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Indiana Catholic School OK to Fire Staffer in Same-Sex Marriage: Appeals Court

Roncalli High School in Indianapolis was within its rights to fire Shelly Fitzgerald because her marriage goes against Catholic doctrine, a federal appellate court rules.

Texas Ag Dept. Shocked That Antidiscrimination Training Included Gender Identity

An email sent to employees after the training said it was "biased" and offensive to some workers.

Every Supreme Court decision that radically changed LGBTQ+ rights

The court’s LGBTQ+ decisions have given our community cause for celebration as well as cause for despair. Here’s a look back at these rulings.

Texas Ag Department Imposes 'Biological Gender' Dress Code on Employees

The new wording is aimed at transgender employees and will affect cisgender ones too.

Coming out at work can lead to discrimination: Williams Institute

Companies need to do better at stopping anti-LGBTQ+ job discrimination — which the Supreme Court has ruled illegal, the think tank notes.

Trump administration moves to strip transgender people of employment discrimination protections

According to the U.S. Supreme Court, discriminating against transgender people at work is illegal. The Trump administration is testing the ruling.

ACLU warns Ohio town council about discrimination against gay man who applied to join

David Nation was the only applicant to fill a vacant seat on the Waynesville Village Council but was turned away, ostensibly for his activism on LGBTQ+ rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Trump 'two genders' exec order will hurt millions of Americans: study

Some effects of the order are yet to be known, but most of its impacts will be negative, the Williams Institute reports.

EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people, in keeping with Trump's 'two sexes' order

Acting Chair Andrea Lucas says she will fight so-called gender ideology.

Judge wonders if anti-transgender doctors sued 'because they wanted there to be discrimination'

“I don’t even understand why they brought this case,” Fifth Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes said of the suit being handled by anti-LGBTQ+ lawyer Jonathan Mitchell.

Trump revokes LBJ-era civil rights protections in federal government contracting

The rules were in place to protect Americans from discrimination for nearly 60 years.

Democratic congressmen: Federal personnel office can't discriminate against trans Americans

U.S. Reps. Mark Takano, Jamie Raskin, and Gerry Connolly sent a strongly worded letter to the Office of Personnel Management, saying that implementing Trump's "two sexes" executive order would violate the Constitution and Supreme Court precedent.

Why are Republicans challenging Biden's Title IX rules in court?

The Biden administration wants to fight this discrimination using the federal law known as Title IX, but Republican-dominated states are trying to stop the move.

North Dakota allows doctors to refuse trans health care in the name of 'religious freedom'

A North Dakota court has permitted doctors to refuse to perform gender-affirming surgeries, and allowed employers to refuse to cover all gender-affirming care.

New York pizzeria to pay $25,000 to settle harassment suit by transgender cook

The cook says owners and coworkers told him he wasn't "a real man," asked about his genitalia and transition, and equated being transgender with being a pedophile.

What is Project 2025 and what does it mean for LGBTQ+ Americans?

Far-right activists have put together a series of directives for the next conservative president. Here's what it would mean to the LGBTQ+ community.

Yes, Republicans who vowed retribution are now admitting Project 2025 is real

Some of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters are celebrating that the far-right agenda will see the light of day.

Denying gender-affirming care coverage violates federal law, says appeals court

The 11th Circuit made the ruling in the case of Houston County, Ga., sheriff's deputy Anna Lange.

The Advocate ranked the 25 most important queer history moments of the century so far

From the good and the bad, from marriage equality, decriminalization of queer sex, and groundbreaking electoral victories to the Pulse massacre and the unfortunate election of Donald Trump to the presidency — twice — here are the biggest queer news events of the first quarter of the 21st century.

New Biden administration Title IX rule protects transgender students’ bathroom & pronoun use at school

The updated rules enhance protections against discrimination based on sex, including for LGBTQ+ students, but leave the issue of transgender athletes’ participation in sports for further review.

Gerald Bostock, Gay Man Who Won at Supreme Court, Gets Settlement

The government of Clayton County, Ga., has agreed to pay the fired social worker $825,000.