Every so often, I get the urge to stop cruisin' the swamp, for which I shall always bear great affection. The lure of bigger and perhaps tastier things to periodically* stop and concentrate on some real good stuff.

HUD Secretary Julián Castro has announced the agency has proposed a new rule to update the existing policy that bars discrimination against LGBT people seeking public housing or housing assistance from the federal government.

Under the new proposal HUD would provide access to housing and services based on a person's gender, not sex assigned at birth.