LGBT Issues

Rep. Ralph Abraham said Title IX has been interpreted to refer only to biological sex since it became law in 1972, and has nothing to do with gender identity. (AP Photo)

GOP bill redefines ‘sex’ to kill Obama’s bathroom rule

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2016 4:30 pm

In a recent hoax, the Rev. Jordan Brown claimed he ordered a cake from Whole Foods that said "Love Wins" but when he got home, he claimed, he noticed that someone at the grocery bakery had added the word "fag" to the cake. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Beltway Confidential

Hate crime hoaxers should be prosecuted

Ashe Schow · May 23, 2016 4:57 pm

VP uses commencement address to tout women "in the battlefield." (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

National Security

Biden at West Point: Women and gays strengthen our military

Ryan Lovelace · May 21, 2016 7:19 pm

Nevertheless, the ministers are still not allowed to perform gay weddings. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Church of Scotland ministers can enter gay marriages: Report

Ryan Lovelace · May 21, 2016 4:15 pm

The band was scheduled to play a show in Charlotte on Sept. 11 and another in Raleigh on Sept. 12. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Maroon 5 cancels N.C. shows because of bathroom law

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2016 3:12 pm

"We write laws, and we need to respect the president that he disagrees with us, but that is why the courts would be involved," said House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP struggles for response to Obama’s transgender rule

Susan Ferrechio · May 20, 2016 4:01 am

Pelosi blamed the GOP's "hateful agenda" after the amendment appeared to have passed, but then failed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Pelosi: LGBT vote shows GOP’s ‘bigotry,’ ‘hateful agenda’

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2016 5:10 pm

Nearly half of the respondents in a new CBS News/New York Times poll, 46 percent, said transgender people should be required to use the bathroom that corresponds with their birth gender. (AP Photo)

Poll: Americans split over transgender bathroom laws

Kelly Cohen · May 19, 2016 4:40 pm

GOP files bill to block Obama’s transgender rule

Pete Kasperowicz · May 19, 2016 3:33 pm

ESPN and Curt Schilling parted ways in April after the former major league pitcher and network analyst posted a meme to Facebook taking issue with the recent controversy surrounding bathroom laws and transgender persons. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

ESPN president: ‘No tolerance’ for Curt Schilling

Becket Adams · May 19, 2016 3:46 am

The guidance also said it does "not add any requirements to applicable law." (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

State AGs demand clarity on Obama’s transgender guidance

Kelly Cohen · May 18, 2016 4:46 pm

The Senate, after an eight-month delay, confirmed Eric Fanning as Army secretary Tuesday, making him the highest-ranking openly gay official in Pentagon history. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Fanning becomes first openly gay military service secretary

Susan Crabtree · May 17, 2016 11:12 pm