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Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion.
The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.
Trump's ban preventing Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood has been blocked nationwide.
NPS removed historical information about women and race from signs at the Muir Woods National Monument.
The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”
Chloe Sherman's RENEGADES San Francisco: the 1990s showcases the unique history of queer women.
Consulting firm Third Way released a list of words it believes Democratic politicians should avoid, including "LGBTQIA."
Gerika Mudra, 18, says a Buffalo Wild Wings waiter made her show her breasts to prove she could use the women's restroom.
Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.
Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."
Trump's team has developed a way to make abortion difficult to obtain without the same costs as an unpopular ban.
The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.
As the U.S. government tries to push trans and nonbinary people out of society, one travel company is embracing guests of all identities and sizes.
New congressional districts in Texas will split Democrat Julie Johnson's district into eight parts.
"Of course the Secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote," Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said.
Pete Hegseth has seemingly endorsed his pastor's views that gay sex should be illegal and women shouldn't vote.
The proposed policy would eliminate access to abortion through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Here are all the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed so far in 2025, and which states they come from.
The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.
The lawsuit does not accuse USMS of violating trans athletic participation laws, but of violating consumer protection laws.
