LGBT Rights
White was present at the 1969 Stonewall uprising and later became an outspoken HIV/AIDS activist.
“There are certain elected officials who appear to have a certain orange hue about them," one Democrat scoffed at a tanning provision originally in the bill.
“I was serving without an issue. Why are they trying to make an issue where none existed previously?” Nicolas Talbott said.
The court’s three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Transgender people in Montana can no longer use bathrooms in public buildings that do not align with their sex assigned at birth.
The day was a signal that the Trump administration will continue to prop up those who fearmonger and spread misinformation about trans people.
Republican Rep. Keith Self insisted on referring to Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, as "Mr. McBride," but she and fellow Democrats didn't miss a beat.
"It didn’t occur to me when we embarked on this journey that I might feel the need to hide who I am again."
News of the Spanish star's nomination comes as the second Trump administration is trying to dismantle trans rights.
“No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to serve our nation,” the president said in a statement.