Christopher Kane

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White House Reporter at The Washington Blade

White House correspondent for @WashBlade [email protected] (he/him)

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EXCLUSIVE: Garcia demands answers on deportation of gay Venezuelan asylum seeker

4 days ago | washingtonblade.com | Christopher Kane

Republicans members of the House Education and Workforce Committee advanced two anti-transgender bills on Wednesday, one that would forcibly out students in public elementary and middle schools to their parents and a second covering grades K-12 that critics have dubbed a “don’t say trans” bill.
Pentagon urged to reverse Naval Academy book ban

5 days ago | washingtonblade.com | Christopher Kane

The U.S. Air Force has issued a “directive to cease the use of ‘preferred pronouns’ (he/him, she/her, or they/them) to identify one’s gender identity in professional communications,” according to a report published in the Hill on Wednesday. The rule, which applies to both airmen and civilian employees, was first adopted on Feb.
White House sues Maine for refusing to comply with trans athlete ban

5 days ago | washingtonblade.com | Christopher Kane

Ten years ago, as the opioid epidemic ripped through communities across the United States, the recreational use of oxymorphone with contaminated needles led to an explosion of new HIV infections in southern Indiana’s Scott County. In places like Austin, a city with about 4,000 residents, the rate of diagnoses quickly ballooned to levels seen in some of the hardest-hit nations of sub-Saharan Africa, more than 50 times higher than the national average.
Expert warns Trump's drastic cuts to HHS will have far-reaching consequences

6 days ago | washingtonblade.com | Christopher Kane

Ten years ago, as the opioid epidemic ripped through communities across the United States, the recreational use of oxymorphone with contaminated needles led to an explosion of new HIV infections in southern Indiana’s Scott County. In places like Austin, a city with about 4,000 residents, the rate of diagnoses quickly ballooned to levels seen in some of the hardest-hit nations of sub-Saharan Africa, more than 50 times higher than the national average.
White House does not ‘respond’ to reporters’ requests with pronouns included

1 week ago | watermarkonline.com | Jeremy Williams |Christopher Kane

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and a senior advisor in the Department of Government Efficiency rejected requests from reporters who included their pronouns in the signature box of their emails, each telling different reporters at the New York Times that “as a matter of policy,” the Trump-Vance administration will decline to engage with members of the press on these grounds.
White House does not 'respond' to reporters' requests with pronouns included

1 week ago | washingtonblade.com | Christopher Kane

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and a senior advisor in the Department of Government Efficiency rejected requests from reporters who included their pronouns in the signature box of their emails, each telling different reporters at the New York Times that “as a matter of policy,” the Trump-Vance administration will decline to engage with members of the press on these grounds.
House Republicans advance two anti-trans education bills

1 week ago | roughdraftatlanta.com | Christopher Kane

Republicans members of the House Education and Workforce Committee advanced two anti-transgender bills on Wednesday, one that would forcibly out students in public elementary and middle schools to their parents and a second covering grades K-12 that critics have dubbed a "don't say trans" bill.
House Republicans advance two anti-trans education bills

1 week ago | washingtonblade.com | Christopher Kane

Gay U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) launched his bid for the seat held by retiring U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) with a video posted to X Thursday morning and kickoff event planned for the evening in his hometown of Manchester, N.H.“I’m running for Senate because our economy, our democracy, and our way of life are on the line, and New Hampshire deserves a senator who is grounded in the people, places, and values of this state,” he said in a press release.
Trump's battle with Maine over trans policies escalates

1 week ago | washingtonblade.com | Christopher Kane

Gay U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) launched his bid for the seat held by retiring U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) with a video posted to X Thursday morning and kickoff event planned for the evening in his hometown of Manchester, N.H.“I’m running for Senate because our economy, our democracy, and our way of life are on the line, and New Hampshire deserves a senator who is grounded in the people, places, and values of this state,” he said in a press release.
Air Force rescinds rule barring inclusion of preferred pronouns in email signatures

1 week ago | watermarkonline.com | Jeremy Williams |Christopher Kane

The U.S. Air Force has stated a “directive to cease the use of ‘preferred pronouns’ (he/him, she/her, or they/them) to identify one’s gender identity in professional communications (email signature blocks, memoranda, letters, papers, social media, official websites and any [Department of the Air Force] official correspondence) is rescinded,” according to a report published in the Hill May 9. The rule, which applied to both airmen and civilian employees, was first adopted Feb.