Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, while conceived with good intentions, have increasingly become a double-edged ...

The NCAA will no longer allow transgender women to compete on women's teams, sacrificing already-vulnerable kids.

Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part ...

He linked to a June 2024 article from Military.com not so subtly titled, “The Army’s Recruiting Problem is Male.” It stated ...

During the 2022 push to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, I didn't use the term “pregnant people” — the Guttmacher Institute, the authority on such subjects, estimates that 99% of ...

The ACLU has joined a lawsuit defending the interests of trans student athletes in Connecticut. The lawsuit has been filed against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, multiple school ...

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WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

Findings from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey revealed that transgender people are more than twice as likely to serve in the Armed Forces as their cisgender counterparts. Shannon Minter ...

According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...