Christopher Wiggins

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Wiggins

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Lambda Legal are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration’s emergency bid to reinstate a ban on transgender military service, calling the policy discriminatory, unconstitutional, and unsupported by military evidence. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Wiggins

Thirty-two transgender service members and recruits are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Trump administration request to reinstate the military’s ban on transgender personnel, warning that such a move would amount to an “unprecedented and un-American” purge of honorable, high-performing troops. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. In a 23-page amicus brief filed Thursday in United States v. Shilling, the plaintiffs in Talbott v.

1 week ago | advocate.com | Christopher Wiggins

Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign and one of the most visible leaders in the LGBTQ+ and civil rights movement, has welcomed her second child with wife Becky George — a daughter named Nina. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. “We are overjoyed and deeply grateful to share the arrival of the newest addition to our family — welcome to the world, Baby Nina!” the couple said in a statement shared with The Advocate.

1 week ago | advocate.com | Christopher Wiggins

Spring is in full bloom inWashington, D.C., and the air hums with unease beneath the city’s famous cherry blossoms. PresidentDonald Trump has returned to the White House, and the federal bureaucracy is being reshaped in real time. The administration is spinning, attacking the free press, and treating journalists like dissidents.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Christopher Wiggins

5 hours ago 'An enormous hit to the American public': Forced out federal workers share their stories | MSNBC As President Trump’s first 100 days in office wrap up, MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle and Jacob Soboroff spoke with forced out federal workers during the live MSNBC town hall — "100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers." After the town hall, both Ruhle and Soboroff stuck around to hear even more stories with forced out workers from agencies across the government including the FDA, NOAA,...