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Ahead of State of the Union Address, Human Rights Campaign Highlights Notable Achievements, Opportunities to Further Improve President’s Record

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 18, 2021, in Washington, DC. Later on Thursday, President Joe Biden will speak about coronavirus vaccination progress. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it will be scrapping a Trump-era proposed rule that would have allowed federally-funded shelters to ban trans-identified men from staying in women-only shelters...

Bookmark Article President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the US Capitol 28 April 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images) As Joe Biden marks his first 100 days in office Thursday (29 April), we look back at what he’s accomplished for LGBT+ folks – and what still needs to be done. Biden’s first joint address to Congress to mark the milestone focused on his hopes for the US going forward and took the time to directly address ...

Today marks the 100th day of President Joseph R. Biden’s presidency. In response, Alphonso David, President of the Human Rights Campaign, released the following statement celebrating the many steps the…

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 18, 2021, in Washington, DC. Later on Thursday, President Joe Biden will speak about coronavirus vaccination progress. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it will be scrapping a Trump-era proposed rule that would have allowed federally-funded shelters to ban trans-identified men from staying in women-only shelters...

STATEMENT: CAP Applauds HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge for Rescinding Proposed Rule Change Targeting Transgender Americans Date: April 22, 2021 Contact: Adam Peck Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge announced that her agency is withdrawing a proposed rule change sought by the previous administration that would have reinterpreted the Equal Access Rule to gut protections for transgender people. The proposed rule change wou...

The Biden administration has struck down a Trump-era proposed rule which would have allowed trans people to be turned away by federally-funded homeless shelters. (Envato Elements) The Biden administration has scrapped a Trump-era proposal that would have allowed publicly-funded homeless shelters to discriminate against trans people. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it was withdrawing the rule on Thursday (22 April), which was first proposed by the Trump admin...

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge cancels Trump administration move to deny service to homeless transgender people Updated 11:02 AM; Today 11:02 AM Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine the American Jobs Plan, focusing on infrastructure, climate change, and investing in our nations future on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)AP Facebook Share WAS...

Biden admin scraps Trump-era proposal to limit trans protections at shelters Jo Yurcaba © Provided by NBC News The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday that transgender people would be protected from discrimination at federally funded homeless shelters. The department said it would withdraw a rule proposed by the Trump administration in July that would’ve weakened the Obama-era Equal Access Rule, which ensures people have equal access to federally f...

The Biden administration announced on Thursday (April 22) that it has formally withdrawn a rule proposed in the Trump era by the Department of Housing & Urban Development that would have allowed taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to turn away transgender people on the basis of their gender identity. HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge said in a statement the proposed regulation, which would have weakened the Equal Access Rule barring discrimination in housing against LGBTQ people and was widely expected ...