Trans, nonbinary youth face inequities in foster care, justice system, homeless services
The new "Safe Havens II" report urges action to support these young people.
August 12, 2024
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50+ Years Since Stonewall, 20 Years After Lawrence, We Still Fight Criminalization
The criminal legal system continues to fail LGBTQ+ people, those living with HIV, and people of color.
July 10, 2023
Pervasive Abuse of LGBTQ+ People and Those With HIV in Justice System: Report
"Protected and Served? 2022," from Lambda Legal in partnership with Black and Pink National, details "widespread harm," the organizations say.
April 22, 2023
Why Ketanji Brown Jackson's Work History Matters to LGBTQ+ People
As a group targeted for bias and incarceration, queer Americans can benefit from a former public defender like Jackson on SCOTUS.
March 8, 2022
New York State Lawmaker to File STI Decriminalization Bill
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas's bill would decriminalize the sexual activity of people living with sexually transmitted infections.
December 1, 2022
Amber McLaughlin Is First Transgender Person Executed in U.S.
Amber McLaughlin's attorneys asked that her sentence be commuted, but the Republican governor of Missouri said no.
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January 3, 2023
Lil Nas X's New Video Is More Than a Homoerotic Prison Romp
The new pop king is always two steps ahead.
July 23, 2021
Queers Deserved It: New Book Chronicles Antigay Crime Pre-Stonewall
Author James Polchin's breathtaking new social crime hybrid corrects history, righting wrongs by cops, journalists, and the American public.
June 25, 2019
A New Path to LGBT Power
Equality Illinois helped usher in new legislation that will make it easier for LGBT people to affect policy in schools, hospitals, and prisons.
August 24, 2017
Mondaire Jones Could Be the Nation's First Black Gay Congressman
Jones, running for New York's 17th District, knows what it's like to experience poverty and discrimination.
June 22, 2020
How to Support Drag Queen Story Hour With Community-Led Safety
The executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project shares the organization's plan to keep drag queen story hours fun and safe in the wake of white supremacist attacks.Â
July 5, 2022
This Year’s Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Who’s Who
The 2015 Trans100 list includes activists, journalists, academics, and sex workers.
April 1, 2015
Egypt Arrests and Puts on Trial HIV-Positive Men
Recent arrests and trials in Egypt of HIV-positive men endanger human rights, an international watchdog group said Wednesday, calling on authorities in the nation to release those in custody and stop criminalizing AIDS. The New York-based Human Rights Watch also urged Egypt to overturn the convictions of four men sentenced for ''habitual practice of debauchery'' -- a term used in the Egyptian legal system for consensual homosexual acts -- and to free four others held pending charges.
February 8, 2008
Florida Dems File Bill Ending Gay and Trans Panic Defense
The bill would forbid defendants from claiming in court that they were temporarily incapacitated with shock over discovering a potential partner's sexual orientation or gender identity.
January 26, 2023
A Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT Americans
The Center for American Progress found unjustice at every turn for LGBT people, from their first brush with the law to life behind bars, and beyond, if they survive.
February 23, 2016
Does Criminalizing the Red Light Do More Harm?
Though there are many objections to the legalization of prostitution, does criminalization do more harm than good?
November 9, 2015
Banning the Death Penalty Is an LGBTQ Issue
California governor Gavin Newsom placed a moratorium on the death penalty -- a decision that will impact the disparate number of minorities sentenced to die.
March 22, 2019
REPORT: U.S. Criminal System Discriminates Against LGBT People
A new report from the Center for American Progress lays out recommendations for changing the existing discriminatory patterns of incarceration that target LGBT and HIV-positive Americans.
May 11, 2014
What the Repeal of New York's 'Walking While Trans' Law Means
The law could get a person arrested for their race, appearance, or clothing.
February 3, 2021
Professor at Antigay University to Head Juvenile Justice Program
Caren Harp is a professor from the Liberty University School of Law, which is the brainchild of many antigay and anti-transgender legal efforts.
December 19, 2017
How States Disenfranchise Queer Women of Color
Laws that strip voting rights from people with felony convictions have a significant impact on this population, says a new study calling for reform.
October 26, 2020