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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The new "Safe Havens II" report urges action to support these young people.
The criminal legal system continues to fail LGBTQ+ people, those living with HIV, and people of color.
"Protected and Served? 2022," from Lambda Legal in partnership with Black and Pink National, details "widespread harm," the organizations say.
As a group targeted for bias and incarceration, queer Americans can benefit from a former public defender like Jackson on SCOTUS.
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas's bill would decriminalize the sexual activity of people living with sexually transmitted infections.
Amber McLaughlin's attorneys asked that her sentence be commuted, but the Republican governor of Missouri said no.
The new pop king is always two steps ahead.
Author James Polchin's breathtaking new social crime hybrid corrects history, righting wrongs by cops, journalists, and the American public.
Equality Illinois helped usher in new legislation that will make it easier for LGBT people to affect policy in schools, hospitals, and prisons.
Jones, running for New York's 17th District, knows what it's like to experience poverty and discrimination.
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
The 2015 Trans100 list includes activists, journalists, academics, and sex workers.
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.
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.
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.
Though there are many objections to the legalization of prostitution, does criminalization do more harm than good?
California governor Gavin Newsom placed a moratorium on the death penalty -- a decision that will impact the disparate number of minorities sentenced to die.
The law could get a person arrested for their race, appearance, or clothing.
Caren Harp is a professor from the Liberty University School of Law, which is the brainchild of many antigay and anti-transgender legal efforts.
Laws that strip voting rights from people with felony convictions have a significant impact on this population, says a new study calling for reform.