Connecticut Activists Launch New Statewide LGBTQ+ Advocacy Group
The queer rights organization has been in the making for more than a year.
January 25 2023 4:53 PM
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Connecticut
Police Say Conn. Man Beaten to Death Because Attacker Thought He Was Gay
Video of the attack shows the victim being thrown headfirst off an elevated ramp.
January 22 2023 8:10 AM
Federal Appeals Court Tosses Anti-Trans Lawsuit Over School Sports
"Plaintiffs simply have not been deprived of a 'chance to be champions,'" the three-judge panel wrote.
December 19 2022 8:36 AM
Erick Russell Is First Black Gay Statewide Elected Official
Russell has been elected Connecticut state treasurer.
November 09 2022 1:38 PM
Local School Board OKs Pride Flag in Classroom
The school board agreed that LGBTQ+ Pride flags were not political statements.
October 26 2022 1:41 PM
Gay Bar Owners Demand Hate Crimes Charges For Suspect in Brutal Attack
Despite injuring one of the Connecticut bar's owners and allegedly hurling anti-LGBTQ+ slurs at people, the assailant hasn't been charged with a hate crime.
October 18 2022 10:52 AM
Exclusive: Doug Emhoff Will Meet With Gay and Transgender Kids Today
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will host a virtual roundtable today with LGBTQ+ students from across the country.
September 01 2022 10:00 AM
Out Candidates See Groundbreaking Wins in Connecticut, Minnesota
A Black gay man stands to become Connecticut's treasurer, while Black and transgender women had breakthroughs in Minnesota.
August 10 2022 6:02 PM
Burn LGBTQ+ Books for Children, Group of Mothers Demands Local Library
The group of mothers was upset about a special Pride display of LGBTQ-themed books in the children's section of a library in Connecticut.
July 11 2022 10:52 AM
Restaurant’s Pride Flag Stolen for Third Time
The gay-owned New Haven, Conn., restaurant posted the video of the theft on social media and got an outpouring of support.
May 19 2022 3:42 PM
Shawn Lang, Veteran Connecticut LGBTQ+ and HIV Activist, Has Died
Lang is being remembered as a "fiercely devoted advocate" for LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV.
October 22 2021 12:19 PM
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Connecticut's Pro-Trans Sports Policy
The suit focused on two trans athletes, but they've now graduated, rendering the challenge moot, a federal judge ruled.
April 26 2021 3:26 PM
Connecticut Coffee Shop's Pride Flag Burned, Dropped at Front Door
The incident isn't the first time LGBTQ+ flags have been targeted in the area.
April 07 2021 1:15 PM
Biden Admin Withdraws Feds' Support for Anti-Trans Lawsuit
The Department of Justice will no longer back Connecticut parents suing to keep transgender girls from participating in girls' interscholastic sports.
February 24 2021 2:14 PM
Betsy DeVos's Education Dept. Threatens Funding for Pro-Trans Schools
The department says transgender girls shouldn't be allowed to compete with cisgender girls and threatens federal funding for some Connecticut locales.
May 28 2020 4:57 PM
Trump Admin Opposes Trans Girls' Participation in Girls' Sports
The Justice Department has taken a stand in a Connecticut lawsuit that seeks to bar trans girls from competing with their cisgender peers.
March 26 2020 4:03 PM
Connecticut Suit Targets Trans Female Student Athletes
A lawsuit filed by an anti-LGBTQ group claims trans girls have an advantage over cisgender girls -- not so, say advocates for trans athletes.
February 13 2020 1:45 PM
Catholic Parents Say Lesbian Daughter Wrongly Taken From Them
The Connecticut couple sued state and local officials over the matter.
August 16 2019 2:21 PM
New York Gov. Signs Ban of Gay, Trans Panic Defenses in Murder Cases
Andrew Cuomo's action comes shortly after the signing of similar bills in Hawaii and Connecticut.
July 01 2019 5:11 PM
Gay 'Kid Governor' of Conn. Says She'll Be 'First Lesbian President'
Fifth-grader Ella Briggs, who was bullied at her old school, ran on a pro-LGBTQ rights platform.
March 20 2019 9:14 PM