LGBTQ

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Feds in their 30s relatively unhappy on the job, study shows

Analysis by the Partnership for Public Service shows federal workers from 30 to 39 are most unsatisfied with their employment.

Federal Newscast

Army

Military members in same-sex marriages set for better coverage of infertility treatments

Defense

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LGBTQ+ and single FEHB participants face ‘unnecessary barriers’ under OPM’s definition of infertility

Benefits

House Dems say OPM’s definition of infertility unfair to LGBTQ+ community

Federal Newscast

OPM details how agencies can create a gender-inclusive workplace

Workforce Rights/Governance

(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

Senior Master Sgt. Paul Kalle, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, speaks with a family during a Deployed Spouses Dinner Feb. 18, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The monthly event is a free dinner at Georgia Pines Dining Facility designed as a ‘thank you’ for each families’ support and sacrifice while their spouse is deployed or on a remote assignment. The dinner, occurring on every third Tuesday of the month, provides an opportunity for spouses to interact with other families of deployed Airmen, key spouses and unit leadership, as well as provide a break for the spouse while military sponsor is deployed. The next Deployed Spouses Dinner will be March 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

LGBTQ youth with military parents are at risk of mental health issues, new study says

Defense

A smaller scale replica of the Marine Corps War Memorial statue stands near the parade ground at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Parris Island, S.C. The threat of rising seas is encroaching upon one of America's most storied military installations, where thousands of recruits are molded into Marines each year. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Marine Corps hits its retention goals for the first time in a decade

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 file photo, Equality March for Unity and Pride participants march past the White House in Washington. The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. That reverses a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Monday that LGBTQ people should have the same access to health care as everyone else. T(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Agencies already have the tools, interest for collecting LGBTQ data in decision making

Federal Report

White House wants agencies to increase, improve collection of LGBTQ data

Big Data

This State Department executive has spent a career fighting for human rights

Government News

Some members of the Interior Dept. will have an opportunity for remote work

Federal Newscast

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Members of Congress want State Dept to go to bat for LGBTQ diplomats

In today’s Federal Newscast, top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are calling on the State Department to expand opportunities for LGBTQ…

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