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The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a 16-year-old trans boy cannot legally change his name even with the support of both his parents.
Local restaurants are hosting drag shows and inclusive tours after Darwell’s Happiness Cafe claimed they "don’t do the trans or the lesbians or gays."
Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr. is still charged with capital murder and remains out on his $250,000 bond.
The states with the fewest queer people are also some of the states proposing and passing the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
The attorney for Sheldon Herrington Jr., says his client can’t get a fair trial because of the negative publicity his case has received.
The Jack Myers House opens on June 28, offering services for members of the queer community experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, and sex trafficking.
Mississippi’s new law stands in contrast to the expanded federal rules against discrimination under Title IX.
New Williams Institute study finds an alarming number of professors in higher education considering leaving their states or the profession because of Republican laws.
Republican lawmakers could not come to an agreement on two bills before their deadline.
The bill is from the same Republican who introduced last year’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Despite marriage equality being the law of the land with significant support, the GOP continues to try to legislate LGBTQ+ people out of society.
Nelson had won the Democratic primary and had no opposition in Tuesday's general election. But now his election to the Mississippi House is official.
Prosecutors say Sheldon Timothy Herrington killed Jimmie “Jay” Lee to keep their relationship a secret.
The election could mean LGBTQ+ firsts in Virginia, New Jersey, and Mississippi, along with important progress elsewhere.
Amid the surge of anti-trans bills in America, this Mississippi family is still trying to raise trans kids in a faith that tends to have a strict binary view of gender.
Fabian Nelson won the Democratic primary for his Mississippi House district and has no opposition in the general election.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the guilty men “shamefully betrayed the oath they swore” to uphold the law.
The district has made headlines for its transphobic policies before.
That's raised concern among LGBTQ+ advocates at Delta State.
The word “groomer” has lost all meaning since right-wing extremists began using it as a false smear against the LGBTQ+ community.
