(WB) Immigrant advocacy groups in a federal lawsuit they filed on Monday say the Trump administration’s “death to asylum” rule would make it nearly impossible for members of the LGBT community and people with HIV/AIDS to seek asylum in the U.S.

Randy Berry, special envoy for the human rights of LGBTI persons, updated reporters on the status of his office’s mission, saying he’s engaged in "challenging conversations with foreign government officials."

While crime rates, generally speaking, have fallen during the shutdowns across the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic, that doesn’t appear to be the case for trans people who have been murdered so far this year. 

Ahead of World AIDS Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an encouraging study for people living with HIV.

(WM) A federal appeals court has ruled against the U.S. State Department in its quest to deny the citizenship of one of two twins born abroad to a gay married couple.

“There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children, and the United States of America” is a famous quote often attributed to German chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898).

This is a troubling year for the American people.

For more than 200 years, the musicians of “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band have played a role in American history. This September, South Florida audiences will get a rare opportunity to hear the music performed at the White House. 

More than a hundred personnel from airmen, soldiers of the U.S. Army and more are informing their superiors about seeking a transition thanks to a recent military transgender policy.

(WM) Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages around the U.S., more than a half-million households are made up of married same-sex couples, according to figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Sept. 17.

(WB) The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions against two Chechen officials under a 2012 human rights law.

Update: A White House National Security Council spokesperson explained why the U.S. made its decision to vote against the death penalty condemnation. “The United States unequivocally condemns the application of the death penalty for homosexuality, blasphemy,adultery and apostasy,” they said. “As in years past, we voted against this resolution because of broader concerns with the resolution’s approach to condemning the death penalty in all circumstances.”

The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a measure to condemn the death penalty for gay individuals. The United States was among 13 countries who voted against it.