Trump's DOE will make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness
Trump's Department of Education is making workers of LGBTQ+ nonprofits ineligible for student loan forgiveness.
October 30, 2025
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Lawsuit seeks release of Census data on sexual orientation and gender identity
The information can help in enforcement of civil rights laws, the suit notes.
September 24, 2025
Lawsuit challenges EEOC's failure to investigate anti-transgender discrimination
"The Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful effort to erase protections for transgender people is cruel, and a violation of the law and the Constitution," says Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman.
July 29, 2025
Court blocks Trump admin's anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions on grants for domestic violence and homeless shelters
The order comes in a lawsuit brought by a nationwide coalition of groups serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQ+ youth, and people experiencing homelessness.
July 28, 2025
Trans National Guard member sues Trump admin over bathroom ban
LeAnne Withrow of the Illinois National Guard says the policy has forced her to dehydrate herself at work.
November 20, 2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules to save free access to PrEP and other preventive care
The defendants in the case previously argued that requiring insurance coverage of PrEP access was similar to supporting homosexuality.
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June 27, 2025
Andry Hernández Romero’s family desperate for word on gay asylum-seeker who Trump vanished over 100 days ago
Nobody has heard from the young makeup artist since the Trump administration deported him in March.
June 27, 2025
GLSEN's New Leaders on Meeting a Crucial Moment for LGBTQ+ Youth
The new board chair and vice chair, Wilson Cruz and Imara Jones, talk about their mission, along with Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, who became executive director last year.
September 5, 2023
Trump orders closure of Department of Education 'once and for all'. He can’t do that without Congress
The president once famously said that he loves "the poorly educated."
March 20, 2025
LGBTQ Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Discrimination Related to COVID-19
The groups sued over Health and Human Services' refusal to enforce Obama-era nondiscrimination rules for homeless shelters and senior programs.
March 19, 2020
Restraining orders block federal funding freeze
The freeze had targeted a wide swath of federal funds, including those allegedly promoting "woke gender ideology."
February 3, 2025
Texas Federal Judge: Companies Not Required to Cover PrEP
The judge says that although PrEP prevents HIV regardless of one’s sexual orientation, because gay people use it, it violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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March 30, 2023
A Vote to Defend Education and LGBTQ+ Youth Will Protect Democracy
Inclusive public education is the foundation of democracy.
November 7, 2022
Tammy Baldwin Gets Support From Howard Dean
A group founded by the former Vermont governor, presidential hopeful, and DNC chair endorses Baldwin's effort at becoming the first openly gay U.S. senator.
August 24, 2012
Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci, one of Harris’s guests at the debate tonight, on the dangers of his old boss
A long-time LGBTQ+ ally, Scaramucci says that we have to do everything we can to make sure Harris wins in November.
September 10, 2024
Why foreign assistance for LGBTQ+ rights is in the U.S. national interests
The Trump administration's plan to cut U.S. foreign assistance programs is shortsighted and harmful.
February 28, 2025
What Publix Should Have Said About Its Ties to a Capitol Riot Funder
An LGBTQ+ media entrepreneur gives Publix advice in denouncing heiress Julie Jenkins Fancelli's role in funding the January 6 insurrection.
February 8, 2021
It's Not Only the Left Taking Lessons From January 6, Trump Is Too
Expect Republicans to put forward extreme, anti-LGBTQ+ candidates who would gleefully subvert an election or allow an insurrection.
January 6, 2022
From Drag Race to Hollywood: These celebs made their voices and votes heard
Discover which celebrities are heading to the polls and sharing their voting experiences.
November 5, 2024
Trump’s Dangerous Blueprint For Republicans
The GOP knows it's in the minority, but that just makes its leaders more desperate and frightening.
February 19, 2021