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August 15, 2025
Advocacy groups on Tuesday sharply criticized the removal LGBTQ-specific references from the State Department’s 2024 human rights report.
August 15, 2025
President Donald Trump’s decision to seize control of Washington, D.C.’s police force and flood the city’s streets with National Guard troops has drawn urgent warnings from lawmakers, human rights advocates, and civil rights groups who say the move represents a dangerous escalation of presidential power and a direct threat to democracy.
August 13, 2025
Speculation of whether the U.S. Supreme Court will take a case to overturn same-sex marriage at the federal level is mounting after embattled Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis pushed the effort as far up the legal chain as possible.
August 12, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) condemned the State Department’s erasure of LGBTQI+ people from the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices:
July 18, 2025
Washington, DC — Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4016, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, which contained several anti-LGBTQI+ riders:
July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the House approved a rescissions package which would rescind $9 billion in federal spending appropriated by Congress just six months ago:
July 17, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the Trump Administration ended the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQI+ people in crisis:
July 10, 2025
The Trump administration has revoked a Biden-era policy that previously ensured cases of LGBTQ+ discrimination would be investigated in schools receiving federal nutrition funding.
July 10, 2025
Today, six major Congressional Caucuses—the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC), the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), and the Congressional Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Caucus (DEIC) introduced a joint resolution affirming that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental to the American Dream and to our national prosperity, safety, and democracy.
July 3, 2025
Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1: