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BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Maryland parents to opt their kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons in schools

Parents in Mahmoud v. Taylor won the right to opt-out of classes where LGBTQ-themed books were taught.

Chile Approves Antidiscrimination Law

Pressure for the law came after the killing of gay man Daniel Zamundio.

LGBT People Added to Dayton, Ohio, Antidiscrimination Law

The Dayton, Ohio, city commission voted 3-1 to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected traits under its antidiscrimination law.

Wedding Photographer Loses Case Against NY's Antidiscrimination Laws

The photographer's suit argued the state's laws would force her to choose between her faith and paying up to $100,000 in fines. 

Arkansas At War With Itself Over LGBT Rights

Some cities are defying the state's ban on LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination laws.

Iowa passes bill stripping civil rights protections for transgender people, send to governor

Iowa would be the first state to remove these protections from its antidiscrimination law.

Arkansas's 'Gay Capital' Hold On To Antidiscrimination Law

Voters in Eureka Springs affirmed an LGBT-inclusive civil rights ordinance, even though a new state law will make it unenforceable.

Voters in Two Kansas Cities Repeal Antidiscrimination Laws

Citizens in both Salina and Hutchinson voted to rescind the gay-inclusive ordinances their cities had adopted this year.

Mormon Church: Let's Make a Deal on Nondiscrimination

Mormon leaders say they'll support LGBT nondiscrimination legislation -- if it includes religious freedom protections.

In a major win for trans students, New Jersey court rules against forced outing policies

The pair of rulings came in an environment where Trump and red states are pushing anti-trans policy across the United States.

Looking to move abroad? Here are 10 countries LGBTQ+ people could consider

Thinking of a move abroad after Donald Trump's reelection? These are some possibilities.

EEOC Looks at Expanding Antidiscrimination Law

A new interpretation of existing federal civil rights law may mean more protections for LGBT people, with or without the languishing Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Nominee Alito once supported antidiscrimination laws for gays

As an undergraduate at Princeton University, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Bush's latest pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, chaired a task force that recommended the decriminalization of sodomy and said discrimination against gays in hiring "should be forbidden."

U.S. Senate bill may exempt Christian colleges from antidiscrimination laws

A bill pending in the U.S. Senate could exempt private Christian colleges from local nondiscrimination laws, allowing them to legally reject gay students.