Gavin Newsom cut LGBTQ+ health funding. The CA legislature is set to restore $40 million
Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.
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Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.
The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. will consider a measure this week in support of banning marriage equality.
Trump threatened to to withhold federal funding from California unless the state banned a 16-year-old trans girl from competing.
Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.
Most LGBTQ+ adults believe that there is currently not much to no acceptance at all for trans people, a new survey reports.
Harry Potter profits are going directly to anti-transgender legal cases.
The transgender lawmaker said she would not participate in GOP attempts to use her for attention.
Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
Sue began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease about ten years ago. Since then, Janice has had to balance her work with caring for the love of her life.
The Department of Education has given UPenn ten days to wipe out any records set by trans people, issue a formal apology, and agree to ban trans athletes going forward.
“I’m incredibly proud, but the thing is that I’ve always known that he is a superstar," the out trans model and actor said.
The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states.
With celebration and community at its core, the nine-day festival is holding space for queer women and non-binary folks!
Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”
Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.
Billie Jean King is the first woman to be honored in the Walk of Fame's new category for sports entertainment.
Ashley Cummins asserted she was "forced to work in a hostile work environment where she was frequently harassed and denied opportunities based on her sex/gender and sexual orientation."
Charlee Doom's wife was 31 weeks pregnant when she suffered "life-threatening" complications. The State Department denied her medical evacuation request — twice.