry’s Is Designated Historic-Cultural Monument

The gay country-western bar, which provided line dancing and a watering hole for the LGBTQ+ community in Los Angeles's Studio City neighborhood for 52 years, closed last year.

The New Kings of the Hill: John Berry

Director, Office of Personnel Management

 

LGBT Leaders Lobby for Openly Gay Appointees

LGBT leaders are meeting with members of the Obama transition team to push for appointing an out cabinet secretary and brief them on LGBT policy. Though no promises have been made, activists are hopeful more gay appointees will be added to the list.

All about the nation's first gay rights group, the Society for Human Rights, founded 100 years ago

Founder Henry Gerber is a significant figure in LGBTQ+ history, but not enough people know his story.

Straight White Guy Cabinet Update: Interior Nom Called Clinton 'Antichrist'

Trump's pick for secretary of the Interior, U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, once implied that people choose their sexual orientation -- and he said Hillary Clinton was the Antichrist, but later backtracked.

Obama to Name Out L.A. Deputy Mayor to Environmental Post

A Democratic aide has confirmed to The Advocate that President-elect Obama is preparing to name Los Angeles deputy mayor Nancy Sutley, who is gay, as a senior member of his environmental team, as reported Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times. The information comes on the heels of an Advocate.com story Tuesday about the lack of openly gay people in President-elect Obama's inner circle.

Clinton, Trump: We're Ready for Your LGBT Appointments

Activist Mark Segal wants the candidates to choose at least one out LGBT person for their cabinet.

Op-ed: No Pass for Attending the National Prayer Breakfast

When can we stop pretending that the National Prayer Breakfast is one big bipartisan display of respect for religious diversity and tolerance?

Montana GOP Congressional Candidate Accused of Assaulting Reporter

Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs says Greg Gianforte body-slammed him because he didn't like a question.

Can a New President Change Life for LGBT Mexicans?

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been compared to Bernie Sanders, but that's a reductive narrative.

Gays Shut Out of the Cabinet

As if the news of antigay pastor Rick Warren's invitation to deliver Obama's inaugural invocation weren't insulting enough to LGBT Americans, we're now hit with the reality that no openly gay people will be seated at the cabinet table to weigh in on the next antigay flap.

White House Blasts Online Harassment of Federal Employee by Hate Group Libs of TikTok

Libs of TikTok sent random tweet after random tweet targeting a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior.

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Homophobic Health Secretary Tom Price Quits After Jet Scandal

Trump's health secretary leaves in disgrace, following reports he used hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds for charter flights.

Still Trying to Portray Trump as an LGBT Advocate? Here Are Some Facts

Some continue to try to paint the president as being on our side. Then how is his team worse than anything we've ever seen before?

Gay Native American Sharice Davids Reelected to U.S. House

Davids was the first gay Native American in Congress and is the only Democrat in Kansas's congressional delegation.

Stonewall's Pole Is Lightning Rod in Trump’s Attack on Rainbow Flags

New emails show National Park Service leaders scrambling to get rid of the flag at the historic landmark.

Pete Buttigieg Remains a Hot Commodity on the Campaign Trail

But why has the out Transportation secretary become the most requested surrogate leading up to the midterms?