Rachel (left) and Tonya Smith. (Courtesy Lambda Legal)A federal judge, in a first, ruled Wednesday that the federal law barring housing discrimination protects LGBT people. Rachel and Tonya Smith described the encounter that led to the ruling in an interview with The Washington Post late Wednesday. The two, who have known each other since college, were married in 2010 and have two children, 3 and 7. Housing discrimination is a significant unreported problem” for LGBT people.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2017 06:36 UTC