Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state
Texas now allows private citizens the right to sue health providers for mailing abortion medication.
September 05 2025 11:25 AM
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The history and future of sapphic festival The Dinah
The Dinah's creator is looking to pass the torch after 34 years, but promises the storied sapphic event will go on.
September 04 2025 6:00 AM
Democrat consultants tell politicians to stop using terms like 'LGBTQIA' and 'cisgender'
Consulting firm Third Way released a list of words it believes Democratic politicians should avoid, including "LGBTQIA."
August 22 2025 4:34 PM
Texas is gerrymandering the only LGBTQ+ member of Congress from the South out of her seat
New congressional districts in Texas will split Democrat Julie Johnson's district into eight parts.
August 21 2025 3:28 PM
Pentagon weakly corrects Pete Hegseth's views on women having the right to vote
"Of course the Secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote," Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said.
August 15 2025 11:39 AM
Texas woman charged with murder for abortion accuses police of 'maliciously abusing their power'
Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion.
August 14 2025 12:30 PM
Lesbian teen cornered by server in bathroom and forced to prove gender files charges
Gerika Mudra, 18, says a Buffalo Wild Wings waiter made her show her breasts to prove she could use the women's restroom.
August 13 2025 12:16 PM
Pete Hegseth shares video of pastor calling to ban gay sex and ban women from voting
Pete Hegseth has seemingly endorsed his pastor's views that gay sex should be illegal and women shouldn't vote.
August 11 2025 4:11 PM
Which country is about to implement a nationwide transgender bathroom ban?
The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.
August 08 2025 2:15 PM
Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law
Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.
August 08 2025 12:28 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration to limit abortion for veterans after restricting gender-affirming care
The proposed policy would eliminate access to abortion through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
August 04 2025 12:27 PM
Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'
Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."
August 04 2025 11:51 AM
22 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025 so far
Here are all the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed so far in 2025, and which states they come from.
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July 28 2025 1:15 PM
Federal judge blocks Trump's ban on Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood
Trump's ban preventing Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood has been blocked nationwide.
July 28 2025 12:37 PM
Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women
The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.
July 23 2025 1:12 PM
Women’s contributions and men’s racism erased from history of national monument
NPS removed historical information about women and race from signs at the Muir Woods National Monument.
July 22 2025 1:48 PM
Trump's new strategy to restrict abortion nationwide — don't say ‘ban’
Trump's team has developed a way to make abortion difficult to obtain without the same costs as an unpopular ban.
July 22 2025 1:17 PM
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues swimming group over inclusion of transgender women
The lawsuit does not accuse USMS of violating trans athletic participation laws, but of violating consumer protection laws.
July 21 2025 11:49 AM
U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'
The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”
July 15 2025 4:47 PM
Boston opens new park named after murdered Black transgender woman Rita Hester
The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.
July 15 2025 12:31 PM