Chaz Bono to Receive Elizabeth Birch Equality Award

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Chaz Bono to Receive Elizabeth Birch Equality Award

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Behind barbed wire and glass, organizers found a queer Cameroonian mother exhausted, fearful of medical care, and determined not to lose hope.

Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.

The Norfolk Police Department said the recruit’s presence broke no rules. Former officer Meghan Grabow claims she was told to “learn to deal with it.”

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The Anne Arundel County policy change came after Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged the Justice Department to punish the district, citing parental rights protections.

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

The lesbian comedian said she had “no interest” in the Fox News host after his crew confronted her outside a New York theater.

Opinion: As reports of Black Americans found hanging from trees evoke the country's history of lynching, queer writer Josh Ackley argues that solidarity across marginalized communities is more urgent than ever.

The out gay founder of the newest queer dating app is stepping away from the company he founded.

“The goal of ending ‘gender-affirming care’ is not in and of itself an ‘improper’ policy objective,” Judge Carlos Bea wrote.